Samantha Salmon, MSc

Samantha is a Research Associate with the Childhood Adversity and Resilience (CARe) Research Team and a member of the team since 2016. She received her Master of Science (MSc) in Community Health Sciences in 2021 at the University of Manitoba and her Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Health Sciences in 2015 at Simon Fraser University. Prior to joining the CARe Research Team, Samantha was a Student Research Assistant for the BC Healthy Connections Project at the Children’s Health Policy Centre, Simon Fraser University.

 

Education

2016-2021, Master of Science, Community Health Sciences, “Typologies of Child Maltreatment and Peer Bullying Victimization, and Their Associations with Adolescent Substance Use: A Latent Class Analysis”

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Research

Samantha’s main research interests include mental health, child maltreatment, resilience, and biostatistics. 

 

Awards and Recognitions

• 2021 Faculty of Graduate Studies Program Completion Scholarship for excellence in graduate studies, University of Manitoba. 

• 2019-2020 Research Manitoba/Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba Master’s Studentship Award.

• 2019 Manitoba RDC Graduate Fellowship Award.