Dr. Jessica Kirkwood

Jess has been a family physician in Edmonton’s inner city since 2012, providing primary care to patients who are unhoused and experience mental illness and substance use disorders at Radius Community Health and Healing. She joined the PEER team in September 2019 as an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta. She is very passionate about educating primary care providers and learners to care for marginalized patients in a way that is empathic as well as evidence-based. She attended medical school and residency at the University of Alberta. She has 2 kids, a fluffy dog, and a very patient partner.