A $1.3-million grant to Indiana University from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center will establish the East African Center of Excellence in Health Informatics. The new center will connect the expertise of one of the world's foremost informatics programs at IU and the Regenstrief Institute with one of the leading academic medical centers in East Africa at Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital to increase the capacity for electronic health records in one of the worlds' poorest regions.

Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (Oct. 28) will announce a campaign to create an endowed faculty chair in cancer research in commemoration of the late Myles Brand, the university's 16th president.

The Indiana University School of Medicine and its affiliated hospitals boosted the area economy by an estimated $7.96 billion in 2008, according to a study released by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Altogether, the association's member medical schools and teaching hospitals had a combined economic impact of $512 billion and accounted for more than 3.3 million full-time jobs in the 46 states (and the District of Columbia) where the association's member schools are located.

Indiana University's Research and Technology Corp. is moving forward with prototype development of a heart pump for infants invented through a collaboration between an IU cardiothoracic surgeon and a Purdue University engineer.

Which comes first, depression or inflammation? To help solve this long standing chicken and egg conundrum, researchers led by Jesse Stewart, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis asked two critical questions. Does depression lead to elevated inflammatory proteins in the human body? Or does an increase in these proteins lead to depression?

Research published by a team of Indiana University bioinformaticists has shown quantitatively the influence of small sequence changes and environmental conditions on the disordered regions of a protein.

At what age should children begin swimming lessons? Are products that combine sunscreen and insect repellent the answer to a mother's prayer? Should your 10-year-old go out and mow the lawn? Learn more summertime health tips from Riley Hospital for Children.

Indiana University's presence at the 2009 Indiana State Fair is focused on Hoosier health. IU has partnered with Clarian Health to offer free health screenings every day of the fair, which runs Aug. 7-23, in the Clarian Healthy Lifestyles Pavilion, located next to Expo Hall. This is IU's fourth consecutive year at the Indiana State Fair.

President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass health care reform legislation by August, and citizen, political and interest groups are battling over principles and details. Indiana University experts from the fields of medicine, public health, law, public policy and economics share their perspectives on the topic.

Race fans at this year's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard can get a free oral, head and neck cancer screening. Volunteers from the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, and the Head and Neck Cancer Alliance will provide the screenings.

K-fibers, structures long thought to play a key role in the alignment of chromosomes prior to cell division, are not required after all, say Indiana University and New York State Department of Health scientists.

Health care reform has moved to the forefront of President Barack Obama's agenda, and citizen and interest groups are gearing up for a massive Washington battle. Indiana University experts from the fields of medicine, public health, law and public policy share their perspectives on the topic.

In response to long-standing public health needs in Indiana, Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today announced a plan that calls for the formation of two schools of public health, one at IU Bloomington and the other at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

The Marion County Health Department made history at 2:30 p.m. (EDT) Wednesday, April 29, when more than 3,000 physicians in Indianapolis were sent a critically important broadcast alert on "swine flu" (the H1N1 virus) through electronic alert technology. This revolutionary technology was developed by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute, Inc. in collaboration with Marion County Health Department.

Indiana University experts in statistical analysis and computer modeling of epidemics, health law and public health discuss statistical models for U.S. cases, challenges to addressing the spread of the swine flu and advice for staying healthy.

Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D., who oversaw dramatic growth in research at Indiana University School of Medicine and excellence in children's health care at Riley Hospital for Children, has accepted the top leadership position at the University of Michigan Health System. Pescovitz has been named executive vice president for medical affairs at Michigan and CEO of the U-M Health System. She will be assuming her new posts at the Ann Arbor campus on May 11.

Indiana University experts in epidemiology, sports medicine and travel discuss in February's IU Health & Wellness the peanut recall, aging and exercise and travel planning when money is tight.

Students considering a career in health care can learn about more than careers as "doctor" and "nurse" at Indiana University Bloomington's Health Programs Fair on March 4 (Wednesday). The fair, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Indiana Memorial Union Alumni Hall, will feature more than 100 health care representatives on hand to meet with students and answer questions about educational and career opportunities.

Indiana University Bloomington biologists Carl Bauer and Malcolm Winkler and IU School of Medicine infectious disease specialist Stanley Spinola are new fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology, the professional society announced yesterday. Bauer, Winkler and Spinola will receive certificates marking the honor, and are invited to attend a special luncheon at the American Society of Microbiology annual meeting in Philadelphia.

Indiana University President Michael McRobbie today (Feb. 11) announced the formation of a 12-member blue ribbon committee to identify ways to cut health care costs while continuing to deliver high-quality health care to employees and their families on all IU campuses.

Patients and their families want physicians who are gifted in diagnosis and treatment and who are caring individuals with the interpersonal skills needed to communicate complex information in stressful circumstances. A new study in the January 2009 issue of Academic Medicine shows training physicians to be humanistic is feasible and produces measurably better communicators.

A new partnership between Indiana University and Kenya's Moi University will develop master's degrees at both universities that focus on ethical issues in international health research. The program, funded with a $940,000 award from the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center, will create the Indiana University-Moi University Academic Research Ethics Partnership.

In the first study to look at the effect of neighborhood greenness on inner city children's weight over time, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the University of Washington report that higher neighborhood greenness is associated with slower increases in children's body mass over a two-year period, regardless of residential density.

The first shovels of dirt will be turned Oct. 7 for the ceremonial start of construction on the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus. The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute will house the Indiana University Department of Ophthalmology, which is observing its 100th anniversary. With actual construction beginning later this year, the building should be ready for patient visits by the summer of 2010.

The cells lining blood vessels are known to be important for maintaining health, but researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine believe these cells may perform an unsuspected task -- controlling the development of fat cells. Their findings are reported in the September issue of the journal Stem Cells.