Pritzker News
Pritzker students awarded Schweitzer Fellowships
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wo Pritzker School of Medicine students selected for the prestigious Schweitzer Fellowship will spend the next year helping improve health and well-being in underserved Chicago communities. Christopher Castaneda, MS3, and Alisha Ranadive, MS3, were chosen from among a record number of applicants for the fellowship, named in honor of famed humanitarian and Nobel laureate Dr. Albert Schweitzer. The program gives students the opportunity to design and implement innovative yearlong projects to address serious health challenges in the community. Working in collaboration with community organizations, schools or clinics, each fellow will provide 200 hours of direct service.
Alisha Ranadive, MS3
Christopher Castaneda, MS3
Castaneda will work to encourage high school students to excel in school and develop their interest in the life sciences. Increasing diversity in the health care workforce will improve access and culturally competent care in diverse, underserved communities. “Having a mentor who has had success and comes
from a similar background is vital for a younger student trying to achieve similar success,” Castaneda said. Ranadive, who previously taught at the Sherman School of Excellence in Chicago through the City Year (AmeriCorps) Program, will strive to strengthen the middle school’s science curriculum by engaging students with hands-on learning activities. “It is well-documented that education can have a high impact on health outcomes,” she said. Since the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellowship Program began in 1996, 435 fellows not only have contributed more than 87,000 hours of service, but the majority remain engaged with helping people in underserved neighborhoods after the fellowships end.
Medical students inducted into honor society 20 members of the Class of 2012 inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society
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wenty University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine fourthyear students were inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society this spring. The honored students are recognized for excellence in clinical care, leadership, compassion and dedication to service. The Gold Humanism Honor Society Class of 2012 members are Jessica Beaman, MPH, Manuel Diaz, Tien Dong, Adam Edelstein, Enrique Escalante, Laura Hodges, Sarah Horvath, Andrew Hughey, Chidubem Iloabachie, Kyle Karches, Philip Knollman, Grace Lee, Rebecca Levine, Andrew Levy, Patrick Lyons, Margaret (Moore) Nolan, MS, Laura Stephens, Geoffrey Stetson, Philippe-Gerard Tapon, and Maureen Willcox. The inductees were nominated by their
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peers and selected by a committee that includes faculty and medical school staff. The Pritzker School of Medicine established its chapter of the Gold Humanism
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Honor Society in 2005 to recognize senior medical students who “model, encourage and sustain the values of humanism and professionalism.”