William G. Adams, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

I am an epidemiologist, medical informatician, and practicing pediatrician at Boston Medical Center (BMC). I also currently serve as Director of BU-CTSI Clinical Research Informatics for Boston University and as Director of Child Health Informatics for the Department of Pediatrics at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine/BMC. For the past two decades, my primary research has been and continues to be focused on developing and evaluating information technology (IT)-based solutions for improving the quality of health and healthcare for children and families. My focuses include the child health EHR, patient-centered IT and clinical data warehousing for quality improvement and health disparities research. I have extensive experience in software development (including programming of the first EHR at BMC and development of multiple patient-centered telephony projects) as well as the management and use of large clinical data sets for quality reporting and research. I seek to create and evaluate integrated health information systems that are useable and effective.

Publications

  • Published 3/1/2026

    Wang G, Ruczinski I, Larman HB, Gutierrez MJ, Frischmeyer-Guerrerio PA, Hong X, Ji H, Pearson C, Adams WG, Wang X. Impact of Maternal Diabetes in Pregnancy on Newborn IgG Antibody Repertoire and Infection Risk in the First 6 Months of Life. Diabetes Care. 2026 Mar 01; 49(3):410-418. PMID: 41525152.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/19/2026

    Egan KA, Kelly S, Fiore JG, Granadeño J, Adams WG, Taveras EM, Kistin CJ, Simione M. Qualitative Study to Inform Social Context-Informed Treatment of Children With Obesity. Acad Pediatr. 2026; 26(4):103265. PMID: 41722772.

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  • Published 9/29/2025

    LeClair AM, Chen CA, Mizzoni ML, Adams WG, Harvey WF, Shanahan CW, Haas JS, Lemon SC, Battaglia T, Freund KM. Developing a real-time registry to track breast cancer patients across the city of Boston. JAMIA Open. 2025 Oct; 8(5):ooaf099. PMID: 41030920.

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  • Published 7/19/2025

    Madlock-Brown C, Lee A, Seltzer J, Solomonides A, Mathews N, Phuong J, Weiskopf N, Adams WG, Lehmann H, Espinoza J. Racial disparities in diabetes care and outcomes for people with visual impairment: a descriptive analysis of the TriNetX research network. BMC Public Health. 2025 Jul 19; 25(1):2508. PMID: 40684146.

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  • Published 5/1/2025

    Simione M, Wagner S, Kistin CJ, Egan KA, Kelly S, Adams WG, Taveras EM, Hur C. Estimated Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of a Pediatric Weight Management Program. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 01; 8(5):e2510087. PMID: 40366655.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Websites

Education

  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD
  • Harvard University, BA

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