Faculty Affairs and Professional Development

FAPD develops a vibrant, healthy and engaging community where everyone can thrive, advance the school’s mission and cultivate the school's core values.

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Nominate colleagues for any of six awards by June 10

It's award season! The nomination forms for six awards — recognizing excellent faculty mentoring, research laboratories, inspirational educators, community engagement, scholar-educators and teaching impact — are open now. Nominate colleagues or yourself; just be sure you do so by June 10.

LAMP and LAMP PLUS applications open June 1!

Applications open June 1 for the Leadership in Academic Medicine Program (LAMP) and LAMP PLUS+ programs, designed to support early-career faculty through leadership development, career planning, community building, and skills for long-term success across departments and disciplines. Apply for both programs using the same application.

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Apply for sponsorship to attend AAMC leadership seminar

Beginning June 1, Indiana University School of Medicine faculty may apply for sponsorship to attend AAMC’s Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Development Seminar, a three-day program for associate professors focused on organizational leadership, career advancement, and skills essential for effective academic leaders.

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Our Mission

Establish and sustain a culture that promotes faculty vitality and organizational learning.
Train, educate and empower faculty and staff leaders who can promote the development of others and craft a culture of wellness that is welcoming of all.
Plan, communicate and implement evidence-based faculty and leadership development activities.
Ensure effective and successful recruitment, appointment, orientation, retention and promotion of faculty.

The FAPD staff poses for a group shot during a team outing at Random Acts of Flowers, where they created bouquets of flowers for patients at IU Health and other facilities.

Our Team

With a shared focus on fostering excellence in teaching, research, clinical care and service, our team is passionate about empowering faculty members to thrive and make a lasting impact in academic medicine.

(We also like to come together to do good and have fun. At left, the FAPD team partnered with Random Acts of Flowers to create dozens of bouquets of flowers for patients at IU Health and other central Indiana hospitals.)

Meet the FAPD team