Christine Abella
(she/her)

Christine Abella is a first-year MS in Epidemiology student with broad interests in implementation science, infectious diseases (namely, STDs/STIs, and HIV), sexual and reproductive health, and maternal, child, and adolescent health. She is a proud transfer student, having attended Skyline College in San Bruno, CA before graduating from UC Berkeley with a BA in Political Science in December 2020. Previously, she worked as a youth educator/specialist at community-based organizations, the GloCal Health Fellowship Assistant at UCSF, and a San Francisco Fellow and junior administrative analyst at the San Francisco Department of Public Health during the COVID-19 pandemic.