Karen is an adjunct faculty for the Master of Clinical Science in Wound Healing at Western University in London, ON and a consultant for EO2, Primacare Living & Jarlette Health Services. She is the past President of the International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP). She has functioned as an Advanced Practice Nurse in geriatrics, wound care and continence care. She is core faculty at the RNAO Wound Care Institute.

Karen was the co-chair of the RNAO BPG on Pressure Injuries and the Canadian BPG on Pressure Injury Prevention and Treatment in the spinal cord injury populations. She has been a panel member on multiple international guidelines. Karen has a strong interest in skin health and frequently speaks and publishes on this topic.