Kristin Clemens, MD
Associate Professor
Appointments
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- St. Joseph’s Health Care London
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
- Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Research Cluster Membership
- Chronic Disease & Multimorbidity
- Clinical Epidemiology
- Epidemiological Observational Studies
- Health Serivces Research
Research Interests
- Endocrinology
- Diabetes
- Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
- Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome
- Metabolic Disorders
- Women’s Health
- Drug efficacy
- Drug safety
- Quality Improvement
- Health Services Research
- Randomized Controlled Trials
Short Bio
Dr. Kristin Clemens is a Clinician-Scientist and Endocrinologist at St. Joseph’s Health Care London, Senior Adjunct ICES Scientist, Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University, Associate Scientist at Lawson Health Research Institute, and Medical Director of the Osteoporosis and Bone Disease Program at St. Joseph’s Health Care London. She also holds the Diabetes Canada Chair in Diabetes Management at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. Dr. Clemens’ research program is dedicated to improving care and outcomes for patients with complex endocrine and metabolic disorders. She has special interest in diabetes, cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome (CKM) and metabolic bone disease. Her work integrates population-based data science, patient-oriented research, innovative randomized controlled trials, qualitative methodologies, and quality improvement initiatives to address critical gaps in clinical care and health system delivery.
She currently leads more than 10 research programs and oversees 18 active research projects focused on diabetes and CKM, obesity management in kidney transplantation, osteoporosis and chronic kidney disease cardiovascular screening gaps in women, and medication effectiveness and safety. She has helped to create system-level innovations for people with endocrine diseases with stakeholders including BestCare eConsult and GeriMedRisk. Her research has been supported by major national funding bodies including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Diabetes Canada, AMOSO, and the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
With over 10 years of experience in research mentorship, Dr. Clemens has supervised and mentored approximately 60 undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate trainees to date. She has authored more than 90 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Clemens is the recipient of the Department of Medicine’s Award of Excellence in Quality Improvement and the Department of Medicine Award of Excellence in Research, recognizing her leadership in advancing clinical care and academic innovation. She also received the Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (Early Career) from the Schulich School of Medicine.
