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  • Guadalupe Jimenez looks out from a helicopter.

    The Freedom to Thrive

    The daughter of immigrants and a former Navy medic, Guadalupe Jimenez pursues her calling at IU School of Medicine.

    Bobby King  |  Nov 11, 2020
  • Rolla Harger, MD, with his Drunkometer.

    Sober Analysis

    An IU professor’s clunky device tackled a new problem at the end of Prohibition: drunk driving.

    Matthew Harris  |  Nov 11, 2020
  • Wallach_Paul_2017_01

    Tweaks Keep the Pipeline Open

    Training the next generation of healers during a pandemic can be a daunting task, but IU School of Medicine found ways ...

    Bobby King  |  Nov 11, 2020
  • Composite image of medical students

    Donning Scrubs Instead of Gowns

    This spring, more than 120 medical students offered to graduate early and join the frontline of a health care system grappling with a surge of patients ...

    Bobby King  |  Nov 11, 2020
  • Ben Higgins works as a contact tracer.

    Points of Contact

    Slowing coronavirus requires more than robust testing. It takes a team of contact tracers to connect with people who test positive—one ...

    Matthew Harris  |  Nov 10, 2020
  • Patricia Treadwell

    'Effecting True Change'

    In the past, IU School of Medicine’s approach to diversity has been fraught. Now, Patricia Treadwell is helping tackle those issues. ...

    Bobby King  |  Nov 10, 2020
  • Kelvin Lee, MD, was named director of IU Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center in October 2020, arriving from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York.

    Bold is Better for Kelvin Lee

    The new head of IU Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center was enticed by goals to cure triple-negative breast cancer, ...

    Bobby King  |  Nov 10, 2020
  • Hiller at the Helm

    The former director of emergency medicine at the University of Arizona arrives at IU School of Medicine—Bloomington as a state-of-the-art academic health building nears completion. ...

    Bobby King  |  Nov 10, 2020
  • Wade Clapp

    Healer, Mentor, Researcher, Leader

    Wade Clapp helped discover treatments for a rare genetic disorder and paved a path for future physician-scientists.

    Matthew Harris  |  Nov 10, 2020
  • Portrait of Bruce Lamb and Alan Palkowitz

    The Search

    Over the last 25 years, hundreds of clinical trials for drugs treating Alzheimer’s disease have failed. As the field takes stock, ...

    Matthew Harris  |  Nov 10, 2020