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Director, Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)

Dr. Tong is director of the Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics at NCTR. Tong’s work at NCTR focuses on developing bioinformatic methodologies and standards to support FDA research and regulation, and to advance regulatory science and personalized medicine. The most visible projects from his group are the Microarray Quality Control (MAQC) consortium to develop standard analysis protocols and quality control metrics for emerging technologies to support regulatory science and precision medicine; the development of liver toxicity knowledge base (LTKB) for drug safety; in silico drug repositioning for the enhanced treatment of rare diseases; and the development of the FDA bioinformatics system, ArrayTrack TM suite, to support FDA review and research on pharmacogenomics.

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As the Director of the Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, ARA Academy Member Dr. Weida Tong and his team develops tools using information technology to advance the FDA’s mission to protect and promote public health.
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