IU School of Medicine Dean Combats AIDS in Africa

A project taking place thousands of miles away is seeking to reinforce the altruistic spirit of medicine for healthcare professionals right here in the Hoosier state—and along the way, about two million lives have been touched by the project. Dr. Craig Brater, dean of the Indiana University School of Medicine, has recently returned home after spending two months in Kenya working with the Academic Model for the Prevention And Treatment of HIV/AIDS—or the "AMPATH" project. The program is part of a partnership established between Indiana University and Moi University in Kenya nearly 20 years ago.

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Reversing 'Brain Drain'

Opening The Next Chapter of Cancer Care in Indiana

By Stephen D. Williams, MD - IU Simon Cancer Center Director, HH Gregg Professor of Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine

August 27, 2008 was a historic day for Hoosiers. At the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center that provides patient care, we welcomed our first inpatients into the new $150 million adult cancer patient care building in downtown Indianapolis.

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