- Chairperson, Department of Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Notre Dame University – Louaize, Lebanon, October 2010- Present.
- Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences-Louaize, Lebanon, October 1999 – Present.
- Visiting researcher, Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, November 2010.
- Current research activity: conducting a CNRS-supported project that assesses sleep habits of university students in Lebanon in relation to psychomotor and neurocognitive performance.
- Other research interests focus on understanding the developmental history of the mammalian circadian pacemaker – the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) - in utero. This consists of a cluster of heterogeneous populations of neurons and glia which, through harmonious cellular interactions, are capable of measuring time and synchronizing various bodily rhythms accordingly. I am interested in understanding the nature of such cellular interactions and the potential role they play in cell fate determination. Understanding how the unique pattern of SCN neurogenesis and its structural organization in utero relates to the overall functional properties of the nucleus in the adult may provide better insight into the fundamental homeostatic role this biological clock plays in health and disease.

Ph.D. in Biology (Circadian Rhythms), Northeastern University, Boston MA, USA, 1998.

M.Sc. in Physiology (Nephrology and Hypertension), American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1992.

B.Sc. in Biology, AUB, Lebanon, 1989.

Refereed Journal Articles

Kabrita CS, Hajjar-Muca T. (2012) Gender Differences in Sleep Quality Among university Student in Lebanon: Potential Influencing Factors and Implications on Academic Status. Sleep. 35:A347-348 (Abs).

Kabrita, C.S. and Davis, F.C. (2008) Development of the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus: determination of time of cell origin and spatial arrangements within the nucleus.  Brain Res 1195:20–27.

Birbari, A.E. and Kabrita, C.S. (1993)  Pathogenesis of Renal and Cardiac Changes in Diabetes Mellitus.  Hypertension 21: 548 (Abstr).

Refereed Conference Proceedings
C.S. Kabrita and F.C. Davis.  Determination of the site of origin and settling patterns of suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) precursors in the anterior hypotyalamus of mouse (C57BL/6) embryo. 130.1. 2010 Neuroscience Meeting Planner.  San Diego, CA; Society for Neuroscience, 2010 (Abstr).

Colette Kabrita-Bou Serhal and Theresa Hajjar-Muca.  Assessment of Sleep Habits of Students at Two Catholic Universities in Lebanon.  Proceedings of the 17th International Scientific Conference,  2010; Abstr pp. 105-106.

C.S Kabrita and F.C.   Davis.  Development of the Mouse (Mus musculus, C57BL/6 Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN): Determination of the Time of Origin of Cells Using Bromodeoxyuridine Immunocytochemistry. 1997  Neuroscience Meeting Planner.   New Orleans, LA, 1997 (Abstr).