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Rachel N. Christensen

Contact

Office Phone:

(312) 996-1446 (work)

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Teaching Statement:
PMPR 347 Advanced Transplant Therapeutics Elective, Mar 2024 – Present

PHAR 504 Transplant Therapeutics, Nov 2023 – Present

PHAR 504 Immunology, Sep 2023 – Present

PMPR 385 Media’s Influence on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Nov 2023

PMPR: 359 Topics in Post-Graduate Training, Oct 2022 – Feb 2023

Pre-Transplant (PMPR 390), 8/25/2025 – 12/5/2025
PDAT 4: Immunology/Respiratory (PHAR 504), 10/7/2024 – Present
PDAT 4: Immunology/Respiratory (PHAR 504), 9/26/2024 – Present
Advanced Transplant Therapeutics Elective (PMPR 347), 3/22/2024 – Present
Media’s Influence on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine (PMPR 385), 11/26/2023 – 12/1/2023
PMPR: 359 Topics in Post-Graduate Training, 10/18/2023 – 4/18/2024

Selected Publications

Christensen, Rachel, Valdepeñas, Benito. (2025). Post-Transplant Neurologic Complications and Management. ACCP’s Solid Organ Transplantation Self-Assessment Program.

Di Cocco, Pierpaolo, Martinino, Alessandro, Bencini, Giulia, Christensen, Rachel, Valdepenas, Benito, Petrochenkov, Egor, Akshelyan, Stepan, Almario-Alvarez, Jorge, Spaggiari, Mario, Tzvetanov, Ivo, Benedetti, Enrico. (2024). Clinical outcomes of intestinal transplant recipients receiving maintenance basiliximab, sublingual tacrolimus and prednisone: A case series. Human Immunology, 85, (3), 110787. doi:10.1016/j.humimm.2024.110787.

Professional Leadership

Small Bowel Transplant Quality Committee, 1/1/2025 - Present

Transplant Immunosuppression Guideline Review Committee, 8/1/2024 - Present

Transplant Adverse Event Committee, 8/1/2024 - Present

Education

Degrees:
PharmD, Wayne State University, United States, 2022
B.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wayne State University, United States, 2019

Postgraduate Training:
PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States, 2023
PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Pharmacy Residency, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States, 2024

Licensures and Certifications

Teaching Certificate, University of Illinois at Chicago, Date Not Set - 6/2023
Academic Leadership Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, Date Not Set - 6/2024

Professional Memberships

Illinois Transplant Pharmacist Association, 8/1/2023 - Present
American Society of Transplantation, 8/1/2023 - Present