Fred Wright
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Professor of Statistics
Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor
Ricks Hall 306
fred_wright@ncsu.edu WebsiteBio
Dr. Wright is Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Statistics and Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University. His research spans numerous areas of statistical genetics, toxicogenomics, computational toxicology, and the study of gene-environment interactions.
Education
Ph.D Statistics University of Chicago 1994
Publications
- Generative AI-assisted Bayesian-frequentist Hybrid Inference in Single-cell RNA Sequencing Analysis for Genes Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease , medRxiv (2026)
- Quantitative estimates of inter-individual variability for new approach methodologies-based systemic safety toolbox using a population-based human in vitro model , Toxicological Sciences (2026)
- A workflow for human health hazard evaluation using transcriptomic data and Key Characteristics-based gene sets , Toxicological Sciences (2025)
- An approach to uncover significant direct and mediated relationships in multi-dimensional new approach methods (NAMs) data: A case study of hazard evaluation of petroleum UVCBs , The Science of The Total Environment (2025)
- Asian diversity in human immune cells , Cell (2025)
- Examining risk assessment implications of genetic and dose-dependent dynamics of lead exposure in breastfeeding using the collaborative cross mouse population , Toxicological Sciences (2025)
- Exploring experiences of the regulatory toxicology system: system-level promoters and inhibitors of new approach methodologies , Archives of Toxicology (2025)
- Genetic effects on chromatin accessibility uncover mechanisms of liver gene regulation and quantitative traits , Genome Research (2025)
- HAP-SAMPLE2: data-based resampling for association studies with admixture , Bioinformatics (2025)
- Mediation analysis of the molecular phenotypes in a severe MASH-like liver injury mouse model , Toxicological Sciences (2025)