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Resilient IU medical resident a fierce advocate for equity and inclusion

Neurodevelopmental disabilities resident Kristin Fauntleroy-Love, MBBS, MHA, is an advocate for minority patients and patients with disabilities. She shares the challenges she's overcome while pursuing her dream career in medicine.

Laura Gates | May 18, 2022

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Kristin Fauntleroy-Love gives acceptance speech at Galentine's Day Gala

Pictured left to right: Brianne Nickel, MA, C-TAGME and Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS

Stefanidis and Nickel provide national leadership in surgical education

Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS, vice chair of education in the Department of Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine, and Brianne Nickel, MA,

Angie Antonopoulos | May 17, 2022

Incoming OB-GYN resident helping others navigate careers in medicine as people of color

As a medical student, Maya Merriweather founded Melanin is the New Medicine, LLC, with the goal of increasing diversity in the field. She was pleased

Caitlin VanOverberghe | May 11, 2022

Diversity needed: IU School of Medicine graduate seeks to change demographics in medicine's least diverse specialty

Class of 2022 graduate Uchechukwu Emili is among five female IU School of Medicine students who matched into orthopedic surgery residency programs. As she begins

Laura Gates | May 09, 2022

PhD graduate aims to work as science policy analyst

In high school, Alyson Essex was told to leave science to the boys. Now she is graduating with a PhD in cell biology and anatomy

Laura Gates | May 09, 2022

Lana Dbeibo and Nabil Adra with their children

Moms in Medicine

IU School of Medicine has many outstanding MD and PhD moms who achieve excellence in both career and family life. It isn’t always easy, but

Laura Gates | May 05, 2022

Orthopaedic surgery residency program sees record number of female matches

A record number of female physicians matched into the orthopaedic surgery residency program at Indiana University School of Medicine following Match Day 2022.

Caitlin VanOverberghe | Mar 31, 2022

Advance your career in academic medicine with PLUS

The Program to Launch Underrepresented in Medicine Success (PLUS) at Indiana University School of Medicine is designed to support the career development of faculty who

Jordan Lapsley | Mar 30, 2022

Postdoctoral fellow and her donor form deep friendship

Shortly into the pandemic, Hande Karahan, PhD, and Nancy Carpenter, the donor of a fellowship that supported Karahan’s research a year prior, decided to reconnect. They

Ben Middelkamp | Mar 30, 2022

Historical marker at IUPUI honors IU School of Medicine's first female faculty member

A historical marker honoring Amelia Keller, MD, is being installed at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library on the IUPUI campus. A women's rights advocate, Keller

Laura Gates | Mar 28, 2022