{"id":2580,"date":"2021-11-05T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T19:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yu-care\/?page_id=2580"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:28:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:28:36","slug":"dr-susan-murtha","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yu-care\/about-us\/executive-committee\/dr-susan-murtha\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Susan Murtha"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yu-care\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/517\/2025\/12\/Susan-Murtha_2025.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yu-care\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/517\/2025\/12\/Susan-Murtha_2025.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yu-care\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/517\/2025\/12\/Susan-Murtha_2025-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading border-top pt-2\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Research Profile:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see Dr. Susan Murtha's Discover Academics at York page <a href=\"https:\/\/discover.academics.yorku.ca\/search?by=text&amp;type=user&amp;v=Susan%20Murtha\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group grey-bg-block has-very-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading border-top pt-2\">Selected Publications: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>McLaughlin Paula M., Anderson, Nicole D. Rich, Jill B., Chertkow, Howard, Murtha, Susan J. E. (2014) Visual Selective Attention in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 69 (6), 881-891.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presentation: Murtha, S., Francis, K., (2015) How the experiential narratives of patients with dementia inform our understanding of health care institutions. International Academy of Law and Mental Health 34<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Congress, Vienna, Austria.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curtis, A. F.,\u00a0Park, N. W., Turner, G. R., &amp; Murtha, S. J. E. 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