The University of Illinois and the hospital it's working with to open a new engineering-based medical school, hope to have the first dean hired by spring 2016.
The university says a committee of officials are beginning the search for a dean for the Carle Illinois College of Medicine.
University faculty and doctors from the hospital will soon begin developing a curriculum. An agreement on how research will be conducted is also expected this fall.
The medical school will focus on engineering-based medicine, such as wearable medical technology and tiny biobots that could monitor a patient's condition and deliver medicine.
