Faculty Affairs and Professional Development (FAPD) is committed to fostering a vibrant, healthy and engaging community where everyone can thrive, advance the school’s mission and cultivate the school's core values.
Executive Leadership
Faculty Affairs and Professional Development
Events
FAPD programming and events support the school community along their career journey.
Executive associate dean
Led by Mary Dankoski, PhD, executive associate dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, this team is dedicated to sustaining a culture that promotes faculty vitality and wellness, providing evidence-based professional development activities and supporting faculty across their career lifecycles.
Dankoski’s interests include the advancement of women and historically marginalized faculty, the study of faculty vitality, how policies shape faculty life, and organizational and faculty development in academic medicine. Under her leadership, Faculty Affairs and Professional Development focuses on key priorities to advance IU School of Medicine: faculty affairs, professional development, wellness, and faculty vitality and engagement.
Priorities
Faculty Affairs
Programs, policies and practices foster faculty success through each phase of their career at IU School of Medicine.
Professional Development
Training programs and resources enable faculty, learners and staff to enrich their careers and the communities they serve.
Wellness
IU School of Medicine is committed to the comprehensive wellness of the school community.
Vitality and Engagement
Faculty input from surveys and town halls inform programmatic and policy decisions for the school.
Faculty news
Physician in new School of Medicine leadership role will serve as a scientific lead for IU LAB
D. Wade Clapp has been named the inaugural senior associate dean for entrepreneurial research and commercialization for the IU School of Medicine.
April 09, 2025
7 IU faculty members named 2024 AAAS Fellows
The IU faculty are among 471 scientists, engineers and innovators who have been elected for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements throughout their careers.
March 27, 2025
IU School of Medicine faculty elected 2025 members of American Society for Clinical Investigation
Three Indiana University School of Medicine faculty have been recognized as 2025 members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation.
February 18, 2025
IU School of Medicine names clinician-scientist as new Department of Urology chair
IU School of Medicine's own Clint Cary, MD, MPH, MBA, has been named the new leader of the department.September 09, 2024
VA funds IU School of Medicine research projects relevant to veterans’ health
IU School of Medicine researchers have cumulatively been awarded grant funding through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to support research on diabetes, skin inflammation, cancer and aging.August 22, 2024