{"id":6233,"date":"2026-09-15T09:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=6233"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:05:22","slug":"east-west-life-science-summit-2026","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/event\/east-west-life-science-summit-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"East West Life Science Summit 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join Life Science Washington in Spokane for the annual\u00a0<strong>East-West Life Science Summit!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether you\u2019re building a company, securing research funding, serving rural patients, looking for a job, or raising money, success in the life sciences requires collaboration and a network with the right connections. \u00a0The East-West Summit brings together the state\u2019s top life science leaders across industry, academia, and government to build those networks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This\u00a0year, the Summit\u00a0will feature:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WSU leadership discussing research\u00a0and partnership opportunities across the entire WSU enterprise<\/li>\n<li>State leaders setting out priorities for Washington\u2019s $180M annual Rural Health Transformation Fund<\/li>\n<li>University-industry partnerships that prepare students for jobs with top employers<\/li>\n<li>A new partnership between Life Science Washington, HSSA, and LaunchPad INW to bring mentoring, pitch coaching, investor connections, executive insights and much more to entrepreneurs in Spokane<\/li>\n<li>Investors and experienced entrepreneurs sharing insights about how to build\u00a0a successful company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Chris Riley-Tilman,\u00a0<\/strong>Provost &amp; EVP, WSU<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kim Christen,\u00a0<\/strong>Vice President for Research, WSU<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guy Hamilton,\u00a0<\/strong>Director, Center for Biotechnology Innovation &amp; Training, UW-Bothell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leen Kawas,\u00a0<\/strong>CEO, EIT Pharma &amp; Managing General Partner, Propel Bio Partners<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jane Zhang,\u00a0<\/strong>Founder &amp; CEO, Remmie Health<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tae Han,\u00a0<\/strong>Co-founder Profound Bio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lifesciencewa.org\/events\/east-west-life-science-summit-2026\/\">Learn more &amp; register<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Life Science Washington in Spokane for the annual\u00a0East-West Life Science Summit! Whether you\u2019re building a company, securing research funding, serving rural patients, looking for a job, or raising money, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42626,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":[],"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[1521],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"event_city":"","event_state":"","event_venue":"WSU Spokane","event_organizer":"","event_organizer_email":"","event_organizer_phone":"","event_organizer_website":"","event_website":"https:\/\/lifesciencewa.org\/events\/east-west-life-science-summit-2026\/","event_cost":"","event_excerpt":"Join Life Science Washington in Spokane for the annual\u00a0East-West Life Science Summit!\nWhether you\u2019re building a company, securing research funding, serving rural patients, looking for a job, or raising money, success in the life sciences requires collaboration and a network with the right connections. \u00a0The East-West Summit brings together the state\u2019s top life science leaders across industry, academia, and government to build those networks.\nThis\u00a0year, the Summit\u00a0will feature:\n\nWSU leadership discussing research\u00a0and partnership opportunities across the entire WSU enterprise\nState leaders setting out priorities for Washington\u2019s $180M annual Rural Health Transformation Fund\nUniversity-industry partnerships that prepare students for jobs with top employers\nA new partnership between Life Science Washington, HSSA, and LaunchPad INW to bring mentoring, pitch coaching, investor connections, executive insights and much more to entrepreneurs in Spokane\nInvestors and experienced entrepreneurs sharing insights about how to build\u00a0a successful company\n\nSpeakers include:\n\nChris Riley-Tilman,\u00a0Provost &amp; EVP, WSU\nKim Christen,\u00a0Vice President for Research, WSU\nGuy Hamilton,\u00a0Director, Center for Biotechnology Innovation &amp; Training, UW-Bothell\nLeen Kawas,\u00a0CEO, EIT Pharma &amp; Managing General Partner, Propel Bio Partners\nJane Zhang,\u00a0Founder &amp; CEO, Remmie Health\nTae Han,\u00a0Co-founder Profound Bio\n\nLearn more &amp; register","start_date":"2026-10-06 09:00:00","end_date":"2026-10-06 15:30:00","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/6233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/6233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6234,"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/6233\/revisions\/6234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=6233"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spokane.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=6233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}