Kristin A. Riekert, PhD, is a professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University and director of the Johns Hopkins Adherence Research Center. Dr. Riekert received her PhD in clinical psychology from Case Western Reserve University and post-doctoral training in health psychology at Johns Hopkins University. For more than two decades Dr. Riekert has been principal investigator or co-investigator on NIH- and foundation-sponsored intervention trials focused on improving disease self-management and health outcomes in cystic fibrosis, asthma, and chronic kidney disease. She is the co-chair and director of the Data Management Core for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Success with Therapies Research Consortium. This national consortium evaluates the efficacy of self-management interventions and how to best disseminate and implement interventions in clinical practice. Dr. Riekert’s areas of research interest are: predictors of adherence in adolescents and adults with chronic illnesses, accurate measurement of disease self-management, incorporating the patient and family perspectives to develop culturally and developmentally appropriate measures and interventions, doctor-patient communication, health care disparities, and implementation of interventions into clinical practice.