"Support from the NIH-sponsored Medical Scientist Training Program is recognition of the quality of our students, the program and the commitment made by IU and Purdue to meet the need for scientists who have received excellent training in both basic science and clinical research," said D. Wade Clapp, MD, program director and Kipp Professor of Pediatrics and of microbiology and immunology at the IU School of Medicine.

"We're delighted with the recognition from the NIH of the quality and potential of our joint program," said George Wodicka, PhD, head of Purdue's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. "The cooperative Indiana University medicine and Purdue biomedical engineering educational component provides unique opportunities for the training of physician engineers."

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