Zhoumeng Lin, Ph.D., D.A.B.T., C.P.H., an associate professor in the Department of Environmental and Global Health at the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions, along with graduate students and postdoctoral associates, delivered several presentations and received multiple awards at the Society of Toxicology 65th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo held March 22 to 25 in San Diego.
Lin, a member of UF’s Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology and Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, received the Outstanding Mid-Career Scientist Award from the society’s Comparative Toxicology, Pathology, and Veterinary Specialty Section. Lin’s research 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.
Lin currently serves as vice president-elect of the Computational Toxicology Specialty Section and president-elect of the Southeastern Society of Toxicology. For the annual meeting, Lin served as chair of a continuing education course, “Applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Advance Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences,” that attracted more than 150 participants. He also delivered a continuing education presentation, “Development of Machine Learning-Powered PBPK Models for Chemicals and Nanoparticles” and a workshop presentation, “Integrating In Vitro Data and In Silico Predictions to Develop and Apply PBK Models to Support Risk Assessments of Chemicals and Nanoparticles.”
Additional Lin Lab awards, presentation and service activities included:
Chi-Yun Chen, Ph.D.
Award: Postdoc Poster Presentation Award (1st place), Southeastern Society of Toxicology
Continuing education presentation: “Leveraging Machine Learning for Human Health Risk Assessment of Environmental Pollutants: Case Examples of Carcinogenicity Prediction”
Poster: “Mechanistic Insights into Liposomal Doxorubicin Distribution in Mice through Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling”
Service: Postdoctoral representative, Risk Assessment Specialty Section
Xinyue Chen
Awards:
- Ph.D. Student Platform Presentation Award (3rd place), Southeastern Society of Toxicology
- Best Trainee Abstract Award Finalist, Biological Modeling Specialty Section
Poster: “Machine Learning-Enabled Reconstruction of Complete Nanoparticle Biodistribution Profiles in Tumor-Bearing Mice from Incomplete Experimental Data”
Service: Graduate student volunteer, Initiatives for Development and Engagement Committee’s “Undergrad Gab with a Grad over Grub”
Kun Mi
Awards:
- Perry J. Gehring Biological Modeling Endowment Award, Biological Modeling Specialty Section
- Best Trainee Abstract Award Finalist, Biological Modeling Specialty Section
Poster: “A second-generation artificial intelligence-assisted physiologically based pharmacokinetic model to predict nanoparticle tumor delivery in mice”
Ilseob Shim
Poster: “Risk Assessment of Wood Preservatives in South Korea Using the Biocide Risk Assessment Management System”
Lishuang Wang
Award: Best Trainee Abstract Award Finalist, Biological Modeling Specialty Section
Poster: “A Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Model for Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Zongertinib in adults”
Xue Wu
Awards:
- Outstanding Officer Award, Biological Modeling Specialty Section
- Best Trainee Abstract Award Finalist, Biological Modeling Specialty Section
- Burdock Group Student Scientific Award, Food Safety Specialty Section
- Graduate Student Travel Support Award, Society of Toxicology
Posters: “A User-Friendly iPBPK Platform for Predicting Florfenicol and Florfenicol Amine Residues in Sheep and Goats” and “Development of a Population Pharmacokinetic Model to Optimize Florfenicol Dosing for Treating Lactating and Non-Lactating Goats”
Service: Graduate student representative, Biological Modeling Specialty Section, and Graduate Student Leadership Committee Webinar Committee
Pei-Yu Wu
Awards:
- Andersen-Clewell Trainee Award, Biological Modeling Specialty Section and Risk Assessment Specialty Section
- Best Trainee Abstract Award Finalist, Biological Modeling Specialty Section
- Graduate Student Leadership Committee Student Representative Travel Award, Society of Toxicology
- Top 10 Best CTSS Abstract Award (1st place), Computational Toxicology Specialty Section
Poster: “Systematic Evidence Mapping of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): A Large Language Model-Based Toxicokinetic Database”
Service: Graduate student representative, Computational Toxicology Specialty Section; co-chair, Professional Development Subcommittee of the Graduate Student Leadership Committee; continuing education volunteer
Zhicheng Zhang
Awards:
- Jean Lu Student Scholarship Award, American Association of Chinese in Toxicology
- Best Trainee Abstract Award Finalist, Biological Modeling Specialty Section
- Best Student Abstract Award (2nd place), Drug Discovery Toxicology Specialty Section
- Graduate Student Travel Support Award, Society of Toxicology
Platform presentation: “Multi-Task Neural-ODE Modeling of Nanoparticle Biodistribution in Tumor-Bearing Mice for Toxicological Risk Assessment”