Professor Susan Hillier is an academic and clinician with teaching and research interests in the broad field of neuroscience and rehabilitation. One of her main research areas is on the effectiveness of rehabilitation approaches after stroke - this includes the role of sensory training using multimodal/augmented feedback, body image and awareness after stroke, as well as service models and access to rehabilitation. The influence of rehabilitation on neuroplasticity is also a focus. Her work is often interdisciplinary as she seeks to improve and broaden recovery - for example collaborating with colleagues in the arts and with people with lived experience. Susan also has an interest in movement education and intervention approaches for other populations such as children with developmental coordination disorder or people who are ageing. 
Her two current MRFF-funded trials include a pragmatic RCT investigating the use of student-led health coaching, care navigation and social prescription service for people with chronic conditions, and a second developing a novel switching and exoskeleton device to augment walking rehabilitation for people after severe stroke. As well as conducting clinical trials to produce primary evidence, Susan has published many systematic reviews for comparative effectiveness as well as clinical measurement (vestibular rehabilitation, HIV, self-management after stroke, task-specific training).
Susan still maintains a small private practice at the University and contributes to the community through her work with stroke organisations locally and nationally. She teaches regularly in Australia and internationally to assist clinicians to implement best practice. She has supervised 25 candidates to completion in PhD programs in Australia and overseas, and currently has 10 candidates.
Her previous roles at the University of South Australia have included Dean: Research for the Division of Health Science and more recently Executive Dean (acting) for UniSA: Allied Health and Human Performance.