Dr. Julie Welch is Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Vice Chair of Faculty Development, and Director of Mentoring Training for the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (ICTSI). She was a founding member of the IUPUI Mentoring Academy and serves as the faculty mentoring liasion for Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). She champions issues surrounding faculty development, mentoring, physician wellness, work-life policies, and women in medicine. She currently divides her time between academic emergency medicine at IUSM and IU Health Methodist Hospital, the Indiana CTSI, and mentoring initiatives at the local and national levels.

For her continued commitment as a physician, leader, and mentor, she was recognized with the 2016 IUSM Clinical Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award, a 2016 IU Trustee Teaching Award, the 2014 Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association National Mentorship Award, the 2014 American Medical Association Inspirational Physician Award, and the 2010 IUPUI Outstanding Women Leader Award.