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    A quick talk for the Trinity University's Fall 2012 HHMI conference on Truman's undergraduate mathematical biology program and how it's lead to broadening participation in STEM in different but powerful ways.

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    A quick talk for the Trinity University's Fall 2012 HHMI conference on Truman's undergraduate mathematical biology program and how it's lead to broadening participation in STEM in different but powerful ways.

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    Undergradaute Research as Interdisciplinary Training

    Jason Miller, Ph.D. Truman State University


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    Accomplishments: Strong summer research community. Quality new courses: Bioinformatics, Intro to MathBio, Biostatistics, Intro to Computational Science, Calculus & Math Methods for Life Science Competancy-based minor in mathematical biology. Faculty embrace interdisciplinary approaches to research.

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