The Wisconsin Association for Biomedical Research & Education (WABRE) is a not for profit educational association of research institutions, health care providers, businesses, and individual scientists, physicians, veterinarians, educators, patients, and community activists in Wisconsin. WABRE represents the biomedical research community in Wisconsin, educates on the role biomedical science plays in our lives, and promotes excellence in science education.

The Wisconsin Inter Institutional Biomedical Research Support Group is an alliance of Wisconsin research institutions and individuals concerned about the future of bioscience research in Wisconsin and the nation.

Acknowledgments

This report is published as a joint project of the Wisconsin Association for Biomedical Research (WABRE) and Education and the Wisconsin Inter Institutional Biomedical Research Support Group. Funding provided by WABRE, Blood Center of SouthEastern Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin Medical School.

In addition to the members of WABRE and the Wisconsin Inter Institutional Biomedical Research Support Group, the publishers wish to thank the following for their help in preparing this report: Congressman Tom Barrett, State Representative Rosemary Potter, Peter Bayne, Marty DeGroot, Anne DeLeo, Karen Gotzler, Janet Greger, Jan Koloen, Laura McAlinden, Wayne McGown, Suzanne Ness, Debra Pasquale, William Strang, University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center, Donna Van Wynsberghe, Judith Ward, Phil Weinfurt, Mary Wooley.