Julian Solway, MD, Founding Director of the ITM, will co-lead a new UChicago center in quantum engineering and health launching thanks to a $21 million gift from philanthropist Thea Berggren. The Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine will unite quantum engineering and medicine to revolutionize diagnostics and treatments and transform the future of medicine.

“The Berggren Center represents the next frontier in translational science,” Solway said in the announcement. “By bringing together quantum physicists, engineers and clinicians, we’re creating a new scientific language with the potential to transform how we understand and treat disease.”