Kerstin Roger, PhD

Kerstin Roger is a professor in community health sciences at the University of Manitoba.

Her research focusses on chronic illness including mental health, aging including caregiving and family, dying and end of life research.

Dr. Roger has been a principal investigator on multi-site nationally funded research (e.g. PHAC, SSHRC, Movember, federal government), as well as conducting provincial and regionally funded research (Prairie Action Foundation, MMSF).

She has worked on national teams (CIHR funded) and international collaborations, local not-for-profit community initiatives, and continues to co-author and engage graduate students in her research.

Education          

• Post Doctoral Health Science Centre Foundation Fellowship, Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, CancerCare, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba (2004-2006)
• Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education / University of Toronto (1998)
• Clinical Psychotherapist and Supervisor Certification, Ontario (1996)
• Masters of Education, Department of Applied Psychology, Community Psychology Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (1992)