On Mar. 14, 2006, Providence Health & Services and the Institute for Systems Biology announced an affiliation that will transform health care to a proactive mode that is focused on keeping patients well and identifying the earliest opportunities to reverse or even prevent disease.

Leroy (Lee) Hood, MD, PhD, who was awarded the National Medal of Science by President Obama, served as senior vice president and CSO of Providence Health & Services, a five-state, not-for-profit health system, and continued as president of the Seattle-based ISB.