Kristen is a lecturer of Physiotherapy at Charles Sturt University. She came to CSU from a clinical leadership position as a Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist, team leader and student coordinator and has practiced both within Australia and internationally, in the UK and Middle east, as a senior physiotherapist.

Clinically she has worked largely within the public setting, and her experience ranges across adult and paediatric acute care as well as paediatric outpatients. Kristen holds a special interest in acute care paediatrics and has completed a Master of Philosophy investigating the parental experience of physiotherapy in Cystic Fibrosis during infancy. She is currently enrolled in a PhD which is investigating physiotherapy during an exacerbation for people with Cystic Fibrosis.

Kristen has completed the Graduate Certificate of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and has been awarded a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) as recognition of her leadership and influence in higher education practice. Her other professional appointments include being a member of the item writing panel, and being a simulation assessor, for the Australian Physiotherapy Council. Kristen also holds a keen interest in student wellbeing and is an accredited Mental Health first aider.