Startup claims breakthrough in gauging pain
MindX founders think they’ve found a scientific way to measure pain and other hard-to-quantify mental health conditions, such as suicide risk, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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IBJ Podcast: This IU pediatrician is a health care myth buster
Should you avoid red meat? No. Should you strive for 10,000 steps a day? Not unless you just want to. So says Dr. Aaron Carroll, a pediatrician and researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine who sees it as his life’s calling to debunk what he considers health myths and weak medical research.
IU medical school part of genomics research
The trials, which will begin in 2020, are part of a sweeping, five-year, $42 million federal research program known as Implementing Genomics in Practice. The first trial will examine whether early access to patients’ genomic data can help with treatment of high blood pressure, hypertension and chronic kidney disease.
IU researcher wins $44.7M to study rare form of Alzheimer’s disease
The IU School of Medicine said the grant, its largest-ever National Institutes of Health award, will fund a five-year study of a form of Alzheimer’s disease that affects young people.
IU School of Medicine leader finalist for new job in Oregon
Dr. Jay Hess is one of three finalists to become president at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, according to The Oregonian.
Evansville medical campus expected to open in August
The facility will host students from Indiana University, University of Southern Indiana and University of Evansville.
IU Med School raises $135M in NIH funding for 2017, setting record
The funds includes $7.6 million to study early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, $5.2 million to fund a clinical and translational sciences institute, and $4.8 million to fund epidemiologic databases to evaluate AIDS care in Africa.
IU wins lawsuit by fired director accused of sexual harassment
A district court judge ruled Indiana University’s School of Dentistry and high-ranking members of its faculty did not violate a former clinic director’s rights by firing him for alleged sexual harassment of students.
IU, Purdue get $2.55M to study breast cancer
Researchers at Indiana University and Purdue University have received $2.55 million from Susan G. Komen to study possible new treatments.
Marian medical school’s first graduates could fill primary-care dearth
Almost half of graduating students in Marian University’s novice College of Osteopathic Medicine are choosing to serve residencies in family medicine.
Last year, 31 donors gave $267M in big gifts to Hoosier not-for-profits
Of the top five contributions from Indianapolis-area donors, four set records as the largest the organization had ever received from an individual.
Marian University facing suit over professor’s alleged sexual misconduct
Marian University is facing a lawsuit alleging the school acted with deliberate indifference while one of its professors sexually harassed a male student.
IU School of Dentistry moves ahead on $21M expansion
It’s the first significant addition in four decades to the 136-year-old institution, the only dental school in Indiana.
AIT meltdown derails huge Marian gift
Five years after pledging an astounding $48 million to help Marian University build a medical school, an Indianapolis businessman has paid only about one-fifth of that amount.
IU to hire 40 faculty, spend up to $120M on new initiative
The money will be awarded from IU’s Grand Challenges Program, a new push that is designed to tackle “major and large-scale problems facing humanity” that can only be addressed by multidisciplinary research teams.
State’s life sciences sector on rise while struggling with talent, capital
Shortages of workers and investment dollars remain the two biggest challenges for Indiana’s life sciences industry, which otherwise is showing robust vital signs and embarking on high-profile collaborations.
Deal puts IU doctor’s research on path to market
A professor in the Indiana School of Medicine is hopeful that an antibiotic cocktail he invented will one day improve the lives of millions of people, thanks in part to the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp., formed in 1997 to make work done by IU faculty and researchers available for commercial development.
Champions of 16 Tech see it as magnet for development, high-tech workers
City leaders want to make the 60-acre tract of land just north of the Indiana University School of Medicine campus a mix of all of the best the city has to offer and catch the eyes of more creative and highly sought-after workers.
IU researchers develop suicide-prediction tool
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine think they have found a way to predict possible suicides using blood tests and questionnaires on tablet computers.
Applications to Marian medical school keep rising
With the number of applications to Marian’s College of Osteopathic Medicine running twice as high as initially expected, school leaders say they are confident Marian can help reduce a looming physician shortage in Indiana.