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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Peek inside the life and career journey of Michele Saysana, MD

Tune into Stepping Stones — a live, online, video podcast-style interview series — to be inspired by life, career and leadership journeys. Michele Saysana, MD, president of the IU Health Metro Region and IU Health Methodist and University hospitals, is the next featured guest. Register now to join the conversation Feb. 12 via Zoom.

Be inspired by the life and career journey of Elizabeth Yeh, PhD

In the final episode of the 2025-'26 Stepping Stones series, Elizabeth Yeh, PhD, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, vice chair of research and a cancer biologist, will share her journey through life, career and leadership. Tune in for this live, online, video podcast-style interview, and get inspired on your lunch hour!

Dean Hess will be featured Bogdewic event guest April 30

Before his retirement in July, IU School of Medicine Dean Jay Hess, MD, PhD, MHSA, will sit down for a fireside chat-style interview about his leadership, proudest moments and hopes for the school's future. The Stephen P. Bogdewic Lectureship in Medical Leadership event will be held April 30.

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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