SOUTH BEND Diabetes, the importance of sleep and health treatment advances will be among topics discussed during a series of public health lectures starting Wednesday at Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend.

All the lectures, which are free and open to the public, will be in the auditorium of the medical school, 1234 N. Notre Dame Ave.

The Mini Medical School lectures will start at 6 p.m. on consecutive Wednesdays. Here are the topics and dates:

Wednesday: "Everything You Wanted to Know about Sleep (But Were too Tired to Ask)," Gary Fromm, M.D., medical director of Memorial Sleep Disorder Center.

March 22: "Living Well: Quality of Life Considerations at Life's End," Mark Murray, president and CEO, Center for Hospice Care, and Mark Sandock, M.D., of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and Michiana Life Wishes Coalition.

March 29: "Indianas Precision Health Initiative," Anantha Shekhar, M.D., dean for translational research and director of Indiana Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute, IU School of Medicine.

April 5: "The Evolving Landscape of Joint Replacement," Mark Klaassen, M.D., Elkhart orthopedic surgeon.

April 12: "The Future Is Here: Emerging Trends in Cancer Therapy," Rafat Ansari, M.D., and Jose Bufill, M.D., of Michiana Hematology Oncology.

April 19: "Thriving with Diabetes," Ebonee Davis, M.D., internal medicine physician, South Bend Clinic.

The lecture series is sponsored by the Medical Education Foundation, the citizens advisory group of IU School of Medicine-South Bend.

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