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Who leads the research on sickle cell disease? Everyone here comes from a public register: as principal investigator of a study at ClinicalTrials.gov, or as last author of publications in PubMed. These are two different things, so we put them in two lists side by side instead of merging them into one figure.

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Leads the most studies

Registered as principal investigator at ClinicalTrials.gov. Setting up and running a study is years of work.

  1. 1 John F Tisdale National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), United States leads 16 studies register →
  2. 2 Swee Lay Thein King's College Hospital NHS Trust, United States leads 15 studies · 8 publications as last author register →
  3. 3 Russell E. Ware Cincinnati Children's, United States leads 13 studies · 20 publications as last author register →
  4. 4 Michael R. DeBaun Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States leads 13 studies · 19 publications as last author register →
  5. 5 Kenneth I Ataga University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States leads 10 studies · 9 publications as last author register →
  6. 6 Lakshmanan Krishnamurti Emory University, United States leads 10 studies · 7 publications as last author register →
  7. 7 Jerlym Porter University College London Cancer Institute, United States leads 8 studies register →
  8. 8 Paula Tanabe Duke University, United States leads 8 studies register →
  9. 9 Elliott P. Vichinsky UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, United States leads 7 studies register →
  10. 10 Nirmish Shah Duke University, United States leads 7 studies register →

Also leading

  1. 11 Claudia R Morris Emory University, United States leads 5 studies · 11 publications as last author register →
  2. 12 Ariel Koren Pediatric Hematology Unit, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Israel leads 5 studies register →
  3. 13 Courtney F Joseph National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) leads 5 studies register →
  4. 14 Miriam O. Ezenwa University of Illinois at Chicago, United States leads 5 studies register →
  5. 15 Mitchell S Cairo New York Medical College, United States leads 5 studies register →
  6. 16 Winfred C. Wang St. Jude's Childrens Research Hospital, United States leads 5 studies register →
  7. 17 Julie Kanter University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States leads 4 studies · 20 publications as last author register →
  8. 18 Andrew W. Heitzer St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States leads 4 studies · 11 publications as last author register →
  9. 19 Akshay Sharma St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States leads 4 studies · 7 publications as last author register →
  10. 20 Jane A Little University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States leads 4 studies · 7 publications as last author register →
  11. 21 Ann Haight Children's Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University, United States leads 4 studies register →
  12. 22 Chandy C. John Indiana University, Uganda leads 4 studies register →
  13. 23 Erfan Nur Academic Medical Center - University of Amsterdam (AMC-UvA), Netherlands leads 4 studies register →
  14. 24 Janel R Long-Boyle University of California, San Francisco, United States leads 4 studies register →
  15. 25 Jeremie Estepp St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States leads 4 studies register →

Publishes most about this disease

Counted as last author on publications from the last five years — in medicine the leader of the research group. This also includes physicians who do not register studies but do advance the field.

  1. 1 Russell E. Ware Cincinnati Children's, United States leads 13 studies · 20 publications as last author register →
  2. 2 Julie Kanter University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States leads 4 studies · 20 publications as last author register →
  3. 3 Michael R. DeBaun Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States leads 13 studies · 19 publications as last author register →
  4. 4 Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu Africa University 16 publications as last author PubMed →
  5. 5 Lydia H Pecker Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States 14 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 6 Bontha V Babu Division of Socio-Behavioural, India 14 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 7 Santosh L Saraf University of Illinois Chicago, United States 13 publications as last author PubMed →
  8. 8 Fábio Henrique Silva São Francisco University Medical School, Brazil 13 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 9 Narcisse Elenga Cayenne Hospital, France 12 publications as last author PubMed →
  10. 10 Ambroise Wonkam University of Cape Town, South Africa 12 publications as last author PubMed →

Also leading

  1. 11 Julie Makani Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, United Kingdom 12 publications as last author PubMed →
  2. 12 Claudia R Morris Emory University, United States leads 5 studies · 11 publications as last author register →
  3. 13 Andrew W. Heitzer St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States leads 4 studies · 11 publications as last author register →
  4. 14 Jane S Hankins St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States leads 3 studies · 11 publications as last author register →
  5. 15 Getrude Uzoma Obeagu Kampala International University 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  6. 16 Lucia De Franceschi University of Verona, Italy 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  7. 17 Courtney D Fitzhugh and Blood Institute, United States 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  8. 18 Natasha M Archer Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, United States 10 publications as last author PubMed →
  9. 19 Kenneth I Ataga University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States leads 10 studies · 9 publications as last author register →
  10. 20 Nancy S Green Columbia University, United States leads 3 studies · 9 publications as last author register →
  11. 21 Biree Andemariam UConn Health, United States leads 3 studies · 9 publications as last author register →
  12. 22 Ravindra Kumar ICMR-National Institute of Research in Tribal Health, India 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  13. 23 Kalpna Gupta University of California, United States 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  14. 24 Ying Wang Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, United States 9 publications as last author PubMed →
  15. 25 Angela B Snyder Georgia State University, United States 9 publications as last author PubMed →

Counted from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed, updated on 2026-08-10. Is something incorrect, or would you prefer not to be listed? Let us know — we'll adjust it.

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