Christine is a PhD student in the Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT) program at Harvard Medical School. She received her Bachelors of Arts in neuroscience and Bachelors of Music in music theory from Northwestern University, where she investigated experiential factors that influence subcortical auditory development in children and teenagers with Dr. Nina Kraus. In the Takesian lab, Christine is interested in the neural mechanisms of auditory plasticity, auditory thalamocortical circuitry, and neuropeptide signaling in auditory processing. Her doctoral research is funded in part by Herschel Smith Doctoral Fellowship, Amelia Peabody Scholarship, and Harvard Center on the Developing Child’s Science and Innovation Fellowship. In her free time, she loves spotting dogs on the Esplanade, cooking, running, swimming, and playing the viola with Longwood Symphony Orchestra.