Dr. Christie Palladino is a second career high school educator. She is an obstetrician-gynecologist by training, with over 7 years experience in health sciences education and educational research. She began teaching high school full-time in 2014 and integrates best practices from her research training into the classroom. Dr. Palladino teaches PLTW Biomedical Science and created the ACCTC BIOCAP program at the Aiken County Career and Technology Center.  She is also the advisor of the ACCTC Biomedical Science Outreach Team, an active student-based enterprise that provides service throughout Aiken County Public Schools.