Christopher S Keator, PhD

Chair, WMed IACUC
  • Assistant Dean for Laboratory Animal Resources
  • Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
    • Primary Address
    • Office
    • WMU Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine
    • 1000 Oakland Drive
    • Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Biography

Chris Keator, PhD, is a broadly trained reproductive biologist with a primary focus on Women's Health. He has almost 20 years of experience in reproductive physiology, conducting both basic science and biomedical translational research with a variety of different animal models.  Since 2012 he's been heavily invested in medical education, and has promoted the use of novel strategies to help today's millennial student streamline learning in this modern digital age of information overload.  In 2014 he was recruited to WMed, where he serves as the Basic Science Course Director for the Endocrine and Reproductive Course, and as the Director of Explorations.  Since 2016, he's leveraged his animal science background to help build the PHS-assured WMed Animal Care & Use program.

Education

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2011, Reproductive Biology, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University
  • PhD 2006, Animal Science, Physiology of Reproduction, University of Connecticut
  • PhD 2006, Animal Science, Physiology of Reproduction, University of Connecticut
  • MS 2001, Animal Science, Physiology of Reproduction, University of Connecticut
  • MS 2001, Animal Science, Physiology of Reproduction, University of Connecticut
  • BS 1997, Biology, SUNY College at Oneonta
  • BS 1997, Biology, SUNY College at Oneonta

Honors & Awards

  • Lalor Foundation Merit Award, Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the SSR. 05/2008
  • NIH T32 NRSA Fellowship, Reproductive Biology-Multidisciplinary, ONPRC/OHSU. 10/2007