Christina received her Ph.D. from Boston University, Department of Sociology (2000) and her post-doctoral training in health services research from Northwestern University, Institute of Healthcare Studies (2009) and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research (CROR). Christina is an active qualitative rehabilitation researcher who studies client-centeredness in SCI (NIDRR, H133F090053), peer-health navigation (NIDRR, HI33B140012), and peer mentoring among other topics. She is methodological consultant in several SCI QUERI studies at the Hines Veteran Hospital, IL. Research interests: Person-Centered Care; Sociology of Disability; Spinal Cord Injury and Rehabilitation Outcomes.