Trauma within Palestinian Genetics: a topic explored inside the walls of Al-Quds Bard College

Al-Quds Bard College congratulates AQB’s Molecular Genetics student, Christina Anastas, for discussing her Senior Project II, titled "Association Between FKBP5 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Genetic Susceptibility to Continuous Traumatic Stress (CTS) in Palestinians Living Under Settler Colonialism.”

In this project, Christina bridges genetics and lived reality, exploring how continuous traumatic stress shapes life in Palestine through both scientific and social perspectives. Guided by Dr. Abed Al-Majeed Nasereddin, her work highlights the deep intersection between biology, trauma, and the structures that sustain it.

Christina has also joined AQB as an ARC Fellow, where she will be working with first year students and students from different cohort and helping them with their assignments and research.

We wish her the very best in all her future endeavors.

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