Closing: How did we do

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Closing How did we do?
From the specifications in the program

• Research
• Education
• Academic Careers

• Funding
• opportunities

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Research
What we asked

• What opportunities are there for OR to solve
  problems in biomedical science?
• What are the opportunities / availability for OR
  researchers to collaborate with bioscientists?
• How does one establish collaborations?
• How can OR people, who are interdisciplinary,
  compete with discipline-specific proposals?
• Are scientists / medical researchers actively
  seeking research partners in OR (viz., applied
  mathematics, computer science, engineering,
  economics, ...)?

What we answered
Bala Krishnamoorthy
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Education
What we asked

• How do we provide graduate students with the
  knowledge and skills to conduct interdisciplinary
  research at the interface between the biomedical
  sciences and the OR disciplines?
• Should we be educating students for biomedical
  sciences at the MS level?
• Is the industrial job market sufficiently mature
  so these graduates could get jobs?
• What funding opportunities exist for creating
  course materials, such as case studies?

What we answered
Steve Billups
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Academic Careers
What we asked

• How do we encourage the professional development
  of faculty to support the appropriate
  interdisciplinary education programs?
• How does one best integrate teaching and research
  activities across traditional disciplinary
  departments?
• What are the mechanisms for eliminating
  institutional, departmental, and administrative
  barriers to interdisciplinary research and
  education?
• What funding opportunities exist for senior, as
  well as junior, faculty?

What we answered
Cesar Rego