The mission of the Center for Biomedical Education encompasses education in the basic medical and clinical sciences and educational research related to training of medical doctors. CBE undertakes and fosters conferences, meetings, workshops, and publications by and for medical educators. Activities further the purposes of ICSM by promoting effective training of medical doctors and thereby conferring a benefit to society. Funded by grants, donations, and tuition. Major initiatives are re-establishing the centrality of Anatomy in the medical curriculum, biomedical education of Native Americans and other historically underserved populations, and promoting active Inquiry-Based Learning in medical school.