Professor Susanna Park is a Professor in the School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, based at the Brain and Mind Centre. Her main academic specialty is neuroscience, where she leads a multidisciplinary research group investigating assessment strategies, treatments, and risk factors in neuropathy, particularly chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) affecting up to 40% of cancer survivors. Park develops neurophysiological and functional measures of nerve and cognitive function across toxic, inflammatory, and inherited neurological disorders, establishing national clinical networks and policy frameworks for clinical trials.

Park completed her honours degree with the University Medal at the Australian National University’s John Curtin School of Medical Research, researching cholinergic modulation of excitability in the prefrontal cortex. She earned her PhD in 2010 from the University of New South Wales, jointly at the Institute of Neurological Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, and Neuroscience Research Australia, identifying novel nerve dysfunction mechanisms in oxaliplatin-treated patients, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology and Brain. As the top-ranked applicant for the NHMRC CJ Martin Overseas Biomedical Fellowship (2011–2013), also receiving the RG Menzies Biomedical Fellowship, she conducted research at University College London’s Institute of Neurology. Appointed Senior Lecturer in Physiology at the University of Sydney in 2014, she progressed to Associate Professor and Professor. She has secured over $5 million in funding, including as lead CI on an NHMRC project grant (2015–2019) and co-lead on a Cancer Institute NSW Translational Program Grant (2015–2020). With over 65 peer-reviewed publications in top neuroscience, neurology, and oncology journals, her honors include the 2017 Australian Neuroscience Society AW Campbell Award, NHMRC RD Wright Biomedical Career Development Fellowship, and 2025 Rebecca Cooper Fellowship. She serves as Research Lead for neurotherapeutic innovation and contributes to the Sydney Pain Consortium.

Professional Email: susanna.park@sydney.edu.au