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Last published 2026
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Wen Zou

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Also affiliated: United States Food and Drug Administration (2009–2025); Northern Kentucky University (2021); Kyoto University (1996–2005); Central China Normal University (2021); Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (2004); McGill University (2004)

20 h-index 68 pubs 2,086 cited

  • Humans
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Male
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Algorithms
  • Serotyping
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Prognosis
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Rats
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Glomerulonephritis
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing

Biography and Research Information

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Wen Zou's research focuses on the application of computational methods, including machine learning and data mining, to analyze complex biological and health-related data. A significant portion of this work involves the study of adverse events, particularly those related to prescription opioids, utilizing techniques like topic modeling and text fingerprinting to extract meaningful patterns from large databases such as the FDA Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS).

Zou's investigations extend to the prediction of toxicity, with a focus on liver toxicity, employing machine learning models. Further research includes assessing the reproducibility of genetic variant detection in whole genome sequencing data and exploring the use of RxNorm for drug name normalization in pharmacovigilance. Collaborations within the National Center for Toxicological Research, notably with Weigong Ge, Joe Meehan, Bohu Pan, and Beverly Lyn-Cook, have resulted in multiple shared publications, underscoring a network of ongoing research endeavors.

With an h-index of 26 and over 100 publications, Zou has been recognized as a highly cited researcher. The work contributes to areas such as public health, drug safety, and the advancement of analytical techniques for biological data interpretation. The research group maintains an active online presence, indicating ongoing research activities and engagement.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 68
  • Citations: 2,086

Selected Publications

  • Two decades of prescription opioid-related cardiovascular safety signals: a FAERS-based pharmacovigilance study using machine learning (2026)
    Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation DOI OpenAlex
  • AI-powered topic modeling: comparing LDA and BERTopic in analyzing opioid-related cardiovascular risks in women (2025)
    Experimental Biology and Medicine 58 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Editorial: AI/ML in pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology (2024)
    Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A systematic analysis and data mining of opioid-related adverse events submitted to the FAERS database (2023)
    Experimental Biology and Medicine 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Decision forest—a machine learning algorithm for QSAR modeling (2023)
    Elsevier eBooks 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Additional file 5 of Assessing reproducibility of inherited variants detected with short-read whole genome sequencing (2022)
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  • Additional file 15 of Assessing reproducibility of inherited variants detected with short-read whole genome sequencing (2022)
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  • Additional file 10 of Assessing reproducibility of inherited variants detected with short-read whole genome sequencing (2022)
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  • Additional file 9 of Assessing reproducibility of inherited variants detected with short-read whole genome sequencing (2022)
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  • Additional file 11 of Assessing reproducibility of inherited variants detected with short-read whole genome sequencing (2022)
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  • Machine Learning Models for Predicting Liver Toxicity (2022)
    Methods in molecular biology 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Assessing reproducibility of inherited variants detected with short-read whole genome sequencing (2022)
    Genome biology 57 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Text Fingerprinting and Topic Mining in the Prescription Opioid Use Literature (2021)
    2021 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM) 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Discovering Drug-Drug Associations in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System Database with Data Mining Approaches (2021)
    2021 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • GCRSR Proficiency Test, 2021 (2021)
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