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At the intersection of life sciences and technology is where we are thinking our next big research ideas need to come from. Why do we do research at a university? It's to innovate, problem solve, help citizens of the state, but importantly, to involve students in that process.
 
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Well, Phaedra, last year, IU Indianapolis announced that it's going to launch two new research institutes the Convergent Bioscience and Technology Institute, which you fondly call CBATI and the Institute for Human Health and Well-Being.
 
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Can you explain the motivation behind these two new institutes? We are going to be the best urban comprehensive research university in this country, and the way we get there is to capitalize on the decades of experience that we've had in medical research and in life sciences research with many of our schools here on campus. And then there's the growing footprint of the leading school of informatics, computing and engineering here on this campus.
 
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So at the intersection of life sciences and technology is where we are thinking our next big research ideas need to come from. So we're really looking for innovation. We're looking for a way to partner with our community here who's also very engaged in life sciences. And we're looking for platforms for growing educational programs for our students.
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