Kirsten has worked at SDF for over a decade, having previously worked in drug treatment services as a mental health nurse. She is a strong advocate for the changes necessary to improve Scotland’s approach to drug-related issues.

Her work over the years has been focussed on supporting local and national services to implement drug death prevention strategies. This has included the coordination of Scotland’s National Naloxone Programme, her experience of which she has used to provide guidance to the World Health Organisation and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and to support other countries in their implementation of naloxone provision.