Summer 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Message from the Dean
D. Craig Brater, MD

Featured Articles:

Family Inheritance

An international study of siblings, led by IUSM researchers, may help put together the genetic pieces of the puzzle of Parkinson’s disease.

With Miles to Go Before I Sleep

If you’re tossing and turing in your sleep, snoring like a roaring hurricane and feeling sluggish during the day, you may have a sleep disorder or the symptoms of an underlying disease. The Sleep Medicine and Circadian Biology Program stays up late to diagnose sleep-related problems and help prescribe a treatment plan.

Different Strokes

When Felicia Hinant stands before a blank canvas, she often doesn’t know where her imagination will take her. With each brushstroke, the third-year medical student, whose artwork has appeared in the Journal of American Medicin Association, creates kaleidoscopic and vivid images.

A Medical School Without Walls

In the last three decades, sweeping changes have been made in the IU medical education program, expanding to other campuses throughout the state and incorporating innovative competency skills into the curriculum. Research activities also have escalated in recent years, particular in the realm of genomics. This is the final installment of a four-part series looking back at IUSM’s past-to-present growth as the School observes its 100 th anniversary.

News & Notes

• Hola Honduras! Family Medicine establishes a program in Central America
• A time capsule reveals tidbits about the State Department of Health and the state of our health in 1948
• NASA blasts off with praise for IUSM surgeon
• Researchers identify a gene strongly linked to a person’s risk of becoming an alcoholic
  

Alumni News

The Learning Curve
Spring Medical Alumni weekend offered more than reunions and golf outings. Alumni had the chance to learn some of the latest teaching tools and trends in medical education.

In Memoriam

About the cover:
Serpents in Love is an acrylic painting by third-year medical student Felicia Hinant.