Chris Smith, BSN, RN

Chris Smith is the Overdose Prevention Program Manager at the Kentucky Department for Public Health, seconded to the Department by Vital Strategies. Through his previous work with people who use drugs in a Syringe Service Program, he learned to center lived experience in health promotion and to advocate for evidence-based interventions based on Harm Reduction principles. Chris is proud to be working on the KDPH Harm Reduction Team and sharing these strategies across the Commonwealth through the Find Naloxone Now KY website.