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July 21, 2025: New Psychology B.A. at The Chicago School Offers One of the Fastest Paths to Graduate Study
June 10, 2025: The Chicago School Launches Online Master of Science Program in Biomedical Sciences
May 20, 2025: Chicago’s First New Medical School in Nearly 100 Years Is Now Accepting Applications
August 12, 2024: The Chicago School Selected to FirstGen Forward Network
July 11, 2024: How is Your Organization Observing Minority Mental Health Month?
June 6, 2024: The Chicago School Announces Bill Brown, Psy.D. as Provost

Michele Nealon, Psy.D.
President
Areas of Expertise:
- Leadership
- Global issues
- Integrated healthcare
- Workplace culture
- Child psychology

Elizabeth Schwab, Psy.D.
Program Chair of Business Psychology Division and
Program Chair of M.A. Behavioral Economics
Areas of Expertise:
- Physician decision-making
- Consumer behavior and vaccine choices
- Misinformation and “alternative facts”
- Social media and information spread
- Empathetic conversations across differences

John Lucas, DO
Founding Dean and Chief Academic Officer
Areas of Expertise:
- Emergency medicine
- Graduate medical education
- Team dynamic development
- Medical education
- Osteopathic medicine

Monica Kinde, Ph.D., M.S.
Senior Associate Dean of Pre-Clinical Affairs and
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Areas of Expertise:
- Biochemistry
- Medical education program development and assessment
- Accreditation
- Leadership and culture

Sam Pope Ph.D., J.D.
Department Chair, Medical Education
Areas of Expertise:
- Immunology and microbiology