Giving

The Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine is known throughout the world for excellence in education, research and patient care. For many years, the generosity of alumni, friends and grateful patients has assisted the department in maintaining and advancing this position of leadership.

Ways to Give

There are many ways of making a gift to the department: an outright gift, a pledge payable over a period of years, a like-income gift arrangement or a bequest. A gift may be made in the form of cash, security, real estate or personal property. For details on giving opportunities, please contact the IU School of Medicine Office of Gift Development.

Debra J. Helper Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Fund

It is the intent of the donors, and the Foundation agrees, that this gift be used to support inflammatory bowel disease research in the Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology in the Department of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Gifts to this account are used for an endowed lectureship within the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and allow for an internationally recognized expert to come to campus each year. The Lumeng Lectureship is named in honor of Lawrence Lumeng, MD, who served as chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology for more than 20 years.

Gifts to this account are used to support medical text, educational materials and advanced technological items in the Gastroenterology/Hepatology Division.

Gifts to this account will be used for the general support of the Gastroenterology Division of the Department of Medicine within the IU School of Medicine.

Gifts to this account are used to support pancreatic and biliary disease research. Today’s research will unlock tomorrow’s cures. Physicians and scientists in the Division of Gastroenterology at Indiana University School of Medicine know relying on existing science to care for patients is not enough. Private philanthropic support is critical to ensure advances in the understanding of pancreatic and biliary diseases that will ultimately improve diagnosis and treatments for patients.

Gifts to this account support liver research in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology within Indiana University School of Medicine.

Gifts to this account are used to support the Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) program in the Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology under the leadership of Dr. Monika Fisher in the Department of Medicine within IU School of Medicine.

Gifts to this fund support initiatives and programs related to GI motility and neurogastroenterology in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine.