Following her doctoral studies she completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. She was a post-doctoral trainee with the FUTURE Program for Cardiovascular Nurse Scientists, a CIHR Strategic Training Initiative aimed to develop capacity of cardiovascular nurse scientists in Canada. Her clinical background is in emergency, intensive care and adult medical-surgical nursing. Dr. Strachan is a member of the Training Committee for Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network (TVN) a Canadian National Center of Excellence initiative represents the Heart and Stroke Foundation on the Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada.