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![Two men in fire suits talk near stacked tires on pit lane at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway]()
Shaping the future of Motorsports Medicine: IU leads the field through training, mentorship at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
IU School of Medicine has grown its reputation internationally as the place to train in motorsports medicine. Fellows are now defining what it means to ...
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PhD graduate urges Class of 2026 to embrace uncertainty along the path of scientific discovery
Ivana Daniels received her PhD in pharmacology and encouraged her peers to embrace uncertainty as an essential part of the discovery process during her remarks ...
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IU School of Medicine Class of 2026 president urges MD graduates to practice medicine with humility and compassion
Mychael Spencer, president of the IU School of Medicine Class of 2026, spoke about his nontraditional path to medicine during the school’s commencement ceremony, where ...
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![Jay Hess and Stephen Bogdewic sit in orange armchairs and converse at the front of a lecture hall.]()
'Aim High': Dean Hess shares lessons learned from leading the nation's largest medical school
IU School of Medicine Dean Jay L. Hess shared leadership tips during a fireside chat with Stephen Bogdewic on April 30, and colleagues say what ...
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Wearing the crown: IU med student promotes fitness for children as 500 Festival Princess
First-year medical student Sydney Clements is among 33 collegiate women selected to be 500 Festival Princesses. Her service projects include a running curriculum she presents ...
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Spring 2026 All School Meeting: Dean Hess looks back on progress made in education, research, patient care
Dean Jay L. Hess addressed the IU School of Medicine community a final time during the Spring All School Meeting on April 16, giving a ...
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![Three medical students in a dimly lit room assess the condition of an actor portraying an overdose during a simulation exercise with video screens behind them]()
Collaborative mass casualty simulation takes learning beyond the classroom for IU medical students
Mitch Krathwohl organized an immersive learning opportunity for first-year medical students in his FCP1 course. It was a collaborative effort involving Indianapolis EMS, Eskenazi Health, ...
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Cross-campus collaboration leads to success for simulation center's first large-scale event
The Medical Education and Research Building Simulation Center hosted its first large-scale standardized patient event, which came together in just one week through the power ...
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![Four students in surgical scrubs practice lifesaving skills on a woman lying in a hospital bed.]()
First breath to last: Consortium trains respiratory therapists for work in Indiana hospitals
A consortium led by IU Health trains IU students to become respiratory therapists — filling a critical need in Indiana and nationwide.
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![Lucia Li stand next to a health department worker and observes as a tattoo shop worker prepares to give a tattoo.]()
Public health meets medicine: IU medical students join county health departments aiming for a healthier Indiana
The Public Health Externship is an immersive experience allowing senior medical students to learn from Indiana's county health department workers about upstream interventions that make ...
Laura Gates
As senior writer for the Indiana University School of Medicine, Laura tells the stories of the people behind innovative scientific discoveries, compassionate care initiatives and statewide excellence in medical education. She is an experienced journalist who enjoys travel and photography and is always eager to learn something new.