Kristen is a post doctoral fellow with NOSM University, Health Sciences North Research Institute, and ICES North, with a particular interest in coordinated care and improved services for patients in with OUD. Kristen is currently working to address opioid dependence-related questions using administrative health data. Kristen has a firm grasp of health services policy, addiction medicine, and mental health services. Her work led over twenty publications related to opioids in the first seven years of her academic career.