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David A Williams

Boston Children's Hospital · Internal Medicine (topic-inferred)
Boston Children's Hospital · Pediatrics (topic-inferred)
Boston Children's Hospital · Anatomy & Cell Biology (topic-inferred)

From the FY2024 NIH awards this investigator leads as contact PI. The department is the award's.

FY2024 NIH rank #5,895

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NIH Funding · FY2024

Linked Award Amount

$1.9M

Full award amounts, FY2024

Award Records

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Award-Linked Rank

#5,895

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2024

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Fiscal year	Linked awards	Records	Rank
2024	$1,894,253	3	#5,895
2025	$3,409,133	4	#2,718
2026	$3,622,502	3	#4,828

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FY2024 · selected3 records
FY20254 records
FY20263 records

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Publications

Publications indexed by OpenAlex · 576 papers · Updated Sep 23, 2026

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576 papers · Page 1 of 29

Patients’ Interests and Barriers to Research Partnerships Within an Academic Health System
Daniel Whibley, Knoll Larkin, Greg Merritt, Annalee R. Nowak, Patricia Piechowski, Julie C. Lumeng · Show all listed authors
Daniel Whibley, Knoll Larkin, Greg Merritt, Annalee R. Nowak, Patricia Piechowski, Julie C. Lumeng, David A. Williams, Megan R. Haymart
JAMA Network Open · 2026
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Long-term follow-up of the first in human post-transcriptional genetic silencing of BCL11A in sickle cell disease in a phase 1 pilot and feasibility trial
Erica B. Esrick, Leslie Lehmann, Amy Federico, Heather Daley, Colleen Dansereau, Satiro Nakamura De Oliveira · Show all listed authors
Erica B. Esrick, Leslie Lehmann, Amy Federico, Heather Daley, Colleen Dansereau, Satiro Nakamura De Oliveira, J.K. Everett, Pei‐Chi Kao, Boya Liu, Theodore Bruce Moore, Emily Morris, Hélène Negre, Kit L. Shaw, Gavin D. Roach, Jerome Ritz, Aoife M. Doto, O. B. da Silva, Helene Vincon, Frederic D. Bushman, Donald B. Kohn, Akshat Jain, Wendy B. London, David G. Justus, Myriam A. Armant, John P. Manis, David A. Williams
Blood · 2025
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2 citations
The feasibility of collecting social determinants of health in the national multi-center GRASP sickle cell gene therapy trial
Colleen A. Kelly, Paul Morgan, Wendy B. London, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Puja J. Umaretiya, Erica B. Esrick · Show all listed authors
Colleen A. Kelly, Paul Morgan, Wendy B. London, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Puja J. Umaretiya, Erica B. Esrick, Victoria H. Coleman‐Cowger, Gary John Schiller, Mehrdad Abedi, Joseph H. Antin, Mary M. Horowitz, Neena R. Kapoor, Edmund K. Waller, Sonali Chaudhury, Mary Eapen, Mark Walters, David A. Williams, Kira O'Neil Bona
Blood · 2025
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Apheresis blood processing with heparin improves stem cell collection outcomes for sickle cell gene therapy
David G. Justus, Carly Howard, Ellen Proeung, Aimee Sarnie, Jen Fortin, Erica B. Esrick · Show all listed authors
David G. Justus, Carly Howard, Ellen Proeung, Aimee Sarnie, Jen Fortin, Erica B. Esrick, Matthew M. Heeney, Daniel E. Bauer, Sarah Nikiforow, José A. Cancelas, Leslie Lehmann, David A. Williams, John P. Manis
Blood · 2025
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1 citation
Highly efficient collection and manufacture of autologous HSC gene therapy cell product for patients with sickle cell disease using a lentiviral vector containing a shmir targeting BCL11a
John P. Manis, David G. Justus, Erica B. Esrick, Edmund K. Waller, Mary Horowitz, Leslie Lehmann · Show all listed authors
John P. Manis, David G. Justus, Erica B. Esrick, Edmund K. Waller, Mary Horowitz, Leslie Lehmann, Amy Federico, Colleen Dansereau, Emily Morris, Leah Cheng, Mehrdad Abedi, Michael A. Pulsipher, Neena R. Kapoor, Gary John Schiller, Angela Treml, Sonali Chaudhury, Victoria H. Coleman‐Cowger, Kit L. Shaw, Jerome Ritz, Heather Daley, Donald B. Kohn, Akshat Jain, Jeanne E. Hendrickson, Carly Howard, Aimee Sarnie, Ellen Proeung, Helene Vincon, Myriam A. Armant, Joseph H. Antin, Mark Walters, Mary Eapen, David A. Williams
Blood · 2025
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1 citation
Sickle cell disease is associated with early-onset clonal hematopoiesis involving DNA damage response pathway mutations
Lachelle Dawn Weeks, Courtney D. Fitzhugh, Sam Pollock, Miriam A. Osei, Micah Rickles-Young, H. Moses Murdock · Show all listed authors
