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Derrick E. Wood

Johns Hopkins UniversityORCID 0000-0002-7429-1854Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:benchmark study· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Bari J. BallewiD· 1 shared Ben LangmeadiD· 1 shared Jennifer LuiD· 1 shared Joseph RoyiD· 1 shared

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Simpler predictive models provide higher accuracy for ovarian cancer detection

Derrick E. Wood, Joseph Roy, Bari J. Ballew

This paper demonstrates that a simpler logistic regression model using protein biomarkers outperforms a more complex method incorporating cfDNA features in ovarian cancer detection.

PeerJ · Dec 18, 2025Peer-reviewedCancer Biology

Improved metagenomic analysis with Kraken 2

Derrick E. Wood, Jennifer Lu, Ben Langmead

Kraken 2's minimizer-keyed compact hash table cuts memory 85% versus Kraken 1 and classifies over 5 times faster with comparable accuracy; translated search boosts viral sensitivity.

Genome biology · Nov 28, 2019Peer-reviewedBioinformatics✦ In-depth digest