Christine Charvet is assistant professor of biomedical science at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. Her research focuses on comparative neuroscience. She uses large-scale datasets and computational methods to explore brain development and aging across species. She and her colleagues developed a resource called Translating Time to equate ages across species, which is useful for researchers to map findings from model systems to humans. More recently, Charvet’s work highlights the value of companion animals, particularly cats, as novel models for understanding age-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, within “One Health,” a framework that focuses on improving the health of animals and humans.
Charvet earned her B.A. in psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles and her Ph.D. in neuroscience at the University of California, Irvine. She completed postdoctoral training in statistical genetics and comparative neuroscience at Cornell University, and in neuroimaging at Harvard Medical School. Before joining Auburn, Charvet was assistant professor at Delaware State University, where she worked with a number of programs funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health that focused on enhancing access and opportunity for students from different backgrounds.
