Kristin Westland, MA, CRM, CPA, CMA

Chief Administrative Officer
Member, Steering Committee
Member, Funding Committee

Ms. Kristin Westland joined the CTN as Chief Administrative Officer in March 2014 and brings over fifteen years of experience in research administration. In addition to the CTN, she is the Director of Operations for the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS), a UBC Faculty of Medicine research centre located at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC. Kristin joined CHÉOS in 2010 after working as the Programme Manager for the Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC. She has also served as the Director of Operations for the provincial BC Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health (ICVHealth).

Before moving to British Columbia, Kristin worked for a number of organizations in Massachusetts, US, including Eaton Vance Management in Boston where she was a research department assistant. Originally hailing from Kenora, Ontario, she holds a BA and MA, is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), and holds the Canadian Risk Management (CRM) professional designation.