Lachelle Dawn Weeks, Courtney D. Fitzhugh, Sam Pollock, Miriam A. Osei, Micah Rickles-Young, H. Moses Murdock, Megan Townsend, Christopher W. Reilly, Carla Luana Dinardo, Éster Cerdeira Sabino, Mark Fleharty, Matthew T. DeFelice, Azeet Narayan, Donna S Neuberg, Robert Allyn Redd, Lakshmanan Krishnamurti, David A. Williams, Pablo Bartolucci, Carrie Cibulskis, Julia Anne Smith, Milena Batchvarova, Nancy Asomaning, Brian Custer, Kolapo Muyiwa Oyebola, Carlo Brugnara, Russell E. Ware, Vivien Sheehan, Jeffrey Glassberg, Shannon Kelly, Swee Lay Thein, Allison E. Ashley‐Koch, Marilyn J. Telen, Guillaume Lettre, Niall J. Lennon, Robert Coleman Lindsley
Blood · 2025
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4 citations
Refined design of a CD117 antibody-drug conjugate safely and effectively conditions non-human primates for autologous transplant-based gene therapy
Lev Gorfinkel, Boya Liu, Yi Liu, Madhura Panditrao, Sukhdeep Sahambi, Eric Peters · Show all listed authors
Lev Gorfinkel, Boya Liu, Yi Liu, Madhura Panditrao, Sukhdeep Sahambi, Eric Peters, Sherif Sharaby, Sejong Chun, Victor Tkachev, Matthew Warren, Elisa Rojas Palato, Jennifer F. Lane, Ulrike Gerdemann, Francesca Alvarez Calderon, Leah Desrochers, Gwen Lavalla, Owen Stanbro, Lorenzo Cagnin, Serena De Vita, David A. Williams, Susan E. Cellitti, Leslie S. Kean
Blood · 2025
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2 citations
Germline SEPT6 mutations in congenital neutropenia and myelodysplastic syndrome induce de novo protein function disrupting hematopoietic stem cell maintenance
Safa Mohamad, Meaghan K. McGuinness, Yu Zhou, Gabriele Casirati, Adele Mucci, Sara Canovas Nunes · Show all listed authors
Safa Mohamad, Meaghan K. McGuinness, Yu Zhou, Gabriele Casirati, Adele Mucci, Sara Canovas Nunes, Akiko Shimamura, Pietro Genovese, Eric J. Allenspach, David A. Williams
Blood · 2025
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Regression of Monosomy 7 Clone in Patient With RECQL4 ‐Associated Syndrome
Sara Canovas Nunes, Helen D. Reed, Danilo Pellin, Chad Everett Harris, Felicia Andresen, Aya Abu‐El‐Haija · Show all listed authors
Sara Canovas Nunes, Helen D. Reed, Danilo Pellin, Chad Everett Harris, Felicia Andresen, Aya Abu‐El‐Haija, Christina Barbera, Jaclyn Schienda, Jill A. Madden, Jacob R. Bledsoe, Karyn Brundige, Megan Day‐Lewis, Alan A. Nguyen, Akiko Shimamura, David A. Williams
American Journal of Hematology · 2025
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Eltrombopag in combination with immunosuppressive therapy in pediatric severe aplastic anemia: phase 2 ESCALATE trial
Akiko Shimamura, Alexey Maschan, Carolyn M. Bennett, Sujith Samarasinghe, Jason E. Farrar, Chi Kong Li · Show all listed authors
Akiko Shimamura, Alexey Maschan, Carolyn M. Bennett, Sujith Samarasinghe, Jason E. Farrar, Chi Kong Li, Nongnuch Sirachainan, Bunchoo Pongtanakul, Patcharee Komvilaisak, Ludmila Zubarovskaya, Jennifer Rothman, Kelly J. Walkovich, Taizo A. Nakano, Alison A. Bertuch, Anabela Ferrão, Rukhmi V. Bhat, Rabi Hanna, Kathleen M. Overholt, Jessica Boklan, Tze Fang Wong, Qinxia Wang, Patrick Urban, Brigitte Strahm, Winfred C. Wang, Adrianna Vlachos, David A. Williams
Blood Advances · 2025
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14 citations
A Novel Dominant Negative Variant in IL2RG Gene that Failed to Be Corrected by Lentiviral Gene Therapy
Muslima Hussain, Nisha Nagarsheth, Julia C. Jones, Jack H. Bleesing, Sharat Chandra, Rebecca A. Marsh · Show all listed authors
Muslima Hussain, Nisha Nagarsheth, Julia C. Jones, Jack H. Bleesing, Sharat Chandra, Rebecca A. Marsh, Colleen Dansereau, Meaghan Louise O'Donnell, O. B. da Silva, Bridget Kerwin, Suk See De Ravin, Susan E. Prockop, David A. Williams, Sung‐Yun Pai
Journal of Human Immunity · 2025
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1 citation
Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Has Similar Rates of Short-Term Complications Compared to Allogeneic Matched Sibling Stem Cell Transplant Despite a Significantly Older Patient Population: A Single Center Experience
Lev Gorfinkel, Erica B. Esrick, Alexander Lake, Miki Nishitani, Malika A. Kapadia, Amy Federico · Show all listed authors
Lev Gorfinkel, Erica B. Esrick, Alexander Lake, Miki Nishitani, Malika A. Kapadia, Amy Federico, Colleen Dansereau, David A. Williams, Leslie Lehmann
Transplantation and Cellular Therapy · 2025
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In vivo HSC Gene Therapy Using BaEVRLess-Pseudotyped Alpha-Retroviral and Lentiviral Vectors
Denise Klatt, Boya Liu, Adele Mucci, Marie Peschers, Giulia Schiroli, Axel Schambach · Show all listed authors
Denise Klatt, Boya Liu, Adele Mucci, Marie Peschers, Giulia Schiroli, Axel Schambach, John P. Manis, Myriam A. Armant, David T. Scadden, Els Verhoeyen, Danilo Pellin, David A. Williams, Christian Brendel
