Dr. Weber Recieves the Teaching Impact Award

We’re proud to celebrate Dr. Zach Weber, clinical professor at the Purdue College of Pharmacy and Assistant Dean for Education at the Indiana University Interprofessional Practice and Education Center (IU IPE), as a recipient of IU School of Medicine’s Teaching Impact Award.

This honor recognizes excellence in teaching among volunteer and adjunct faculty who dedicate their time to educating IU medical students and residents. While many deserving educators have been recognized over the years, few recipients have come from outside the physician community, making Dr. Weber’s selection especially meaningful for pharmacy and other health professions. 

Through Dr. Weber's work with IU IPE, he has helped ensure medical students learn alongside pharmacy, nursing, social work, and other health/social/public health profession learners. These collaborative experiences prepare students to be collaborative-ready team members; skilled in their craft and also in communication, empathy, and teamwork. 

Reflecting on the honor, Dr. Weber shared: “The cool thing about being honored with this award for me is to know that the hard work from me and my team is leading to a positive impact on the education of medical students. Specifically, this impact is coming through their opportunity to collaborate with other health profession learners through our work in interprofessional education and ensuring medical students will be collaborative-ready team members when they enter practice."