The Society of Toxicology will honor members of the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions department of environmental and global health with several awards at the society’s 61st Annual Meeting and ToxExpo March 27-31 in San Diego.
Zhoumeng Lin, B.Med., Ph.D., D.A.B.T., C.P.H., an associate professor of environmental and global health and a member of the Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology and Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, focuses on the development and application of computational technologies to address research questions related to nanomedicine, animal-derived food safety assessment, and environmental chemical risk assessment. His team’s long-term goal is to develop AI-assisted computational approaches to support decision-making in human, animal and environmental health.
Members of the Lin lab will receive the following awards:
JOINN Biomere Outstanding Young Toxicologist Award presented by the American Association of Chinese in Toxicology Special Interest Group
Recipient: Zhoumeng Lin
Best Paper Award of the Year 2021 presented by the Biological Modeling Specialty Section
Best Paper Demonstrating an Application of Risk Assessment Award of the Year 2021 presented by the Risk Assessment Specialty Section
Recipients: Wei-Chun Chou, Ph.D., research assistant professor, and Zhoumeng Lin
“Evaluation of Health-Based Toxicity Values for Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) by Considering Species-Specific Fetal and Neonatal Dosimetry Using a Gestational and Lactational Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model in Rats and Humans”
Perry J. Gehring Biological Modeling Endowment Award presented by the Biological Modeling Specialty Section
Recipient: Qiran Chen, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow
Andersen-Clewell Trainee Award presented jointly by the Risk Assessment Specialty Section and Biological Modeling Specialty Section
Recipient: Long Yuan, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow
Andersen-Clewell Trainee Award (Honorable Mention) presented jointly by the Risk Assessment Specialty Section and Biological Modeling Specialty Section
Recipient: Qiran Chen
Best Trainee Abstract Award (Honorable Mentions) presented by the Biological Modeling Specialty Section
Recipients: Qiran Chen and Long Yuan
Chen’s abstract is “The application of toxicogenomics and physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) modeling to the human health risk assessment of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS).”
Yuan’s abstract is “Development and application of a web-based interactive physiologically based pharmacokinetic (iPBPK) model for meloxicam in broiler chickens and laying hens.”