Christina is a past Vice President of the Association of Surgeons in Training. She completed her surgical training in Ireland and has recently commenced a post-CCT robotic colorectal surgery fellowship at CHU Bordeaux. She has co-authored 56 publications and 5 book chapters and has been in receipt of nineteen academic awards/bursaries including two national awards for her work in robotic surgery. She completed a basic science PhD supported by the European Association of Cancer Research and in later years of training developed a keen interest in robotic surgery, most notably the use of robotic surgery to optimise patient outcomes and standardised integration of robotic surgery to current surgical training.