Lin Lab recognized for leadership and scientific contributions at Society of Toxicology meeting

Zhoumeng Lin lab group photo
Lab members Dr. Malek Hussein Hajjawi, Dr. Wei-Chun Chou, Dr. Zhoumeng Lin, Pei-Yu Wu, Xue Wu and Dr. Qiran Chen.

By Jill Pease

Members of the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions department of environmental and global health received several awards and played key leadership roles at the Society of Toxicology 62nd Annual Meeting and ToxExpo held March 19-23 in Nashville.

Zhoumeng Lin, 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.

Person at podium with images on screen
Dr. Zhoumeng Lin announces the 2023 officers of the Biological Modeling Specialty Section at the Society of Toxicology meeting. Dr. Lin will serve as the section’s 2023-2024 president.

Lin served as the chair of the annual meeting’s poster session on Computational Toxicology I. He completed his two-year service on the Council for the Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Specialty Section and received the Outstanding Service as a Councilor Award. Lin is now in his second year in the presidential chain of the Biological Modeling Specialty Section and will start his service as president on May 1.

Wei-Chun Chou, Ph.D., a research assistant professor in the department, was elected councilor of the Biological Modeling Specialty Section.

Qiran Chen, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow, served as chair of the poster session on Computational Toxicology II, and was elected as the postdoctoral representative of the Biological Modeling Specialty Section.

Members of the Lin Lab received the following awards:

Best Publication Award of the Year 2022 presented by Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Specialty Section:
Wei-Chun Chou and Zhoumeng Lin
“Development of a multi-route physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model for nanomaterials: a comparison between a traditional versus a new route-specific approach using gold nanoparticles in rats”

Qiran Chen in front of poster presentation
Dr. Qiran Chen with her poster “Pharmacokinetic and meta-analysis of tissue distribution of nanoparticles in tumor-bearing mice” at the Society of Toxicology meeting.

Outstanding Postdoctoral Award presented by Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Specialty Section:
Qiran Chen

Best Postdoctoral Publication Award presented by Society of Toxicology:
Qiran Chen

Perry J. Gehring Biological Modeling Endowment Award presented by Biological Modeling Specialty Section:
Xue Wu, doctoral student in environmental health

Best Trainee Abstract Award Honorable Mention presented by Biological Modeling Specialty Section:
Xue Wu
“Development of a Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model for Flunixin in Cattle and Swine Following Dermal Exposure”