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Long-serving division chief announces retirement

Greg Sachs, MD, has announced he will retire in June after nearly 20 years of exemplary service to the Indiana University Department of Medicine as its chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.

Caitlin VanOverberghe  | Feb 03, 2026
Sacha Sharp and Abby Gorman stand at the bar in Guggman Haus Brewery. Each woman is holding a glass of beer and smiling.

Docs on Draft: New event series aims to connect doctors, community members

Staged in a locally owned brewery, Docs on Draft is a speaker series that gives experts in the medical field an opportunity to share their

Caitlin VanOverberghe
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From stage to lab: Fujiki brings quest to understand the voice to IU

Robert Fujiki, prolific in his first year as an otolaryngology researcher at IU School of Medicine, is working to help children with vocal cord dysfunction. 

Rory Appleton
Trisha Wise-Draper portrait on a red background.

Department of Medicine names new director of Division of Hematology/Oncology

Trisha Wise-Draper is an accomplished physician-scientist, specializing in the care of cancers in the head and neck and experimental therapeutics.

Caitlin VanOverberghe
A headshot of Jenny Ting is shown inside a circle that is overlaid across a dark red background. Text next to her headshot reads, "Jenny Ting, PhD, Mark Brothers Award Winner, April 8."

Renowned immunologist to speak April 8 at IU School of Medicine

Jenny P.-Y. Ting, winner of the 2026 Mark Brothers Award, will discuss how her discoveries in innate immunity, inflammation, microbiome science and antiviral defense are

Corie Farnsley
Jerilyn Nova and Stefanie Rodenbeck meet with a pediatric patient at the IU Health Neuroscience Center

Fellow pioneers Indiana's first pediatric neuroimmunology clinic

The new neuroimmunology clinic at Riley Children’s Health will provide multidisciplinary care for Hoosier children living with multiple sclerosis and other neuroinflammatory disorders.

Allie Northcutt
Kathleen Unroe

IU geriatrics expert earns celebrated professorship for aging research

Kathleen Unroe was named the Cornelius and Yvonne Pettinga Professor of Medicine, a title awarded to a faculty member who engages in educational, research and

Caitlin VanOverberghe
Dean Jay Hess talks with a professor in a classroom of medical school students.

Hess honored with Henry R. Besch Jr. Promotion of Excellence Award

IU School of Medicine Dean Jay L. Hess was awarded the Henry R. Besch, Jr. Promotion of Excellence Award, one of IU's highest honors, acknowledging

Katie Duffey
Collage 2025: Match Day, Wade Clapp in the lab, Nasser Hanna with End Lung Cancer Now banner

2025: IU School of Medicine celebrates a year of discovery, learning and advancing health

In 2025, the IU School of Medicine opened its new Medical Education and Research Building, welcomed new leaders, and advanced strategic goals in education, research

Laura Gates
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Biostatistics leader named fellow of national medical informatics organization

Kun Huang, professor and chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, was recently inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics.

Lisa Gill