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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 retrospective update on the school’s notable progress during his tenure, beginning in 2013. He will retire in July.

Laura Gates  | Apr 17, 2026
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,

Laura Gates
A large group of IU faculty and staff pose in the MERB simulation center

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

Laura Gates
Dean Jay Hess speaks at podium with Excellence in Health Care logo as others watch

IU School of Medicine dean, faculty honored with IBJ Excellence in Health Care awards

The Indianapolis Business Journal honored several IU School of Medicine faculty, including Dean Jay L. Hess, for outstanding efforts to improve the health of people

Laura Gates
Greg Sachs, MD, is picture against a plain red background.

Long-serving division chief announces retirement

Greg Sachs, MD, has announced he will retire in June after nearly 20 years of exemplary service to the Indiana University Department of Medicine as

Caitlin VanOverberghe
Sacha Sharp and Abby Gorman stand at the bar in Guggman Haus Brewery. Each woman is holding a glass of beer and smiling.

Docs on Draft: New event series aims to connect doctors, community members

Staged in a locally owned brewery, Docs on Draft is a speaker series that gives experts in the medical field an opportunity to share their

Caitlin VanOverberghe
A headshot of Jenny Ting is shown inside a circle that is overlaid across a dark red background. Text next to her headshot reads, "Jenny Ting, PhD, Mark Brothers Award Winner, April 8."

Renowned immunologist to speak April 8 at IU School of Medicine

Jenny P.-Y. Ting, winner of the 2026 Mark Brothers Award, will discuss how her discoveries in innate immunity, inflammation, microbiome science and antiviral defense are

Corie Farnsley
Trisha Wise-Draper portrait on a red background.

Department of Medicine names new director of Division of Hematology/Oncology

Trisha Wise-Draper is an accomplished physician-scientist, specializing in the care of cancers in the head and neck and experimental therapeutics.

Caitlin VanOverberghe
An illustration celebrating 20 years of Indiana University Emergency Radiology. At the top, the IU School of Medicine Radiology and Imaging Sciences logo sits above the bold text "20 YEARS OF IU EMERGENCY RADIOLOGY." Below the text, two female radiologists in white lab coats—one with dark hair in a ponytail and the other wearing a red hijab—are shown holding up and examining X-ray films of a skull and a hand. The style is a clean, flat 2D vector illustration on a light gray background.

IU emergency radiology division celebrates 20th anniversary

The emergency radiology division within the Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at IU School of Medicine turns 20 years old.

Zoe Hagymasi
Kathleen Unroe

IU geriatrics expert earns celebrated professorship for aging research

Kathleen Unroe was named the Cornelius and Yvonne Pettinga Professor of Medicine, a title awarded to a faculty member who engages in educational, research and

Caitlin VanOverberghe