Dr. Dankoski named Lester D. Bibler Scholar

Mary E. Dankoski, Ph.D., has been named the Indiana University Department of Family Medicine Lester D. Bibler Scholar.

The Bibler Professorship was established in 1978 by Friends & Colleagues of Lester D. Bibler, M.D. Dr. Bibler graduated from the Indiana University School of Medicine in 1925 and served as a member of the volunteer faculty for many years. Dr. Bibler was active in numerous civic, fraternal, social and medical organizations and received the Maynard K. Hine Medal, which is given to Indiana University alumni for outstanding contributions to their professions, community and alma mater, in 1978, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from the School of Medicine in 1981.

Dr. Dankoski, an assistant professor of clinical family medicine in behavioral science and the director of faculty development, joined the Department of Family Medicine in 2000. She has a doctorate degree in child development and family studies/marriage and family therapy from Purdue University, where she also earned a graduate minor in women's studies. She received her bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Dankoski is responsible for behavioral science teaching in the residency, student teaching in the Clerkship and Introduction to Clinical Medicine, and patient care at the IU-Methodist Family Practice Center. She is the president of the Indiana Association for Marriage & Family Therapy.

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