Jonathan S. Williams, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Medicine

Jonathan S. Williams
jswillia@bu.edu
75 E. Newton St
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Biography

Dr. Williams is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and practicing endocrinologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Boston VA Healthcare System. He directs the Cardiometabolic Human Genetics Research Program, which houses the HyperPath and HyperPath2 cohorts established over 20 years ago as a multinational program to decipher the genetic and mechanistic underpinnings of complex heritable diseases. His administrative roles include IRB Chair (MassGeneral Brigham), Co-Director Clinical and Translational Research Academy (Harvard Medical School), and Lead Medical Research Officer, Center for Clinical Investigations (Brigham and Women’s Hospital).

Other Positions

  • Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
  • VA Boston Healthcare System

Websites

Education

  • Hahnemann University, MD
  • Harvard University, MMS/MMSc
  • Brigham Young University, BS

Publications

  • Published on 12/19/2024

    Caliskan Guzelce E, Wong KYH, Heydarpour M, Pojoga LH, Romero J, Williams JS, Adler GK, Seely EW, Williams GH. Increased Salt Sensitive Blood Pressure in Women Versus men: Is Relative Hyperaldosteronism the Mechanism? J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Dec 19. PMID: 39700455.

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  • Published on 12/18/2024

    Heydarpour M, Parksook WW, Pojoga LH, Williams GH, Williams JS. Mineralocorticoid Receptor and Aldosterone: Interaction Between NR3C2 Genetic Variants, Sex, and Age in a Mixed Cohort. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Dec 18; 110(1):e140-e149. PMID: 38437868.

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  • Published on 9/11/2024

    Tchio C, Heydarpour M, Pojoga L, Taylor H, Williams G, Williams JS, Seely EW. AGTR1 variant rs2638355 is associated with increased salt sensitivity of blood pressure: a female-specific effect in individuals from the HyperPath cohort. J Hypertens. 2024 Dec 01; 42(12):2180-2186. PMID: 39288250.

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  • Published on 3/18/2024

    Aljaibeji H, Heydarpour M, Stanton AM, Williams JS, Pojoga LH, Romero JR, Williams GH. Role of Raptor Gene Variants in Hypertension: Influence on Blood Pressure Independent of Salt Intake in White Population. Hypertension. 2024 May; 81(5):1167-1177. PMID: 38497230.

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  • Published on 11/29/2023

    Gholami SK, Heydarpour M, Williams JS, Pojoga LH, Adler GK, Williams GH, Romero JR. Striatin Gene Variants Are Associated With Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure by Mechanisms That Differ in Women and Men. Hypertension. 2024 Feb; 81(2):330-339. PMID: 38018471.

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  • Published on 10/17/2023

    Stanton AM, Heydarpour M, Williams JS, Williams GH, Adler GK. CACNA1D Gene Polymorphisms Associate With Increased Blood Pressure and Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure in White Individuals. Hypertension. 2023 Dec; 80(12):2665-2673. PMID: 37846579.

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  • Published on 9/18/2023

    Zitting KM, Isherwood CM, Yuan RK, Wang W, Vujovic N, Münch M, Cain SW, Williams JS, Buxton OM, Czeisler CA, Duffy JF. Eating during the biological night is associated with nausea. Sleep Health. 2024 Feb; 10(1S):S144-S148. PMID: 37730474.

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  • Published on 9/16/2023

    Burton Murray H, Ljótsson B, Healy B, Van Oudenhove L, Williams JS, Keefer L, Lawson EA, Kuo B, Thomas JJ. Brief cognitive-behavioral treatment for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder in the context of functional dyspepsia: Study protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2023 Nov; 134:107336. PMID: 37722485.

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  • Published on 3/20/2023

    Heydarpour M, Parksook WW, Hopkins PN, Pojoga LH, Williams GH, Williams JS. A candidate locus in the renalase gene and susceptibility to blood pressure responses to the dietary salt. J Hypertens. 2023 May 01; 41(5):723-732. PMID: 36789764.

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  • Published on 2/6/2023

    Katayama IA, Huang Y, Garza AE, Brooks DL, Williams JS, Nascimento MM, Heimann JC, Pojoga LH. Longitudinal changes in blood pressure are preceded by changes in albuminuria and accelerated by increasing dietary sodium intake. Exp Gerontol. 2023 Mar; 173:112114. PMID: 36738979.

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