The Bridge Institute is governed by representative leaders from USC Dornsife College of Letters Arts and Sciences, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, USC School of Cinematic Arts, and Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Scott E. Fraser, PhD
Director of the Bridge Institute
Director of Science Initiatives, Provost Prof. of Biological Sciences
and Biomedical Engineering
Elizabeth Garrett Chair of Convergent Biosciences
Kate L. White, PhD
Associate Director of the Bridge Institute,
Gabilan Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Director of the Pancreatic Beta Cell Consortium
Angie Walker
Assistant Director of the Bridge Institute
Stacey Finley, PhD
Stephen E. Bradforth, PhD
Senior Advisor to the Dean for Research Strategy and Development,
Professor of Chemistry
Moh El-Naggar, PhD
Dean’s Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Chemistry, Divisional Dean for the Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Carl F. Kesselman, PhD
Divisional Dean for the Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Dean’s Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering,
Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering,
Computer Science, Preventive Medicine,
and Biomedical Sciences
Helen Berman, PhD
Professor (Research) of Quantitative and Computational Biology
Charles E. McKenna, PhD
Professor of Chemistry & Pharmacology
and Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Director of Center for Drug Discovery
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