Biography
Lauren K. Gilliam, CHA/PA, is the physician assistant studies program director and a clinical assistant professor. She is a physician assistant whose teaching in primary care clinical medicine helps students better prepare to meet the needs of the medically underserved communities of Indiana.
Prior to beginning her appointment as faculty at the School of Health & Human Sciences, Gilliam was a physician assistant at Eskenazi Medical Group from 2014 to 2018. She also served as a preceptor and adjunct instructor for the IU physician assistant studies program from 2015 to 2018. She graduated from the University of Southern Indiana with a B.A. in biology in 2011 and received her M.S. in physician assistant studies in 2014 at the University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus.
Gilliam is chair of the admissions committee and serves on the curriculum, student promotion, and scholarship and awards committees. She is a member of AAPA, IAPA, and PAEA.
Courses taught:
- Clinical Medicine for the PA I, Dermatology instructor
- Clinical Medicine for the PA II, Endocrinology instructor
- Clinical Medicine for the PA III, Course Director and Pediatrics Instructor
- Clinical Therapeutics, Instructor
- Patient Evaluation I, Lab instructor
- Patient Evaluation II, Lab instructor
- Family Medicine Clinical Rotation, Course Director
- Pediatrics Clinical Rotation, Course Director