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David B. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology

Attending physician in Hematology/Oncology

Co-Leader, Developmental Biology and Genetics Research Unit

Hematology and Oncology

Developmental Biology and Genetics

David B. Wilson Research Lab

Bone Marrow Failure Research Program

Education
  • B.A., Kalamazoo College, 1980
  • Ph.D., Washington University, 1986
  • M.D., Washington University, 1986
Training
  • Resident in Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital, Boston, 1987-1988
  • Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, 1988-1989
  • Research Fellow in Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), The Children's Hospital, Boston, and Harvard Medical School, 1989-1990
  • Research Fellow in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Ma., 1989-1990
Licensure and Board Certification
  • Missouri License, 1992
  • Board Certified in Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, 1996
Honors
  • McDonnell Scholars Award in Molecular Oncology, 1992
  • Basil O'Connor Award from the March of Dimes, 1993-1995
  • Established Investigator of American Heart Association, 1996-2000
  • Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1998
Selected Publications
  1. Jay PY, Bielinska M, Erlich JM, Mannisto S, Pu WT, Heikinheimo M, Wilson DB: Impaired mesenchymal cell function in Gata4 mutant mice leads to diaphragmatic hernias and primary lung defects. Dev Biol 2007; 301:602-614.

  2. Bielinska M, Seehra A, Toppari J, Heikinheimo M, Wilson DB: GATA4 is required for sex steroidogenic cell development in the fetal mouse. Dev Dyn 2007; 236:203-213.

  3. Wilson MP, Hugge C, Bielinska M, Nicholas P, Majerus PW, Wilson DB. Neural tube defects in mice with reduced levels of inositol 1,3,4-trisphosphate 5/6 kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2009; 106:9831-35.

  4. Kyronlahti A, Euler R, Bielinska M, Schoeller EL, Moley KH, Toppari J, Heikinheimo M, Wilson DB: GATA4 regulates Sertoli cell function and fertility in adult male mice. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2011; 333;85-95.

  5. Kyronlahti, Vetter M, Euler R, Bielinska M, Jay PY, Anttonen M, Heikinheimo M, Wilson DB: GATA4 deficiency impairs ovarian function in adult mice.  Biol Reprod 2011; in press.

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