Why
is the expansion of a medical school in South Bend important
to you and your family?
High
quality, cutting-edge medical care. And jobs. Exciting hi-tech
jobs in biomedical research and development, which will require
professional support staff.
A
well-trained medical community that teaches and does research
can only benefit your family. Medical students who study at
Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend on the campus
of the University of Notre Dame (IUSM-SB) ask a lot of questions
and keep us on our toes. (Yes, it's annoying sometimes.) We
have to stay up on the latest, and they are always watching
us. To set a good example for the doctors of tomorrow, we
are always on our best behavior!
IUSM-SB
is expanding with a new $20 million building named Harper
Hall which will be dedicated to the combined activities of
both Notre Dame and IUSM-SB in cancer research. Class sizes
are increasing. New medical school faculty and cancer researchers
are being recruited. The related development of a nearby Innovation
Park will bring in hi-tech incubator start-up companies, which
should in-turn, stay in Michiana.
Indiana
University School of Medicine is the second largest medical
school in the country. The medical school admits 294 students
each year to its four-year program. I think it's pretty amazing
that approximately half of Indiana's physicians received their
education at IU School of Medicine. The main campus is in
Indianapolis, with eight additional sites around the state
that teach first and second-year medical students.
IUSM-SB
is one of 8 regional campuses and is scheduled to expand from
32 students to 48 over the next 2 years (from 16 to 24 per
class). About 120 of Northern Indiana's physicians studied
their first 2 years in South Bend. Currently, all students
spend their last two years in Indianapolis. The expansion
of years three and four to the 8 regional sites is being studied.
IUSM-SB
and the University of Notre Dame enjoy a unique relationship
that strengthens both. The medical school is located on the
southern edge of campus in a $23 million building, Raclin-Carmicheal
Hall. Raclin-Carmichael is actually shared space - fifty percent
IU School of Medicine and fifty percent Notre Dame's Keck
Center for Transgene Research. The two institutions are partnering
again, in the new 55,000 sq ft Harper Hall, which is slated
to break ground this Fall in order to pursue the medical school's
main biomedical research interest: cancer. Harper Hall will
have multiple labs and offices for cancer. World class transgene
research, proteins in cell membranes that affect disease,
studies on immunological aspects of the body's defense systems;
these research activities are being done even now.
