Professor Tom Williams
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Tom Williams
Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Medicine
Tom is Professor of Haemoglobinopathy Research at Imperial College, London. Tom has worked in Kilifi since May 2000, where he now directs a programme of human genetic research with a focus on polymorphisms of the red blood cell.
He obtained his medical degree at Westminster Medical School in the University of London in 1985 and subsequently trained in Paediatrics and Tropical Medicine at a range of London hospitals including Westminster Children's Hospital, University College, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Imperial College. He obtained his PhD on the genetics of malaria resistance in children, from the University of London in 1999.
He has published extensively on the burden and clinical consequences of red cell genetic disorders and their relationship with malaria protection, questions which he studies using both laboratory-based and epidemiological approaches.
Recent publications
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Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) outcomes in Kenyan adults is associated with prior history of malaria exposure and anti-schizont antibody response
Kapulu MC. et al, (2022), BMC Infectious Diseases, 22
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A predictive algorithm for identifying children with sickle cell anemia among children admitted to hospital with severe anemia in Africa
Olupot‐Olupot P. et al, (2022), American Journal of Hematology, 97, 527 - 536
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Whole blood versus red cell concentrates for children with severe anaemia: a secondary analysis of the Transfusion and Treatment of African Children (TRACT) trial
George EC. et al, (2022), The Lancet Global Health, 10, e360 - e368
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Improving the diagnosis of severe malaria in African children using platelet counts and plasma Pf HRP2 concentrations
Williams T., (2022), Science Translational Medicine
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Oxygen gradient ektacytometry does not predict pain in children with sickle cell anaemia.
Nardo-Marino A. et al, (2021), British journal of haematology