Christina obtained a BSc in Biomedical Science at the University of Southampton. From here she became a research technician at Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders for 4 years investigating the earliest features of Parkinson's disease. Under the supervision of Prof Tammaryn Lashley she then went on to complete a PhD investigating the role of TREM2 in neurodegeneration. After obtaining her PhD Christina has had multiple post-doctoral research associate positions working with a wide range of different research groups. Her first post-doc was working with Prof Henrik Zetterberg and his team at the UK Dementia Research Institute and University of Gothenburg to investigate potential biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders. Secondly, at Queen Square Brain Bank Christina undertook a post-doc in collaboration with Prof Steffany Bennett at the University of Ottawa investigating lipid alterations in Parkinson's disease. At present Christina is part of a collaborative large scale grant between UCL, The Francis Crick Institute and University of Cambridge under Prof Sonia Gandhi working to map the Parkinson's disease brain using oligomer driven functional genomics. Christina is now looking to work towards her own independence and is open to consultancy requests.