The Institute for Systems Medicine Planning Authority hopes to open in 36 to 48 months in Spokane, Washington

Systems medicine group to launch recruiting effort for top national scientist

The Institute for Systems Medicine Planning Authority, fresh from persuading the Washington Legislature to approve a long-term multimillion-dollar funding package, hopes to open its planned biomedical research institute in Spokane’s University District within the next 36 to 48 months.

As part of its drive to open the nonprofit institute by then, the authority has begun preparing to recruit a chief scientific officer whose name would resonate in the medical and biomedical communities nationally, says Lewis Rumpler, its chief operating officer.

By Richard Ripley

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