Professor Harkins is a Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico in the United States of America.  She is the Division Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Co-Chief of the Adult Center for Critical Care.

Professor Harkins managed many COVID-19 survivors during the pandemic in the medical intensive care unit.  She continues to conduct research on COVID-19 and Long COVID and plays an active role in Project Echo, a telehealth program that provides real time education and case discussions for community health practitioners for the management of Long COVID in the community

Professor Harkins recently spoke at the Health, Education, Labour and Pensions or HELP Senate Committee Meeting on Long COVID hosted by Senator Bernie Saunders in January 2024.