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My research focuses on how people survive and resist violence, in particular, political, sexual, and structural violence and the health consequences of such violence. As a diaspora social work researcher informed by decoloniality, I believe in a ‘reverse mission’ this is- rather than to rescue- to learn from the Global South and to advance social work responses to neo-colonialism.

My previous research (2008- 2011) has honoured the gendered resilience and resistance of Indigenous women in Peru in the aftermath of mass violence and their use of political activism as a resilience strategy (2012-2013). Supported by CIHR, I have also (2013- 2016) examined youth informed priorities on HIV/STIs prevention and sexual health rights in Peru.

Currently, I am the principal investigator of:

• A CIHR funded project (2019-2021) examining the resilience pathways and help seeking preferences of members of the police services in Ontario.
• A SSHRC-funded study (2016- 2019) examining the prevention of sexual violence in post-conflict communities through developing and evaluating a community informed preventative approach in Ayacucho, Peru.

I am also co-investigator in:

• A SSHRC funded research examining the social ecologies of resilience among Indigenous youth in the Northwest Territories (2016-2020 - PI Dr. Carmen Logie, U of T).
• A SSHRC funded research developing Transformative Memory Networks of scholars and activists in post conflict zones (2018-2022 - PI Dr. Pilar Riaño-Alcala and Dr. Erin Baines, UBC).
• I am also collaborating in a large SSHRC funded project aiming to strengthen collaboration in the Americas on children and youth rights by developing a seven countries partnership (2015-2020- PI Dr. Henry Parada, Ryerson).

• 2019, WLU Faculty Merit Award - Research
• 2016, WLU Faculty Merit Award - Research
• 2013, WLU Faculty Merit Award - Research
• 2010-2011, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Doctoral Research Award
• 2007-2010, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship
• 2008-2009, Lupina Doctoral Fellowship - Comparative Program of Health and Society - Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto

I have research assistantships opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students in current funded projects please email for information on available positions.

I am willing to supervise graduate students in the areas of mental health, trauma and resilience, gender based violence, and health equity issues locally and globally.

• Suarez, E.B., Logie, C., Arocha, J. F., Sanchez, H., & Shokirova, T. (2019). Resilience Pathways of LGBT Youth in Peru: Contesting Everyday Violence. Global Public Health – Special Call: The Contested Global Politics of Pleasure and Danger: Sexuality, Gender, Health and Human Rights (In press) 
• Suarez, E. B. (2019) Quechua Women's Resistance and Activism: Linkages with Spirituality and Andean Traditions. In: Baskin, C. & Profitt, N. J. (Eds.) Spirituality and Social Justice: Spirit in the Political Quest for a Just World (In press)
• Mayor, C. & Suarez, E. B. (2019). A Scoping Review of the Demographic and Contextual Variables in Canada’s Educational Opportunity Gaps.  Canadian Journal of Education/Revue Canadienne de l'éducation
• Suarez, E. B., Lafreniere, G. & Harrison, J. (2016). Scoping review of interventions supporting mothers with mental illness: Key outcomes and challenges. Community Mental Health Journal
• Suarez, E. B. (2016). Trauma in Global Contexts: Integrating Local Practices and Meanings into New Explanatory Frameworks of Trauma. International Social Work Journal
• Suarez, E. B. & Suarez, C. (2015). The Memorialization of Narratives and Sites among Indigenous Women in Ayacucho: Resilience in the Aftermath of Mass Violence and Atrocities. Resilience: International Policies, Practices and Discourses- Special Issue: Indigenizing Resilience
• Suarez, E. B.  (2015). ‘Surviving ‘juntas’ (together): Lessons from the resilience of Indigenous Quechua women in the aftermath of the Peruvian conflict. Intervention: The International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counseling in Areas of Armed Conflict
• Cadell, S., Suarez, E. B. & Hemsworth, D. (2015). Reliability and Validity of the French version of the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory. Online Journal of Medical Psychology  
• Suarez, E.B., Logie, C. & Arocha, J. F. (2014).  An open debate about objectives and purpose of global health knowledge in the context of an interdisciplinary and international research partnership. BMC Globalization and Health
• Suarez, E. B.  (2013). The association between posttraumatic stress-related symptoms, resilience, current stress and past exposure to violence: A cross sectional study of the survival of Quechua women in the aftermath of the Peruvian armed conflict. BMC Conflict and Health
• Suarez, E.B. (2013). Recognizing Suffering or Resistance? Honoring the Courage of Indigenous Quechua Women in Post Conflict Ayacucho, Peru. Stability, International Journal of Security and Development, Special Collection: Surviving Violence, The Politics of (Self) Protection
• Suarez, E. B. (2013). Two decades later: The resilience and post-traumatic responses of Indigenous Quechua girls and adolescents in the aftermath of the Peruvian armed conflict”. Child Abuse & Neglect- The International Journal, Special Issue on Risk and Resilience
• Suarez, E. & Gadalla, T. (2010). Stop Blaming the Victim: A meta-analysis on Rape Myths.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence