She completed her PhD in philosophy at the University of Toronto in 2008, her MA at University of Toronto in 2001, and her BA at the University of Saskatchewan in 2000. Kirstin researches and teaches in medical epistemology and medical ethics and is particularly intrigued by questions raised at the intersection of epistemology and ethics. She has guest edited two issues of the journal Perspectives in Biology and Medicine and has published articles in a variety of bioethics journals.