Applications to the Scholarly Concentrations program will be open from late fall through early January. Specific application dates and more information about the process will be available leading up to the application window.
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Available concentrations
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 6-8
Home campus is Indianapolis. All coursework and scholarly work (except the online Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship and the Clinical Research Methods course) takes place at the Indianapolis campus.
Acceptance to and completion of IMPRS Summer Research Program is required for this concentration.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer and Fall 2024:
| Date | Course |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
| 05/23/2024–06/28/2024 | Clinical Research Methods |
| 05/23/2024–8/01/2024 | Research Topics in Medicine |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Complete IMPRS research project that serves as launching pad for scholarly concentrations project |
| TBD Fall 2024 | Immersion in Clinical and Patient-Oriented Research |
View more information, including requirements, course descriptions and overall timeline for this concentration.
Co-Directors Contacts
Erika R. Cheng, MPA, PhD | echeng@iu.edu | 317-278-0552
Lisa G. Yazel, EdD | smithlg@iu.edu | 317-278-9615
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 25
All coursework is online. Scholarly project locations vary by project but focus on Indianapolis area.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer 2024:
| Date | Course |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
| 06/01/2024–07/30/2024 |
Value Creations and Financial Performance of Health Care Systems |
| 06/01/2024–07/30/2024 |
Business Management of the Patient Experience |
View more information, including requirements, course descriptions and overall timeline for this concentration.
Co-Directors Contacts
Kyle Anderson, PhD | kyjander@iu.edu | 317-274-0150
Gregory Katzman, MD, MBA | gkatzman@iu.edu | 317-953-6637
Janelle Cissell | cissellj@iu.edu | 317-278-6280
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 5
Home campus is Indianapolis. All coursework (except the online Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship, Genomic Medicine Journal Club, and Online Clinical Case Review) and scholarly project takes place at the Indianapolis campus.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer and Fall 2024,and Academic Year 2024-2025:
| Date | Course |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
| 05/20/2024–07/31/2024 | Online Clinical Case Review |
| 05/20/2024–07/31/2024 | Essential Laboratory Translation in Genomic Medicine |
| 05/20/2024–07/31/2024 | Effective Communications in Genomic Medicine |
| 05/20/2024–07/31/2024 | Work on scholarly project |
| 05/20/2024–12/15/2025 |
Genomic Medicine Journal Club |
View more information, including requirements, course descriptions and overall timeline for this concentration.
Co-Directors Contacts
Brittney-Shea Herbert, PhD | brherber@iu.edu | 317-274-6147
Vinaya Murthy, MPH | vmurthy@iu.edu
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 6
Home campus is Fort Wayne. However, all coursework is online. The scholarly project work occurs in Fort Wayne or Indianapolis.
Be prepared to complete or start the following during Summer 2024 and Academic Year 2024-2025:
| Date | Course |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
| 05/20/2024–04/11/2024 | Population and Public Health Approaches to Aging |
| 05/20/2024–04/11/2024 | Health Care Integration and Healthy Aging |
| 08/07/2024–04/11/2025 | Journal Club |
| Summer 2024 | Work on scholarly project |
View more information, including requirements, course descriptions and overall timeline for this concentration.
Co-Directors Contacts
Bob Sweazey, PhD | rsweazey@iu.edu | 260-257-6863
Leslie A. Hoffman, PhD | lesahoff@iu.edu | 260-257-6842
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 8
Home campus is Muncie. Coursework is both online and on the Muncie campus. The scholarly project work typically takes place on the Muncie campus.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer 2024 and ongoing:
| Date | Course |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
| 05/22/2024–08/04/2024 | Introduction to Public Health |
| 05/20/2024–01/31/2027 | Lifestyle Medicine |
View more information, including requirements, course descriptions and overall timeline for this concentration.
Co-Directors Contacts
Larry Fromm, PhD | lfromm@iu.edu | 765-751-5111
Michael Litt, PhD | mlitt@iu.edu | 765-751-5110
Lynn Witty, MD | lwitty@iu.edu
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 2-4
Home campus is Bloomington and all concentration work (except the online Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship course) occurs in Bloomington.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer 2024:
| Date | Course |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
| 06/03/2024–06/28/2024 | Introduction to Human Sexuality |
| 06/03/2024–06/28/2024 | Critical Issues in Sexuality and Health |
| Summer 2024 | Work on scholarly project |
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Co-Directors Contacts
Charles N Rudick, PhD | crudick@iu.edu | 312-833-2120
Justin R Garcia, PhD | jusrgarc@iu.edu | 812-856-1504
Jessica J. Hille, JD, PhD | jhille@iu.edu | 812-855-404
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 4
Home campus is Bloomington. All coursework and scholarly work (except the online Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship course) takes place at the Bloomington campus.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer 2024:
| Date | Course |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
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05/20/2024–06/30/2024* *Dates flexible to accommodate student's summer schedule |
Introduction to Clinical Case Study Development for Non-didactic Learning |
| Winter–Spring 2025 | Pedagogical Methods in the Health Sciences |
| Summer 2024 | Work on scholarly project |
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Co-Directors Contacts
Valerie O’Laughlin, PhD | vdean@iu.edu | 812-855- 7723
Charles N Rudick, PhD | crudick@iu.edu | 312-833-2120
Polly Husmann, PhD | phusmann@iu.edu | 812-856- 2373
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 10
Home campus is Indianapolis. All coursework and scholarly work (except the online Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship course) takes place at the Indianapolis campus.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer 2024:
| Date | Course |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
| 05/21/2024–06/13/2024 | Introduction to Medical Humanities: Perspectives to Health Disease, and Healing |
| Summer 2024 | Work on scholarly project |
View more information, including requirements, course descriptions and overall timeline for this concentration.
