Robert B. Wilson, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director, Penn Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Friedreich's Ataxia Center of Excellence
Attending Physician, Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Scientist, Center for Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Chief, Division of Pathology Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Vice Chair, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Room 6024, Colket Translational Research Building
3501 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Room 6024, Colket Translational Research Building
3501 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-425-2201
Email:
WILSONR@MAIL.MED.UPENN.EDU
WILSONR@MAIL.MED.UPENN.EDU
Education:
A.B. (Music)
Brown University, 1982.
Sc.B. (Biochemistry)
Brown University, 1982.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania, 1989.
Ph.D. (Genetics)
University of Pennsylvania, 1989.
Permanent linkA.B. (Music)
Brown University, 1982.
Sc.B. (Biochemistry)
Brown University, 1982.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania, 1989.
Ph.D. (Genetics)
University of Pennsylvania, 1989.
Selected Publications
Cotticelli, M. G., Xia, S., Truit, R., Doliba, N. M., Rozo, A. V., Tobias, J. W., Lee, T., Chen, J., Napierala, J. S., Napierala, M., Yang, W., Wilson, R. B.: Acute frataxin knockdown in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes activates a type I interferon response. Disease Models & Mechanisms 16(5): dmm049497, 2023.Rodden, L. N., Rummey, C., Kessler, S., Wilson, R. B., Lynch, D. R.: A novel metric for predicting severity of disease features in Friedreich ataxia. Movement Disorders 38: 970-977, 2023.
Lee, T., Spagnoli, S. T., Lin, D., Gocal, J., Seiler, C., Wilson, R. B. : A Zebrafish Model of Friedreich Ataxia. Manuscript in preparation 2023.
Kim, C. Y., Johnson, H., Peltier, S., Spitalnik, S. L., Hod, E. A., Francis, R. O., Hudson, K. E., Stone, E. F., Gordy, D. E., Fu, X. Zimring, J. C., Amireault, P., Buehler, P. W., Wilson, R. B., D'Alessandro, A., Shchepinov, M., Thomas, T. A.: Deuterated Linoleic Acid Attenuates the RBC Storage Lesion in A Mouse Model of Poor RBC Storage. Frontiers in Physiology 13: 868578, 2022.
Wang, D., Ho, E. S., Cotticelli, M. G., Xu, P., Napierala, J. S., Hauser, L. A., Napierala, M., Wilson, R. B., Lynch, D. R., Mesaros, C.: Skin fibroblast metabolomic profiling reveals that lipid dysfunction predicts the severity of Friedreich's ataxia. Journal of Lipid Research 63: 100255, 2022 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlr.2022.100255.
Yoon, J.-Y., Rosenbaum, J. N., Vergara, N., Cohen, R. B., Wilson, Robert B.: Bayesian Approach to Interpreting Somatic Cancer Sequencing Data: A Case in Point. Journal of Clinical Pathology Page: 206895, 2020.
Cotticelli, M. G., Forestieri, R., Xia, S., Joyasawal, S., Lee, T., Xu, K., Smith, A., Huryn, D., Wilson, R. B.: Identification of a Novel Oleic Acid Analog with Protective Effects in Multiple Cellular Models of Friedreich Ataxia. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 11: 2535−2542, 2020.
Cotticelli, M. G., Xia, S., Lin, D., Lee, T., Lin, D., Terrab, L., Wipf, P., Huryn, D., Wilson, R. B.: Ferroptosis as a novel therapeutic target for Friedreich’s ataxia. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 369: 47-54, 2019.
Cotticelli, M. G., Xia, S., Kaur, A., Lin, D., Wang, Y., Ruff, E., Tobias, J. W., Wilson, R. B. : Identification of p38 MAPK as a novel therapeutic target for Friedreich’s ataxia. Scientific Reports 8(1): 5007, 2018.
Seyer L., Greeley N., Foerster D., Strawser C., Gelbard S., Dong Y., Schadt K., Cotticelli M.G., Brocht A., Farmer J., Wilson R.B., Lynch D.R.: Open label pilot study of interferon gamma-1b in Friedreich ataxia. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 132: 7-15, 2015.