Susan C. Wray FMedSci FRCOG MAE[2] is professor of cellular and molecular physiology at the University of Liverpool.

[8] She serves as director of the centre of better births in Liverpool Women's Hospital which was opened in 2013 with funding of £2.5 million with the objective of basic scientists working together with clinicians on problems during pregnancy.

[1][12] After attending the local authority-run Chadderton Grammar School for Girls, Wray received her Bachelor of Science degree in physiology and, in 1979, her PhD from University College London for research investigating gestational changes in the connective tissue of the uterus.

[13] After postdoctoral research at UCL she moved to the University of Liverpool in 1990[14] where she was promoted to professor in 1996 and served as head of the department of physiology from 2004 to 2008.

[21] Her work has also investigated the use of plant-derived cyclotides as well as modifications to the natural hormone oxytocin[22] to serve as templates for novel compounds to accelerate labor.

With Tilli Tansey she co-edited the book Women physiologists: centenary celebrations and beyond for The Physiological Society which includes forewords by Julia Higgins and Susan Greenfield.