Professor Ashleigh Theberge has been named to the Schmidt Sciences Polymath Program, entitling her to grants of up to $2.5 million over five years to “pursue risky, novel theories that would otherwise be difficult to fund,” according to a Sept. 10 announcement from Schmidt Sciences. Dr. Theberge — one of six awardees this year — was selected from an applicant pool of 117, and is the first UW faculty member selected for the program.
Dr. Theberge is co-principal investigator of the Bioanalytical Chemistry for Medicine and the Environment Laboratory, and studies the chemical signals that cells use to communicate with one another. In the Schmidt Sciences Polymath Program, Theberge plans to “explore the potential of tailoring drug treatments and doses based on individual biochemistry using remote specimen collection, data analysis and AI to map molecular pathways at the cellular level.”