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Summer 2001

Dean: D. Craig Brater, MD

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

Editorial Board:
Karl Y. Bilimoria, student
Hal Broxmeyer, PhD
Carolyn Cunningham, MD
Herbet Cushing, MD
Anita Day
Craig Gosling
Jay Grosfeld, 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

Writers:
Ellen Gullett
Mary Hardin
Steve Steiner, MD
Joe Stuteville

Editorial Advisor:
Kaarta Nemeth

Photography & Illustration:
Andrew Anderson
Robert Hanmemann, MD
John R. Gentry Jr.
Rocky Rothrock/Department of
Medical Illustration

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from the Dean
D. Craig Brater, MD

Featured Articles:
• 'No one will hold your hand here'
An IUSM resident and his wife tell of their experiences and the people they met at Kenya's Moi University.
• A Tale of Two Cities
African-Americans in Indianapolis develop Alzheimer disease and other dementias at twice the rate of residents of Ibadan, Nigeria
• Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match
IUSM Students Fare Well in the National Resident Matching Program

Alumni Profile
Engineering Better Care for Kids
Robert Hannemann, MD '59, bridged his first career as an engineer to his second in medicine, a combination that has improved the quality of care for youngsters.

News & Notes
• DNA Detectives
High school students become DNA detectives at the Molecular Medicine in Action program.
• That's Entertainment!
It was standing room only for this year's Evening of the Arts program.

Alumni News

In Memoriam

Viewpoint
Partnership Takes Aim to Reduce Firearm Deaths
Indiana is among the leading states in gun-related deaths and injuries. The Indiana Partnership to Prevent Firearm Violence wants to reverse that trend, reports the group's medical director.

About the cover:
Children seen at Eldoret's Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital include ill babies abandoned by their families, as depicted in this photograph by Ellen Gullett.