The ultimate goal of the INEM Institute at the University of Miami is to integrate basic sciences, clinical application and intellectual property development across disciplines by strengthening research synergies between members and creating core facilities for research, teaching and development. The Institute concentrates efforts on catalyzing interdisciplinary interactions between the neuroscience community and biomedical engineering. This collaborative effort will involve individual departments, centers, institutes, schools and colleges that currently are the home of various investigators and student populations involved in this exciting research initiative.
The Institute is housed on the medical campus to enhance collaborations between these various scientific disciplines. In addition to developing these research programs, the INEM coordinates educational efforts among the schools and colleges to train the next generation of students who will become leaders in the interdisciplinary field of neural engineering. The University of Miami has for the first time established the ability of MD/PhD students to major in Biomedical Engineering. Thus, the goals of the new Institute will include multi-disciplinary research, educational objectives, industry relationships and fundraising initiatives.