Christina is currently working in A&E in Dundee after studying biomedical science in Aberdeen and then Medicine in Glasgow, and she hopes to follow the Flight Surgeon path to save lives during space missions

Christina founded Scotland’s first Space Medicine Society in 2016, which has since become a global partner of InnovaSpace, alongside the International Space Medicine Consortium, the Italian Mars Society, UK Space Labs and many others – basically all the big names in space medicine!

Last summer she led a research project at the Microgravity Centre in Brazil under the supervision of one of the world’s leading space doctors, Thais Russomano. She presented the results of this research, including the pioneering Mackaill-Russomano Method for performing CPR on the surface of the moon and Mars, in front of some top names in the space field including chief medical officers from NASA and ESA, as well as various astronauts.

She also spent a month working in one of the America’s busiest trauma units, and she wrote about her experience of treating up to 10 gunshots injuries every day, and the sobering reality of how many lives are tragically lost to guns in America.

Christina has also raised thousands of pounds for charity over the years. She takes part in Tough Mudder (she will be doing her 5th TM in 2018), Live Below The Line, and used to volunteer at a homeless shelter for asylum seekers in Glasgow. Earlier this year she became one the recipients of the Young Scots of the Year award, she also won a Cappel Award for her research, and was voted the 38th female student to watch in the UK by The Tab.