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With roots in West Virginia coal country, Carmella Evans-Molina never dreamed she would one day be a nationally recognized physician-scientist and director of the Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases at IU School of Medicine, where she mentors junior colleagues in translational science.

Julia LaMotte, PhD, received the 2022 Outstanding Faculty Commitment to Diversity Award for her commitment to advancing DEIJ at IU School of Medicine. She aims to eliminate health disparities and crush systemic racism in academic medicine.

Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD, MPH, MS, recently stepped into a schoolwide leadership role as IU School of Medicine’s first associate dean for health equity research, aiming to build research programs that will help reduce disparities in health care delivery.

Dr. Gregory M. Taylor, an emergency physician at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, was promoted to major in the U.S. Air Force on September 11, 2022.

"Skin of color" in the dermatology community refers to the broad grouping of individuals with pigmented skin which can include many different ethnic groups and cultures. The dermatologist's cultural competency is essential to patient satisfaction and positive outcomes for patients with skin of color.

On Thank a Donor Day, we get to say THANK YOU for all the ways our donors so generously support IU School of Medicine. To celebrate, we're recognizing just a few of the projects and places made possible thanks to IU donors.

Each year, National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 to pay tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched the United States through achievements and contributions to society. Stark Neurosciences Research Institute at Indiana University School of Medicine proudly celebrates the diversity of the institute's faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students and staff. We spoke with Juan Codocedo, PhD and Nur Jury Garfe, PhD, about their backgrounds and pursuit of science.

Sylk Sotto, EdD, MPS, MBA, an administrator-practitioner-scholar the Department of Medicine, draws resilience from her Puerto Rican roots as she advocates for equity and inclusion in academic medicine.

IU School of Medicine student Alicia Martinez-Garcia carries her family and cultural heritage into her pursuit of medicine: “I want to be that person who can bring relief and help someone with a language barrier to feel more comfortable."