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025
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1 citation
The impact of published guidance on trends in the pharmacological management of depression in children and adolescents- a whole population e-cohort data linkage study in Wales, UK
Amanda L. Marchant, Joan L. McGregor, Marcos Del Pozo Banos, Keith R Lloyd, David A. Williams, Anita Thapar · Show all listed authors
Amanda L. Marchant, Joan L. McGregor, Marcos Del Pozo Banos, Keith R Lloyd, David A. Williams, Anita Thapar, Andrew Watkins, Ann Mary John
Psychological Medicine · 2024
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Engineered packaging cell line for the enhanced production of baboon-enveloped retroviral vectors
Denise Klatt, Lucia Piceni Sereni, Boya Liu, Pietro Genovese, Axel Schambach, Els Verhoeyen · Show all listed authors
Denise Klatt, Lucia Piceni Sereni, Boya Liu, Pietro Genovese, Axel Schambach, Els Verhoeyen, David A. Williams, Christian Brendel
Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids · 2024
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7 citations
Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Is Associated with a Decreased Transplant Length of Stay and Similar Rates of Short-Term Complications Compared to Allogeneic Matched Sibling Stem Cell Transplant: A Single Center Experience
Lev Gorfinkel, Erica B. Esrick, Alexander Lake, Miki Nishitani, Malika A. Kapadia, Amy Federico · Show all listed authors
Lev Gorfinkel, Erica B. Esrick, Alexander Lake, Miki Nishitani, Malika A. Kapadia, Amy Federico, Colleen Dansereau, David A. Williams, Leslie Lehmann
Blood · 2024
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2 citations
Outcomes of Immunosuppressive Therapy in Children Less Than Three Years of Age with Idiopathic Severe Aplastic Anemia: A North American Collaboration
Talya Wittmann Dayagi, Laura B. Willis, Catherine Corriveau‐Bourque, Michaela Cada, Zora R. Rogers, Taizo A. Nakano · Show all listed authors
Talya Wittmann Dayagi, Laura B. Willis, Catherine Corriveau‐Bourque, Michaela Cada, Zora R. Rogers, Taizo A. Nakano, Timothy S. Olson, Winfred C. Wang, Alfred P. Gillio, Thomas D. Coates, Anjulika Chawla, Paul Castillo, Peter Kurre, Christopher J. Gamper, Staci D. Arnold, Sarita A. Joshi, Amy E. Geddis, Jessica Boklan, Jennifer Rothman, James N. Huang, Gary M. Kupfer, Bertil E. Glader, Kelly J. Walkovich, Alexis A. Thompson, Rabi Hanna, David A. Williams, Akiko Shimamura, Yigal Dror
Blood · 2024
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1 citation
Spontaneous Regression of Monosomy 7 Clone in a Premature Infant with RECQL4 -Associated Syndrome
Sara Canovas Nunes, Helen D. Reed, Yu Zhou, Chad Everett Harris, Felicia Andresen, Aya Abu‐El‐Haija · Show all listed authors
Sara Canovas Nunes, Helen D. Reed, Yu Zhou, Chad Everett Harris, Felicia Andresen, Aya Abu‐El‐Haija, Christina Barbera, Jacob R. Bledsoe, Karyn Brundige, Megan Day‐Lewis, Alan A. Nguyen, Akiko Shimamura, David A. Williams
Blood · 2024
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2 citations
Hematologic Cancer after Gene Therapy for Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy
Christine Duncan, Jacob R. Bledsoe, Bartosz J. Grzywacz, Amy Beckman, Melissa A. Bonner, Florian Eichler · Show all listed authors
Christine Duncan, Jacob R. Bledsoe, Bartosz J. Grzywacz, Amy Beckman, Melissa A. Bonner, Florian Eichler, Jörn‐Sven Kühl, Marian H. Harris, Sarah R. Slauson, Richard A. Colvin, Vinod K. Prasad, Gerald F. Downey, Francis John Pierciey, Melissa A. Kinney, Marianna Foos, Ankit Lodaya, Nicole Floro, Geoffrey Parsons, Andrew Charles Dietz, Ashish O. Gupta, Paul J. Orchard, Himal L. Thakar, David A. Williams
New England Journal of Medicine · 2024
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141 citations
Lentiviral Gene Therapy for Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy
Florian Eichler, Christine Duncan, Patricia Leonor Musolino, Troy C. Lund, Ashish O. Gupta, Satiro Nakamura De Oliveira · Show all listed authors
Florian Eichler, Christine Duncan, Patricia Leonor Musolino, Troy C. Lund, Ashish O. Gupta, Satiro Nakamura De Oliveira, Adrian James Thrasher, Patrick R. Aubourg, Jörn‐Sven Kühl, Daniel J. Loes, Hernán M. Amartino, Nicholas A. Smith, Juliana Folloni Fernandes, Caroline Sevin, Raman Sankar, Shaun A. Hussain, Paul Gissen, Jean‐Hugues Dalle, Uwe Platzbecker, Gerald F. Downey, Elizabeth M. McNeil, Laura A. Demopoulos, Andrew Charles Dietz, Himal L. Thakar, Paul J. Orchard, David A. Williams
New England Journal of Medicine · 2024
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85 citations

