Winter 04

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from the Dean
D. Craig Brater, MD

Featured Articles:

Passion for the Profession

There has been a remarkable flurry of interest in professionalism in medicine over the last decade and it may just be that it emerges from our profession’s search for meaning and clarified values in distressing times.

A Touch of Glass

A towering work of blown-glass art graces the atrium of the Medical
Sciences Building and pays tribute to the discovery of DNA and the School’s 100th anniversary.

Calling the Shot

Investigators are testing the effectiveness of a vaccine that might halt the spread of genital herpes in women. A related survey shows interesting
results among parents of adolescents when asked about their feelings about STD vaccines.

Between Hard Times and Hope

The School evolves and changes from the Great Depression to the
cataclysmic World War II. This is the second of a four-part series looking back at IUSM’s history.

News & Notes
• No Time-Out For New Trustee
• Miyamoto Elected to Institute of Medicine Membership
• Riley video preps kids for surgery
• Lance Armstrong brings his Tour of Hope to Indy

Alumni News

Viewpoint

In Memoriam

Calendar

About the cover:
The IUSM DNA Tower, created by renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly of Tacoma, Wash., colorfully symbolizes the double helix and its bases.