Editor and Contributors
About the Editor
Huixiao Hong is Chief of Bioinformatics Branch, Division of Bioinformatics and
Biostatistics, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), US Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), working on the scientific bases for regulatory applications of bioinformtics. Before joining the FDA, he was Manager of
Bioinformatics Division of Z-Tech, an ICFI company. He was Research Scientist at
Sumitomo Chemical Company in Japan and Visiting Scientist at National Cancer
Institute at National Institutes of Health. He was also Associate Professor and
Director of Laboratory of Computational Chemistry at Nanjing University in China.
He is Member of steering committee of OpenTox, Member of board directors of US
MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society, and in the leadership circle of US FDA modeling and simulation working group. He published more
than 180 scientific papers and served as Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board
member for multiple peer-reviewed journals. He received his Ph.D. from Nanjing
University in China in 1990 and conducted research in University of Leeds in
England in 1990–1992. e-mail: Huixiao.Hong@fda.hhs.gov
Contributors
Tero Aittokallio Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki,
Helsinki, Finland;
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Kristin Ashby Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, National Center for
Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Jefferson, AR,
USA
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About the Editor
Huixiao Hong is Chief of Bioinformatics Branch, Division of Bioinformatics and
Biostatistics, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), US Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), working on the scientific bases for regulatory applications of bioinformtics. Before joining the FDA, he was Manager of
Bioinformatics Division of Z-Tech, an ICFI company. He was Research Scientist at
Sumitomo Chemical Company in Japan and Visiting Scientist at National Cancer
Institute at National Institutes of Health. He was also Associate Professor and
Director of Laboratory of Computational Chemistry at Nanjing University in China.
He is Member of steering committee of OpenTox, Member of board directors of US
MidSouth Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Society, and in the leadership circle of US FDA modeling and simulation working group. He published more
than 180 scientific papers and served as Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board
member for multiple peer-reviewed journals. He received his Ph.D. from Nanjing
University in China in 1990 and conducted research in University of Leeds in
England in 1990–1992. e-mail: Huixiao.Hong@fda.hhs.gov
Contributors
Tero Aittokallio Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki,
Helsinki, Finland;
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Kristin Ashby Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, National Center for
Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Jefferson, AR,
USA
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