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Kate Smolina

Kate Smolina is an expert adviser with EvidenceNetwork.ca. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, at the time the studies were conducted. She currently works as the director of the B.C. Observatory for Population & Public Health at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.


Rising rates of long-term prescription-opioid use highlight urgent need for treatment options for chronic pain and addiction

opinion | BY KATE SMOLINA, KIM RUTHERFORD | March 6, 2017