Our Team
Caroline C. Piotrowski PhD MPH
Caroline received her BA and MA in developmental psychology from the University of Waterloo, her PhD in Family Studies and Human Development at The Pennsylvania State University, and her MPH in Health Promotion from San Diego State University. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, a Scientist at the Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, and Founding Director of the Violence and Injury Prevention Research Group at the University of Manitoba. Her research expertise is in sibling relationships, trauma and resilience, and violence and injury prevention.
Margherita Cameranesi, PhD
Margherita received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Clinical Psychology from the University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy), and her PhD in Applied Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba (Canada). Margherita’s research is designed to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable, marginalized and underserved young people and their families by fostering their resilience to adversity. So far, her research has focused families who experienced intimate partner violence, Indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities. Margherita’s research expertise includes both quantitative and qualitative research approaches, as well as mixed methods research approaches.