From BMEP to IALS ...

In the Academic Year 1999-2000, we celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the BMEP. Therefore this issue honors the administration and faculty of the

Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
for its support since the inception of the BMEP in 1979. Over the intervening years, a total of more than 1350 students from Germany and the United States have been assisted in participating in a transatlantic experience. Of this group more than 550 advanced students in combined MD/PhD programs are now in leading positions in academia and industry.

With the founding of the IALS (International Academy of the Life Sciences), we are committed to our conviction that the lifesciences will be the leading discipline in the 21st century. Thus within the next year the IALS will initiate a M.Sc. program in

International Management of the Life Sciences.
This will serve to meet tomorrow's demand for decision makers who understand increasingly relevant political, social, and economic context in the international landscape.
The IALS School of Management will offer an eleven month cross cultural program to prepare graduate students as well as postgraduates in the lifesciences to qualify for leadership in their respective fields. In addition, we hope to meet the needs of entrepreneurs, managers, and CEO's from high-tech companies and governmental or municipal officials responsible for economic development.
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