Andrea Piotrowski, PhD

Dr. Andrea Piotrowski is an assistant professor in clinical health psychology at the University of Manitoba.

She is also a clinical psychologist with the clinical health psychology program and the clinical director of the adult assessment team and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority’s regional medical specialty lead, clinical health psychology.

In addition to her assessment and treatment work, she supervises psychology residents and early career psychologists and teaches students in medicine.

Dr. Piotrowski has served in a numerous leadership roles locally, provincially and nationally.

She was chair of the Council of Professional Associations of Psychologists and the Practice Directorate of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), as well as a board member of CPA (2011–2018).

She has also been on the board of the Manitoba Psychological Society as student director (2003–2005), Communications Director (2008–2010), President (2010–2012; 2014–2018) and Director-at-Large (2018-present).

Dr. Piotrowski was part of the 2019 class of the American Psychological Association (APA) Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology. She published a book, Translating Training into Leadership: The Reasons Psychologists Make Effective Leaders, (Momentum Press, 2018).

Education

• PhD, clinical psychology, University of Manitoba (2008)
• Master of arts, University of Manitoba (2000)
• Bachelor of arts (hons), University of Manitoba (1996)
• Bachelor of science, University of Manitoba (1995)

Awards

• American Psychological Association, Leadership Institute of Women in Psychology: Class of 2019 (2019)
• Clinical Health Psychology Program, University of Manitoba, Dr. John Arnett Excellence in teaching Award (2017)
• Canadian Psychology Association, Laureate of the CPA Certificate of Academic Excellence (2009)