Kelly D. Harding
Director of Research
Canada FASD Research Network
Dr. Kelly Harding is a Director of Research at the Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Research Network and an Adjunct Professor in both the Department of Psychology and the School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. She is an interdisciplinary feminist women's health and disability scholar. Dr. Harding received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Rural and Northern Health in 2017 and has a diverse background in human development, sport psychology, health service delivery, and health policy. She started her career supporting caregivers and families raising children with neurodevelopmental disabilities, including FASD, which grew into a passion for educating professionals and frontline service providers about FASD and the prevention of alcohol and substance use during pregnancy. Her work spans both FASD prevention and the support of people with in-body and in-home living experience of FASD including work in FASD assessment and diagnosis, family wellbeing, caregiver experiences, mental health, social media, and human rights. Dr. Harding has served on numerous FASD advisory and oversight committees, developed extensive FASD training and knowledge translation resources, and provides mentorship and supervision to students in research settings, including oversight of the Canada FASD Research Network's Trainee Program.