Christina Cuttitta

Region: NYC: Brooklyn/Staten Island/Queens
Program Institution: College of Staten Island

Education

College/University: College of Staten Island
Major/Minor: B.S. Biology

Advanced Degrees/Professional Licenses: M.S. Developmental Neuroscience

Significant Professional or Academic Accomplishments: “Ms. Christina Cuttitta is a five (5) year veteran of the CSTEP program. Ms. Cuttitta began her academic career as a pre-freshman in the pre- freshmen CSTEP summer program at the College of Staten Island. Her interests in medical school lead her to pursue an undergraduate degree in biology. During Ms. Cuttitta undergraduate career, she conducted a novel research involving Taurine's interactions with pancreatic Beta cells in Marrakech, Morocco. She also participated in a research assignment at an international research internship looking at fetal neurodevelopmental outcomes following antenatal exposure to chorioamnionitis at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands. Ms. Cuttitta is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Developmental Neuroscience and working on the Crystallization of the GABA(A) receptor using an acoustic droplet extraction project at Brookhaven National Laboratory. “