Biography: Rosemary Ricciardelli, PhD

Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli is Professor (PhD) and Research Chair in Safety, Security, and Wellness, at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Ricciardelli was elected to the Royal Society of Canada and is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She was awarded the 2023 International Corrections and Prison Association’s Research Excellence Award, the Canadian Sociological Association’s Angus Reid Applied Researcher Award, and the President’s Award for the International Community Justice Association in 2024. Her research centers on evolving understandings of the needs of public safety professional across public safety (i.e., correctional services, firefighting, intelligence, and policing) and public health (i.e., nursing, prisons) and the service leaders regarding occupational, socio-cultural, and posttraumatic stress injuries, vulnerabilities, and risk. Her work includes people in prison or on parole/probation, focusing on their social, mental, and physical health. She studies public health and public safety, including with a gendered lens, her interests lay in the supporting societies through empowerment of the frontlines in public health and safety for positive community impacts always informed by evidence. She leads a 10-longitudinal study, on the health and well-being experiences of correctional officers employed by Correctional Services Canada and has participated in correctional officer training with the Service. She works in partnership with all Correctional Services in Canada as well as the Uganda Prison Service, Michigan Department of Corrections, Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, as well as many other youth justice and health organizations. She associate directs MicroResearch (www.microresearch.ca), particularly focused on expanding the practices to include leaders and in public safety sectors.