Award Recipients

2024 Perry J. Gehring Award for Biological Modeling

Student
Hsing-Chieh Lin, PhD Student at Texas A&M University.
Mentor: Dr. Weihsueh A. Chiu.
“Predicting renal clearance of PFAS with a human kidney proximal tubule tissue chip and a novel physiologically-based kidney model”

Postdoc
Chi-Yun Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Florida.
Mentor: Dr. Zhoumeng Lin.
“A physiologically based toxicokinetic model for assessing oral exposure to microplastics and nanoplastics in mice and its implications to human dietary intake”

2024 BMSS Best Trainee Abstract Award (in honor of Charles Eric Hack)

Elena Chung, PhD University at Rowan University and Tulane University.
Mentor: Dr. Hao Zhu.
“Hierarchical concentration-response modeling for mechanistic understanding of complex toxicity endpoints using public data resources”

2024 Andersen-Clewell Trainee Award with RASS/Endowment

Srijit Seal, PhD Student at the University of Cambridge.
Mentor: Dr. Andreas Bender.
“Insights into Drug Cardiotoxicity from Biological and Chemical Data: The First Public Classifiers for FDA DICTrank”

2024 Biological Modeling Best Paper

Chou WC, Chen Q, Yuan L, Cheng YH, He C, Monteiro-Riviere NA, Riviere JE, Lin Z. "Development and Application of a Web-Based Interactive Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (Ipbpk) Model for Meloxicam in Broiler Chickens and Laying Hens.” J Control Release. 2023 Sep;361:53-63.

Honorable Mention

Kana O, Nault R, Filipovic D, Marri D, Zacharewski T, Bhattacharya S. "Generative Modeling of Single-Cell Gene Expression for Dose-Dependent Chemical Perturbations." Patterns (N Y). 2023 Aug 11;4(8):100817.

Bernstein AS, Prasad B, Schlosser PM, Kapraun DF. "A Model Template Approach for Rapid Evaluation and Application of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models: Extension to Volatile Organic Compounds." Toxicol Sci. 2023; 192:194-208.