PRITZKER - Key Persons
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- Curriculum Management and Evaluation Administrator
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- Curriculum Management Specialist
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- Student Programs Administrator
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- Assistant Director of Curriculum Management and Evaluation
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- Associate Professor of Medicine
Dr. Ko is a dedicated physiologist and teacher who studies sodium and calcium transport in the kidney, especially as they pertain to kidney stone disease. His integrated approach to scholarship and investigation spans basic science and translational research, with a focus on understanding the molecular mechanisms of renal tubular transport of cations in humans. Using urinary exosomal analyses, small but discrete packages of transporter proteins extruded from the epithelial cell into the urinary space, and a variety of molecular and biochemical techniques he is able to characterize the complex regulation of sodium and calcium homeostasis. His current projects include an examination the molecular mechanisms underlying calcium kidney stone formation and determining the hormonal regulators of the sodium chloride co-transporter. Dr. Ko has been heavily involved for a number of years in medical education including pre-med, medical, resident and fellow trainees. He is a fellow of the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators and the co-director of the Tissues, Cell and Organ Physiology Course at the Pritzker School of Medicine. Nationally, he serves as the director for the American Society of Nephrology's Tutored Research and Education of Kidney Scholars (TREKS) program at the University of Chicago.
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- Admissions and Financial Aid Administrator
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- Associate Dean for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion / Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine
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- Learning Technology Specialist
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- Executive Director of Admissions and Financial Aid
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- Standardized Patient Program Manager
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- Associate Dean for Faculty Development in Medical Education
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- Dean of Students / Professor of Medicine
- Student Affairs and Programs
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- Associate Director, Clinical Performance Center and Standardized Patient Program
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- Coordinator, Admissions & Financial Aid
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- Assistant Dean for Admissions / Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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- Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Julie Chor, MD, MPH, specializes in patient-centered gynecologic and reproductive healthcare for adolescents and young adult women. Her areas of interest include contraceptive care for adolescents and young women with complex medical conditions, menstrual irregularities, and sexually transmitted infection screening and counseling. One of Dr. Chor's goals is to guide adolescents and young women through their first gynecologic visit and to make this an educational and non-intimidating experience. She collaborates with colleagues in pediatric and internal medicine specialties in developing programs to help adolescents with complex medical diseases transition their medical care, including reproductive health care, as they approach adulthood.
Dr. Chor currently serves as the primary investigator on several studies that
examine the impact of doulas (nonmedical labor coaches who offer emotional and informational support) on different aspects of pregnancy. In the past, she has studied reproductive health experiences of women with cardiovascular disease and other medical conditions.
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- Pathologist
- Associate Professor of Pathology
Dr. Henriksen is a surgical pathologist with subspecialty focus in medical renal pathology and genitourinary pathology. Dr. Henriksen conducts translational and clinicopathologic studies involving both native and transplant kidney biopsies with particular interests in onconephrology, chronic kidney disease, and autopsy pathology.
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- Executive Assistant to the Dean for Medical Education
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- Executive Director of Student Affairs, UME Finance, and Continuum Strategy
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- Manager of Medical Education and Innovation
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- Research Training Programs Manager
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- Associate Dean for Admissions / Professor of Medicine ( Emergency Medicine )
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- Associate Dean of Medical School Administration
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- Coordinator, Admissions & Financial Aid
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- Interim Director of Medical School Education
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- Director of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Dr. Prochaska is a hospitalist clinician and health outcomes researcher, and is currently supported by a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to study how red blood cell transfusion for hospitalized patients with anemia affects their fatigue, activity, and fatigability levels after they have been discharged from the hospital. Dr. Prochaska is also the Associate Director of the University of Chicago Hospitalist Project research infrastructure, and involved in the integration of the Chicago Area Patient Centered Outcomes Research Network (CAPriCORN) into clinical research at the University of Chicago. He is Director of the University of Chicago Translational Medicine Program (CTMP), and a Co-Director of the Cultivating Health & Aging Researchers by Integrating Science, Medicine, & Aging (CHARISMA) Program, both of which train undergraduate students in clinical and translational research. Dr. Prochaska is also an Assistant Director of the MacLean center for Clinical and Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago.
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- Director of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Pathways Research Training / Associate Professor of Medicine
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- Medical School Education Administrator
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- Associate Director of Financial Aid
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- Associate Director of Admissions
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- Assistant Dean for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion / Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
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- Manager, Career Advising and Student Services
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- Medical Education Operations Coordinator
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- Associate Dean of Students and Professional Development Associate Professor of Medicine