Faculty

Rev. James K. Foster, CSC, M.D.

Assistant Dean for Health Sciences

Chair

Assistant Professional Specialist, Department of Preprofessional Studies
Director of Center for Health Sciences & Advising

Phone (574)-631-5899/4890

Fr. James K. Foster is a 1977 graduate of the University of Notre Dame and a 1981 graduate of the University of Illinois Medical School. After earning his medical degree, he completed a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, was board certified in both, and entered private medical practice in the western suburbs of Chicago. In 1989, he entered the Congregation of Holy Cross, earned a master of divinity in 1994 and was ordained in 1995. After ordination, he completed a fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago.

He returned to Notre Dame in the fall of 1997 and presently teaches an Introduction to Clinical Ethics seminar to students interested in health care. He is a member of the National Association of Advisors to the Health Professions and sits on the Ethics Committee and Institutional Review Board of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Inc. in South Bend, Indiana. He is also chaplain of the Notre Dame Glee Club, and lives in residence in Knott Hall on the campus at Notre Dame.

Please direct any questions to: James K. Foster, CSC, M.D.

E-mail address: foster.34@nd.edu

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Kathleen J.S. Kolberg, Ph.D.

Professional Specialist, Department of Preprofessional Studies
Assistant Dean, College of Science

Phone: (574) 631-4890

Kathleen Kolberg is a developmental biologist and advisor who joined the Science Preprofessional program in 2004. She has taught in the Department of Psychology since 1994, teaching courses of interest to prehealth students such as Stress Medicine and Management, Behavioral Pediatrics, and Psychology and Medicine. She worked in advising at the Arts and Letters Office of Undergraduate Studies, Arts and Letters Preprofessional program from 2001 to 2004. She is also a member of National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions

Dr. Kolberg received her PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Notre Dame in 1989. Her research interests are developmental psychobiology, developmental toxicology, stress and clinical outcomes, and how the hospital environment affects patients, families and staff. She currently serves on the Planning Committee for the Physical and Developmental Environment of the High Risk Infant Conference, the Consensus Committee to Establish Recommended Standards for Newborn ICU Design, the Newborn Developmental Care Committee of the Indiana Perinatal Association and the March of Dimes Northern Indiana Division Board of Directors. Dr. Kolberg also works with the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Memorial Hospital on research and education projects such as developing a pain assessment tool for NICU infants and using appreciative inquiry to improve family centered care in the NICU. She has published 28 works ranging from book chapters to journal articles to popular media. She is also an advisor to Notre Dame Campus Girl Scouts, HUGS and Medical Explorers and coach of South Bend Community Schools FIRST Robotics teams.

Please direct questions and comments to: Kathleen J.S. Kolberg, PhD

Email: kkolberg@nd.edu