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![a pathologist in a lab coat stands at a computer monitor reviewing data using AI to analyze blood smears.]()
'We're on the Precipice'
AI powers tools that help pathologists spend less time counting cells and use their refined skills to make complicated diagnoses.
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![Lindsay Weaver speaks at a podium during a press conference during COVID]()
A prescription for improving the state's health
From her earliest memories, being a doctor was “just what I wanted to do.” Today, Lindsay Weaver, MD, is state health commissioner — Indiana’s top doctor.
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Urban Medicine: Caring for your diverse community
An estimated 83 million people live in areas without sufficient access to a primary-care physician. Indiana University School of Medicine is attempting to chip away ...
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![Angela Hatfield, MD and mentees Andrew Gauger and Maddie Wright in the clinic in terre haute]()
Rural Medicine: Caring for your neighbors in small places
An estimated 83 million people live in areas without sufficient access to a primary-care physician. Indiana University School of Medicine is attempting to chip away ...
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![Kola Okuyemi stands in front of the Department of Family Medicine sign]()
Family Medicine chair aims to bridge the gaps in health care
Dr. Kola Okuyemi’s career as an academic family medicine physician has focused on research and training programs to improve the health of underserved populations and ...
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![liana apostolova sits across a table from a woman who is a participant in the LEADS study. Apostolova holds a flash card for the woman to read.]()
Leading the Way
A landmark IU School of Medicine study of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease enters its fifth year — and has more insights to share.
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Catching their breath
A respiratory therapist’s expertise and longstanding ties proved essential in helping Liberia confront COVID-19.
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![Medical student Dana Mitchell works in a lab.]( "IU Medicine - Fall 2021 - Mitchell - Online")
Doctor, Diagnose Thyself
Medical student Dana Mitchell thought she might be suffering from an uncommon autoimmune disorder—and set out to prove it.
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![Eamon Eccles poses for a portrait.]( "IU Medicine - Fall 2021 - Eccles - Online")
Let's Do What We've Got to Do
Eamon Eccles faced his own mortality as a cancer patient. It taught the future physician a few things about empathy.
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![Lawrence Einhorn, MD.]( "IU Medicine-Fall 2021-Lawrence Einhorn - Online")
Refining the Cure
Lawrence Einhorn pioneered a treatment for testicular cancer. Today, he strives to ‘lessen the burden’ it puts on patients.
Laura Gates
Laura is a senior writer with the Office of Strategic Communications. A native Hoosier, she has 25 years of experience in communications, having worked with newspapers and other media organizations in Indiana and Florida, along with small businesses, community groups and non-profit organizations. Before joining IU School of Medicine in January 2020, she was editor-in-chief of a lifestyle magazine serving the community of Estero, Florida.