Since 1970 a medical sciences curriculum has been taught jointly by Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1978, a doctoral program was founded to prepare physical scientists and engineers to address research at the interface of technology and clinical medicine. This volume describes, analyses, and evaluates those first 25 years of the largest lasting collaborative educational and research program between two neighbouring research universities. Containing introductory comments by the presidents of both institutions at the time of the inauguration of the...