Suzanne Tham, MSW, is a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy & Practice and a Registered Social Worker in Singapore. She is a practice-informed mental health services researcher with more than a decade of clinical experience as a medical social worker. Her scholarship focuses on enhancing mental health recovery and promoting equitable access to mental health care, with particular interests in mental health literacy and the integration of peer support into behavioral health services. Trained in mixed-methods research and implementation science, she partners with communities to develop and evaluate culturally responsive, recovery- oriented interventions and service innovations. She also studies their adaptation, implementation, and sustained use in behavioral health settings to improve caredelivery and outcomes.
Suzanne holds an MSW from the University of Michigan and a BS in Social Work from the National University of Singapore.