Dr. Christine Chio, PhD, is an assistant professor at Columbia University. She studies pancreatic cancer and received her PhD from the University of Toronto. In this first episode of Highly Cited, we learn how Christine's love for science started at a young age, how an influential person inspired and impacted her life and drive, how she navigated the transition and beginnings of postdoctoral to setting up her own lab and how to find and hire the right people to work alongside.