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ScienceDex PI coverage: FY2024 through FY2026Career claims are limited to the years shown.

FY2024 award records by amount

NIH award records listing David A Williams as a PI. Multi-PI records show the full award amount for context.

5T32HL007574-43T32Contact PI
Pathophysiology of Human Blood Cells
Boston Children's Hospital · Internal Medicine (topic-inferred)
$861.8K
award amount
5UH3HL157564-03UH3Contact PI
A Phase III Randomized Trial Comparing Unrelated Donor Bone Marrow Transplantation with Immune Suppressive Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Pediatric and Young Adult Patients with Severe Aplastic Anemia
Boston Children's Hospital · Pediatrics (topic-inferred)
$692.6K
award amount
5R01DK137172-02R01Contact PI
The role of Septin6 Group in Murine and Human Hematopoiesis
Boston Children's Hospital · Anatomy & Cell Biology (topic-inferred)
$339.8K
award amount

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Organizations that administered FY2024 awards listing David A Williams as a PI.

FY2024 award administered by Boston Children's Hospital (MA).

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2024
First NIH Award
Boston Children's Hospital
2024
$500K Cumulative Funding
2024
$1M Cumulative Funding
2024
Entered Top 50% Nationally
Ranked #5895
2025
$2M Cumulative Funding
2025
$5M Cumulative Funding
2025
Entered Top 25% Nationally
Ranked #2718
2025
R01 Grant Holder

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Michael A Pulsipher

Boston Children's Hospital

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Akiko Shimamura

Boston Children's Hospital

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Daniel Evan Bauer

Boston Children's Hospital

shared award

Janet Chou

Boston Children's Hospital

shared award

Russell E Ware

Boston Children's Hospital

shared award

Seth Joel Corey

Boston Children's Hospital

shared award

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