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December brings gifts for our economic growth

We haven't had many weeks, in good times or bad, like the week of Dec. 14, one that saw nearly $120 million invested in Indiana's future as a life sciences community.

The Indiana University School of Medicine's announcement on Dec. 15 was first: a monumental $60 million grant from Lilly Endowment to implement a new Indiana Physician Scientist Initiative. This wonderful grant has many features, but at its heart the funding will allow the medical school to recruit, retain and advance a highly promising pool of talent, including 20 physicians who are researchers and innovators as well as practitioners. These current and emerging leaders in fields such as cancer, neurological and mental illness and diabetes will be looked to for discoveries that can transform health care