Dr. Christine Olsen, MD, is a Radiation Oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School. Earlier in her career, she practiced at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Christine earned an MD and MS from the University of Alabama and completed a surgical internship and radiation oncology residency at the University of Colorado. During her residency she was awarded the Roentgen Research Award.   Her research has focused on gene therapy, radio-immunotherapy and translational research in cancer. 

Christine is Co-founder and Executive Director of the Food Allergy Science Initiative (FASI), which brings together experts across disciplines to discover the underlying mechanisms of food allergies with the goal of unlocking the field and bringing new possibilities for diagnostics, prevention and treatment.  She became interested in food allergies after her son’s anaphylaxis to sesame at eight months of age. She soon learned he had multiple food allergies. She worked with a group of parents to bring together a group of scientists from a variety of disciplines to build a plan that led to the creation of FASI. Christine is also on the Board of Governors of FARE.