CBTP Program Directors
Anna Schwendeman, PhD
CBTP Director
Larry and Ann Hsu Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
Lola Eniola-Adefeso, PhD
CBTP Co-Director
University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor
Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional Education
Professor, Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Macromolecular Science & Engineering
Faculty Executive Committee
Alison Narayan, PhD
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Janet Smith, PhD
Margaret J Hunter Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences
Martha L Ludwig Distinguished University Professor of Biological Chemistry
Professor, Biological Chemistry
Amanda Garner, PhD
Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry
Andrew Putnam, PhD
Robert C Leland, Jr and Donna D Leland Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cardiovascular Medicine
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Diversity Chair
Carlos Aguilar, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Internal Advisory Board
Vicki Ellingrod, PharmD
Dean, John Searle Professor
Director, MICHR Education/Mentoring
Sonya Jacobs, MS
Chief Organizational Learning Officer
Sr. Director of Medical School Faculty Development
Bradley Martin
Managing Director, Fast Forward Medical Innovation
External Advisory Board
David V. Schaffer, PhD
Professor of Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley
Program Director, NIH T32 “Stem Cell Biol Eng”
Rosemarie D. Wesson, PhD
Associate Dean – Research, Grove School of Engineering
The City College of New York
James Cunningham, PhD
Executive Director, AbbVie
Julia Owens, PhD
Executive Chairman, Millendo Therapeutics
Board of Directors, BIO