Rachel N. Christensen
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About
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
Teaching and Supervision
PHAR 413: Pharmacy Practice – Hospital (PHAR413), 10/8/2025 – Present
PHAR 601 APPE Ambulatory Clinic Morning Conference (PHAR 601), 6/5/2025 – 6/6/2025
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.
Russo, A, Pierce, D, Christensen, R, Heinrich, L, Valdepenas, B, Gallon, L, Benedetti, E, Tzvetanov, I, Muran, C. (2025). Efficacy and Safety Comparison of Letermovir versus Valganciclovir for Use in Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients. American Journal of Transplantation, 25, (8), s597. doi:10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.1395.
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
President, 8/1/2025 - 8/1/2026
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