About Me

Cody is a Senior Computational Toxicologist with a passion for data analysis pertaining to human safety. He started his training in a hepatotoxicology lab at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he learned the fundamentals of toxicology and animal research. He then transitioned to a postdoc at Pfizer Inc. in the Computational Safety Science group, where he built strong skills in computational toxicology, databasing, and programming. He is now a Senior Computational Toxicologist at Pfizer, where he builds methods to help target safety information and weight of evidence reviews.

Recent Presentations

Society of Toxicology 2025 Annual Meeting

Optimization of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with Large Language Models (LLMs) to Aid in Drafting Literature-Based Developmental Toxicity Weight of Evidence Documents

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Society of Toxicology 2024 Annual Meeting

Quantitative translational gene editing hazard assessment in human and cynomolgus macaque hepatocytes

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Challenges Faced by Toxicology Graduate Students in Transitioning into the Workforce: The Need for Integrating Newer Methodologies into the Curriculum

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Experiences

▶ Senior Computational Toxicologist

▶ Postdoctoral Fellow

▶ Graduate Research Assistant

Education

▶ Ph.D. in Toxicology

▶ Graduate Certificate in Data Science

▶ B.S. in Chemistry

Leadership and Service

Society of Toxicology

2025-Present
Computational Toxicology Specialty Section (CTSS)
Secretary
2023-2025
Drug Discovery Toxicology Specialty Section (DTSS)
Postdoctoral Representative
2024-2025
Postdoctoral Assembly (PDA)
Treasurer
2023-2024
Education and Career Development Committee (ECDC)
Appointed Committee Member
2021-2023
Carcinogenesis Specialty Section (CSS)
Graduate Student Representative
2022-2023
Graduate Student Leadership Committee (GSLC)
Professional Development Chair

University of Kansas Medical Center

2022-2023
Pharmacology and Toxicology Society
President Elect
2021-2022
Pharmacology and Toxicology Society
Vice President Elect
2020-2023
Student Governing Council
Senator Elect-Finance Committee Chair
2021-2023
Graduate Student Council
Treasurer Elect