Jeremy M. Berg
President
AUDIT COMMITTEE
ASBMB
United States of America
Biography
Jeremy M. Berg, PhD, is associate senior vice chancellor for science strategy and planning, health sciences, and professor of computational and systems biology in Pitt’s School of Medicine. Berg works to advance the University’s position as a biomedical research leader. In July 2016, he was named editor-in-chief of Science magazine and the Science family of journals. Berg was the founding director of Pitt’s Institute for Precision Medicine, which he oversaw from 2013–16. Launched by Pitt and UPMC, the institute applies genetics, genomics, and research in other areas to advance evidence-based medicine and treatments tailored to individual patients, often through genetics and DNA analysis.
Research Interest
Berg’s research into the structures and functions of biological molecules has elucidated how zinc-containing proteins bind to DNA or RNA and regulate gene activity. As a bioinorganic chemist, Berg investigates biomolecule interaction inside cells using experimental and computational methods.
