Spring 2001

Dean: D. Craig Brater, MD

Editor-in-chief:
James W. Edmondson, MD

Editorial Board:
Hal Broxmeyer, PhD
Carolyn Cunningham, MD
Herbet Cushing, MD
Anita Day
Craig Gosling
Jay Grosfeld, MD
Antoinette Hood, MD
Colleen Kendrick, student
Barth Ragatz, PhD
Rodney Rhoades, PhD
Richard Schreiner, MD

Advancement Offers:
Stefan Davis
Pamela Su Perry
J. David Smith, EdD

Editor:
Joe Stuteville

Feature Writer:
Mary Hardin
Joe Stuteville

Editorial Advisor:
Kaarta Nemeth

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from the Dean
D. Craig Brater, MD

Featured Articles:
Exploring The Human Frontier
New Center for Bioethics
Life's Learning Laboratory

Alumni Profile
Randall K. Wolf, MD '79

News & Notes
IUSM & Purdue Veterinary School against spinal cord injuries
Greg Wilson, MD, appointed as state health commissioner
Video productions garner Telly awards

Alumni News
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Viewpoint
Barth H. Ragatz, PhD: "The True Value of Our Education Centers"

In Memoriam

Calendar

About the cover:
The human genome is a teeming "alphabet soup" of three billion DNA base pairs. Each gene code is made up of the proteins adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine, indicated by the letters A, T, G and C, as depicted by artist Stacy Innerst.