Salters, Dr. Kate

Kate Salters, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and a Senior Research Scientist at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. She is a health services and population health researcher focused on people disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections, as well as those living with complex mental health and substance use challenges.

Grounded in equity, community engagement, and lived expertise, her research generates actionable evidence to strengthen care delivery and reduce preventable harms. She leads mixed-methods and implementation-focused studies examining integrated, team-based primary care, harm reduction services, and health system innovations designed to improve access, continuity, and outcomes.

Her work integrates patient-reported, administrative, and qualitative data to understand not only whether programs are effective, but for whom, in what contexts, and how they can be sustainably scaled. Committed to meaningful partnership, she collaborates closely with people with lived and living experience, frontline providers, and decision-makers to co-design research that is ethical, responsive, and policy-relevant, advancing more equitable health systems.