Dr. Grant is an Associate Professor with the Department of Pediatrics. She obtained her medical degree from McMaster University and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Western Ontario followed by her adolescent medicine fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children (HSC). After her training she remained on staff at HSC until 2004, when she was recruited back to McMaster to help grow and develop the Division of Adolescent Medicine.

Dr. Grant's educational accomplishments span the full range of learners including undergraduate, postgraduate trainees and beyond to Continuing Health Professional Education and knowledge translation with the lay public. In addition, she has supervised numerous undergraduate students in their courses and research projects. Dr. Grant has acted as head of evaluations for the Pediatric Post Graduate Committee in addition to Acting Post Graduate Director for a one-year period.

Christina was awarded PAIRO Teacher of the Year in 2009, allowing her to attend a prestigious course at the American Board of Internal Medicine for leaders in education. Presently, she is incorporating her training in introducing the Mini CEX as a formative evaluative tool, into the Pediatric Residency at McMaster. At a national level, Dr. Grant was nominated for Excellence in Teaching by the Canadian Association for Adolescent Health. Further, she has also contributed significantly to education of the public through interviews with the media, news articles and public forums.

In addition to these accomplishments Dr. Grant has established other areas of clinical, research and education opportunities, such as a Diabetes Transition Clinic and was awarded a New Investigator Fund grant in 2008, to support this clinical endeavor.