Dr. Gillian Strudwick is a senior scientist, the Scientific Director (interim) of the Digital Innovation Hub, the Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, and a registered nurse at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
She is also an associate professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Dr. Strudwick serves as a board member for AMS Healthcare and the Village Family Health Team. She is a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing.
Dr. Strudwick completed her undergraduate degree in nursing at Queen’s University, and both her master's degree and PhD at the University of Toronto. She began her career as a mental health nurse in Kingston, Ontario, and has since worked in a number of clinical, professional practice, leadership and research-based roles in both public and private organizations.
Dr. Strudwick received the 2025 Top 20 under 40 in Canadian Life Sciences, the 2021 HIMSS Most Influential Women in Health IT Award (international) and the 2021 Rising Star Early Career Award in Health Services and Policy Research.
Areas of Research
As a tri-council funded researcher, Dr. Strudwick conducts studies at the intersection of mental health, digital health and implementation science. Examples include, but are not limited to:
- Digital interventions to support population mental health
- Electronic health record use by clinicians
- Mixed and multi-methods research
- Embedding technology within clinical care practices
- Quality improvement
- Healthcare provider competencies in the use of digital technologies
- Clinician burnout
Publications
View Dr. Strudwick’s publications on PubMed.