Leadership

Faculty Director

The Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health is led by Acting Director Matthew Webber, Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor of Engineering and associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering. An internationally recognized expert in supramolecular engineering, Webber focuses on applying supramolecular principles, leveraging defined and rationally designed non-covalent interactions, to prepare biomaterials and drug delivery technologies. Webber received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University under the direction of Prof. Samuel Stupp. Subsequently, he was an NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow at MIT in the labs of Profs. Robert Langer and Daniel Anderson.

Faculty Steering Committee:

Başar Bilgiçer
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Matthew Champion
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Theme leader: Molecular Mining

Ana Flores-Mireles
Janet C. and Jeffrey A. Hawk Collegiate Associate Professor in Life Sciences
Theme leader: Human-Microbiome Interfaces

Marya Lieberman
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Theme leader: Technologies to Address Healthcare Disparities

Nosang Myung
Bernard Keating-Crawford Professor of Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Theme leader: Diagnostic Tools

Prakash Nallathamby, ex officio
Research Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Associate Director of Research

Jason Rohr
Ludmilla F., Stephen J., and Robert T. Galla College Professor & Chair, Department of Biological Sciences

William Schneider
Dorini Family Chair in Energy Studies & Chair, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

M. Sharon Stack
Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ann F. Dunne & Elizabeth Riley Director, Harper Cancer Research Institute

Matthew Webber, BIPH Acting Director
Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor of Engineering, College of Engineering
Theme leader: Molecular Recognition

Fanny Ye
Galassi Family Collegiate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering
Theme leader: Data-driven Precision Health

Previous Leaders:

From 2008-2024, the Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health was led by Faculty Director Paul Bohn, Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and professor of chemistry and biochemistry, who also established and directed the institute’s predecessor, the Advanced Diagnostics & Therapeutics research center. Bohn now directs the University's Bioengineering & Life Sciences (BELS) Initiative.