Co-Directors Contacts
Emily Beckman, DMH | embeckma@iu.edu | 317-274-4755
Jane Hartsock, JD | jaaharts@iu.edu | 317-274-2906
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 20
All concentration coursework can be completed online. The scholarly project work occurs in the student’s campus city and/or region or a mutually agreed upon site.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer 2024:
| Date | Course |
| 05/22/2024–08/04/2024 |
Introduction to Public Health |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
| 05/22/2024–08/04/2024 | Population Health for Clinicians |
| Summer 2024 | Identify mentor; Choose scholarly project topic; Work on scholarly project |
View more information, including requirements, course descriptions and overall timeline for this concentration.
Co-Directors Contacts
Paul Halverson, DrPH, MHSA | pkhalver@iu.edu | 317-274-4242
William Tierney, MD | wtierney@iu.edu | 317-278-9531
Amanda Benaderet, MD, MPH | abenader@iu.edu | 317-948-2700
Priscilla Barnes, PhD | prbarnes@iu.edu | 812-855-4789
Jordan Holmes, MD | jorholme@iu.edu |
Cassidy McNamee, MPH, program coordinator | mcnamee@iu.edu | 317-274-5725
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 10
Home campus is Evansville. All coursework and scholarly work (except the online Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship course) takes place at the Evansville campus.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer 2023:
| Date | Course |
| 06/03/2024–06/07/2024 | Introduction to Health Care Innovation and Implementation |
| 06/10/2024–07/26/2024 | Learn Six Sigma for Healthcare Professionals |
| 06/05/2024–07/28/2024 | Scholarly concentration project |
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Co-Directors Contacts
Kara Garcia, PhD | karagarc@iu.edu | 812-909-7230
Art Chlebowski, PhD | achlebow@iu.edu | 812-464-1881
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 8
All coursework is online. Scholarly project locations vary by project and by agreement.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer 2024:
| Date | Course |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
| 06/03/2024–06/28/2024 | Survey of Spiritual Traditions and Concepts in Health |
| 07/05/2024–8/02/2024 | Survey of Spiritual Care Practice and the Research of Spirit |
| During summer | Work on scholarly project |
| Please note that summer courses occur Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m.–5 p.m. and Fridays, 3 p.m.–5 p.m. | |
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Co-Directors Contacts
Alex Lion DO, MPH | alion@iu.edu | 559-709-8228
Mona Raed MD | mraed@iuhealth.org | 440-667-3045
Available spots for 2023-2024 application cycle: 8
Home campus is Terre Haute. This concentration is open only to students at the Terre Haute campus. All coursework is online. Scholarly project work can occur in any rural community.
Be prepared to do the following during Summer and Fall 2024:
| Date | Course |
| 05/23/2024–08/01/2024 | Fundamentals of Research and Scholarship |
| 05/22/2024–08/04/2024 | Introduction to Public Health |
| 05/23/2024–8/01/2024 | Introduction to Rural and Agricultural Health |
| 08/19/2024–12/13/2024 | Rural Health Journal Club |
View more information, including requirements, course descriptions and overall timeline for this concentration.
Co-Directors Contacts
Ellen Ireland, PhD | eireland@iu.edu | 812-237-8323
Robin Danek, MPH | rdanek@iu.edu | 812-237-2469
Interested in applying for IMPRS or another summer experience?
It may be possible to do both the IMPRS Summer Research program and a scholarly concentration during the summer between your first and second years of medical school. IMPRS can serve as a great launching pad to a longitudinal scholarly concentration project and manuscript. The IMPRS project alone does not qualify as the scholarly concentration project. Participants must be interested in a topic that can be pursued longitudinally. The same goes for the summer IU School of Medicine AmeriCorps or other summer research.
The chart below indicates which scholarly concentrations align well with IMPRS. If you are interested in pursuing both a scholarly concentration and IMPRS, you must get in touch with the scholarly concentration co-director(s) and complete the IMPRS interest form. Having conversations about how any of these activities align and that your project works for both is hugely important.
Also, keep in mind that IMPRS has a significant time requirement during the summer — 40 hours per week. Most concentrations offer their courses and have students begin work on their project during the summer. Doing both programs is like working a full-time job during the day (IMPRS) and taking classes at night (scholarly concentration).
Disclaimer: If you are applying to IMPRS, please note that there is no guarantee of being accepted to IMPRS. Acceptance into IMPRS doesn’t impact acceptance into a scholarly concentration. However, the Biomedical Research concentration requires participation in IMPRS.
| Does my concentration align well with IMPRS? | ||
|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Maybe |
| Biomedical Engineering and Applied Medical Technology |
Business of Medicine | Human Sexuality and Health |
| Biomedical Research | Care of Hispanic/Latino Patients | |
| Genetics in Medicine | Ethics, Equity and Justice | |
| Health Care Integration and Healthy Aging | Medical Education | |
| Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | ||
| Medical Humanities | ||
| Public Health | ||
| Quality and Innovation in Health Care | ||
| Rural Health | ||
| Urban Medicine and Health Care Disparities | ||
| Religion and Spirituality in Medicine |
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