Dr. Knutson is the Forensic Education and Outreach Specialist at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in College Station. She has 13 years of nursing experience across emergency care, medical and nursing education, school nursing, and forensic nursing. Dr. Knutson is a research scientist with a primary focus on non-fatal strangulation, including risk assessment, injury patterns, and medical forensic documentation. Her work has been published in the Journal of Violence Against Women. She collaborates extensively with multidisciplinary teams to improve first-response decision-making, forensic referral practices, and documentation consistency for victims of interpersonal violence.