
Robert Wilson Md
I am an experienced molecular biologist and an expert in the inherited neuro- and cardio-degenerative mitochondrial disorder, Friedreich... | Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States
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Robert Wilson Md’s Expertise I am an experienced molecular biologist and an expert in the inherited neuro- and cardio-degenerative mitochondrial disorder, Friedreich ataxia (FA). I was the founding Scientific Director of the Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA), I was the primary organizer of the first three international FA research conferences, and I have published widely in the field. I am the Co-director (with my colleague, the neurologist Dr. David Lynch) of the Center of Excellence for Friedreich's Ataxia Research here at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. With funding from an NIH Director's Transformative Research Award, I co-invented and validated the first random shRNA-expressing libraries. My lab has used these libraries in an unbiased, pooled approach to identify shRNA sequences that confer selected phenotypes (as shRNAs or as siRNAs) in cell-culture models, including for FA, and we have used gene-expression and bioinformatic analyses of hit shRNAs to identify conventional chemical-compound therapeutic candidates that recapitulate phenotypes induced by our shRNAs. I also have experience in more conventional drug development, specifically for FA: we designed and implemented conventional high-throughput screens, developed mammalian cell-culture and zebrafish models for secondary testing, and are working with medicinal chemists on hit-optimization. We are also using our FA models to test compounds developed by pharmaceutical companies and other academic investigators. I have completed most of the course requirements for a Master’s Degree in Clinical Epidemiology here at the University of Pennsylvania, including graduate-level courses in statistics, machine learning, and advanced Bayesian data analytics. I am a board-certified molecular genetic pathologist, with more than 25 years of clinical experience, and I am the Chief of the Division of Pathology Informatics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. I have 93 publications and my h index is currently 39 (Google Scholar).
Robert Wilson Md’s Current Industry Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia
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Wilson Md’s Prior Industry
Penn Medicine University Of Pennsylvania Health System
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Friedreichs Ataxia Research Alliance
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National Ataxia Foundation
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University Of Pennsylvania
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Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia
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Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia
Vice Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Sun Jan 01 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Childrens Hospital Of Philadelphia
Chief, Division of Pathology Informatics
Mon Jan 01 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
University Of Pennsylvania
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Fri Jan 01 2010 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Friedreichs Ataxia Research Alliance
Scientific Advisory Board
Fri Jul 01 2005 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
National Ataxia Foundation
Medical Research Advisory Board
Mon Jul 01 2002 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Friedreichs Ataxia Research Alliance
Scientific Director
Wed Jul 01 1998 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Fri Jul 01 2005 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Penn Medicine University Of Pennsylvania Health System
Transfusion Medicine Fellow
Wed Jul 01 1992 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Jul 01 1993 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Postdoctoral Researcher
Wed Jan 01 1992 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Jul 01 1993 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Penn Medicine University Of Pennsylvania Health System
Clinical Pathology Resident
Sat Jul 01 1989 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Wed Jul 01 1992 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)