Center Leadership

The Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine and Engineering (ICRME) leadership at the IU School of Medicine work vigorously to advance knowledge and medical breakthroughs in an area of medicine and engineering that has the potential to be a game changer in treating a variety of health conditions—from complications to chronic disease to trauma.

Mervin C. Yoder, MA, MD

Director Emeritus, Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine and Engineering

Mervin C. Yoder, MA, MD, serves as director emeritus of the ICRME and remains active in research for the Center since he retired from Indiana University in 2018. Dr. Yoder’s role in ICRME is to serve as a faculty mentor to numerous junior faculty members, participate in targeted opportunities to design selected experimental studies, critique and edit selected papers for journal submission, and engage in writing and editing of selected grants. His cumulative expertise in hematopoietic and endothelial stem and progenitor cell biology has provided ongoing insights into the vast interface of the roles played by these cell types in regenerative medicine. He previously served as the Indiana University School of Medicine Associate Dean for Entrepreneurial Research and the Richard and Pauline Klingler Professor of Pediatrics and is currently an Indiana University Distinguished Professor Emeritus.