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 an excellent educator for the Trustees' Teaching Award

Learners, residents, fellows, postdocs, faculty and staff: You know someone worth recognizing! Honor excellent educators by nominating those you know for the IU Trustees' Teaching Award. To nominate, write a short paragraph that explains how a faculty member meets the criteria and complete the form linked above by Jan. 9.

A graphic shows a head-and-shoulders photo of Lauren Nephew, MD, inside a white photo frame, positioned on top of a faded background that shows a series of stepping stones in water. Text overlaying the image says, "Stepping Stones of Leadership Series featuring Lauren D. Nephew, MD, MA, MSCE, Jan. 13."

Peek inside the life and career journeys of leaders

Tune into Stepping Stones — a live, online, video podcast-style interview series — to be inspired by the life, career and leadership journeys of IU School of Medicine leaders. Lauren Nephew, MD, MA, MSCE, assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, is the featured guest for January.

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Review rubrics: Implementation date changed to 2027

The IU Board of Trustees changed the required-implementation date for standardized criteria for faculty annual reviews from 2026 to 2027. Consider the upcoming review season a pilot run. (Problems accessing the story? Use an incognito/private browser window, and log in using your IU email address.)

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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