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Statement of Purpose After graduation in 1979 from Airlangga Medical School, Indonesia, I worked as a clinical staff in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mataram Hospital, West Nusa Tenggara province for five years. As a newly graduated physician, I had been assigned as chief of reproductive health in our family planning clinic. From 1981-1984, I was also appointed as chief researcher team on a campaign program for the mass IUD’s insertion. Later, in 1985, I was awarded a scholarship by the National Family Planning Coordination Board in conjunction with the United States Agency for International Development (US-AID) to further my studies at Yale University for a doctorate degree in reproductive biology, under the supervision of Frederick Naftolin, M.D., D.Phil, Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Director of Centre Research for Reproductive Biology, Yale Medical School. As a doctorate student, I had done some experimental research emphasizing ovarian culture using perifusion system to determine the dynamic pattern of the cycle. After receiving a doctorate degree from Yale Graduate School in Reproductive Biology in 1990, I have been working in the State Minister for Development Planning – National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), Indonesia. The main tasks of Bappenas are to help formulate the national development policies, allocate the national budget, and to assess the implementation of the policies. Although I was accepted as a faculty member in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, section of Reproductive Endocrinology, Padjadjaran Medical School, Bandung, was accepted, I was not allowed to assume the position because the government considered at that time that my academic background was more appropriate for developing policies to improve and promote research climate in the country. During my service
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