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Ruth Roberts is a Professor of Drug Discovery at the University of Birmingham's Biosciences Healthcare Technologies Institute, with 28 research outputs and 2 major projects since 1997. Her work spans Toxicology, Drug Discovery, and Biological Markers, focusing on Precision Toxicology and Alternatives to Animal Testing.
- Active in Drug-Induced Liver Injury and Antibiotic Resistance research
- Co-Investigator for The Haworth Compound Collection (Wellcome Trust funded)
- Recipient of SOT Founders Award (2018) and Elected Vice President (2017)
Her research integrates Computational Biology and Omics Technologies to develop New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for Chemical Safety assessment, particularly in Neurotoxicology and Hepatotoxicity contexts. Current projects include the EU-funded PrecisionTox initiative (2021-2026) for Sentinel Species safety testing frameworks.
Scientific awards include:
- 2018: SOT Founders Award
- 2017: Vice President (Society of Toxicology)
- 2017: Honorary Chair at Gordon Research Conference
She has contributed to 15+ peer-reviewed publications since 2017, with recent work on Generative Adversarial Networks for Clinical Pathology and Protein Language Models for Antibiotic Resistance Gene identification.
