Zachary Wooten, PhD

Instructor, St. Jude Faculty

Departments

Department of Biostatistics

Education

BA – Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
MA – Rice University, Houston, TX
PhD – Rice University, Houston, TX

Research Interests

Enhancing contouring quality assurance in radiation oncology using AI and machine learning
Developing interpretable AI models for improved clinical decision-making in radiation therapy
Advancing functional statistical methods for medical research applications
Applying measurement error models to improve accuracy in clinical data analysis

Contact Information

Zachary Wooten, PhD Department of Biostatistics MS 768 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 262 Danny Thomas Place Memphis, TN 38105-3678

Selected Publications

Marquez B, Wooten ZT, Salazar RM, Peterson CB, Fuentes DT, Whitaker TJ, Jhingran A, Pollard-Larkin J, Prajapati S, Beadle B, Cardenas CE, Netherton TJ, Court LE. Analyzing the Relationship between Dose and Geometric Agreement Metrics for Auto-Contouring in Head and Neck Normal Tissues. Diagnostics (Basel) 2024 Jul 29;14(15). doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14151632. PubMed PMID: 39125508; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11311423.

He Y, Cazoulat G, Wu C, Svensson S, Almodovar-Abreu L, Rigaud B, McCollum E, Peterson C, Wooten Z, Rhee DJ, Balter P, Pollard-Larkin J, Cardenas C, Court L, Liao Z, Mohan R, Brock K. Quantifying the Effect of 4-Dimensional Computed Tomography-Based Deformable Dose Accumulation on Representing Radiation Damage for Patients with Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Standard- Fractionated Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2024 Jan 1;118(1):231-241. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.07.016. Epub 2023 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 37552151; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11379060.

Gronberg MP, Jhingran A, Netherton TJ, Gay SS, Cardenas CE, Chung C, Fuentes D, Fuller CD, Howell RM, Khan M, Lim TY, Marquez B, Olanrewaju AM, Peterson CB, Vazquez I, Whitaker TJ, Wooten Z, Yang M, Court LE. Deep learning-based dose prediction to improve the plan quality of volumetric modulated arc therapy for gynecologic cancers. Med Phys 2023 Nov;50(11):6639-6648. doi: 10.1002/mp.16735. Epub 2023 Sep 14. PubMed PMID: 37706560; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10947338.

Gronberg MP, Beadle BM, Garden AS, Skinner H, Gay S, Netherton T, Cao W, Cardenas CE, Chung C, Fuentes DT, Fuller CD, Howell RM, Jhingran A, Lim TY, Marquez B, Mumme R, Olanrewaju AM, Peterson CB, Vazquez I, Whitaker TJ, Wooten Z, Yang M, Court LE. Deep Learning-Based Dose Prediction for Automated, Individualized Quality Assurance of Head and Neck Radiation Therapy Plans. Pract Radiat Oncol 2023 May-Jun;13(3):e282-e291. doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2022.12.003. Epub 2023 Jan 24. PubMed PMID: 36697347; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11232032.

Wooten ZT, Yu C, Court LE, Peterson CB. Predictive modeling using shape statistics for interpretable and robust quality assurance of automated contours in radiation treatment planning. Pac Symp Biocomput. 223;28:395-406. PubMed PMID: 36540994; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10091357.

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Last update: October 2024