Kristin L. Reiter, PhD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, and Research Fellow at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, both at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Reiter teaches courses in healthcare financial management and management accounting and is involved in several research projects, including the Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis and Issue-Specific Rural Research Studies and the Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Evaluation, both funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy. She has authored or co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications, and is co-author of a leading textbook in healthcare finance.

Prior to receiving a PhD in health services organization and policy, Dr. Reiter worked as an auditor for a large public accounting firm.