Katie Friedman
Director at Center for Informatics & Screening, Chemical Insights Research Institutes, UL Research Institutes
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolKatie Friedman is a director and computational toxicology leader with nine years of experience translating predictive assay and systems biology models into chemical prioritization and risk assessment strategies. She has advanced through research and leadership roles at the US EPA—rising from postdoctoral fellow to supervisory computational toxicologist and acting division director—and now leads predictive toxicology efforts at UL Research Institutes. Her expertise centers on developmental and endocrine toxicities, with a track record of designing high-throughput endocrine assays and integrating mechanistic models to modernize how environmentally relevant chemicals and mixtures are evaluated. Katie combines deep academic training (PhD in Toxicology) and industry experience at Bayer to bridge traditional toxicology with modern predictive approaches. Based in Durham, NC, she is particularly focused on operationalizing prioritization frameworks that reduce reliance on animal testing while improving human-relevant decision-making. An often overlooked strength is her history in science education and mentoring, which informs her collaborative leadership and ability to communicate complex methods to diverse stakeholders.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Virginia TechDoctor of Philosophy, Toxicology, Doctor of Philosophy, Toxicology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Toxicology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Toxicology at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (6)
ord10
bioinformatics6
cheminformatics5
java5
chemistry5
development-kit3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
USEPA/CompTox-ToxRefDB
Feb 2019 - Apr 2023
US EPA's Toxicity Reference Database (ToxRefDB)
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 4 pushes in 4 years 1 month
cctecomptoxord
USEPA/CompTox-ToxCast_EDSPsteroidogenesis_prioritization
Jul 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:8 pushes in 3 months
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