Gareth J Morgan PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Hematology & Medical Oncology
Member, Genome Science Institute
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 358-4750gjmorgan@bu.edu

Sections
Hematology & Medical Oncology
Centers
BU-BMC Cancer Center
Amyloidosis Center
Biography
Gareth Morgan, PhD is a Research Assistant Professor at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of AL amyloidosis with the aim of developing new treatments for this disease.
Other Positions
Education
Biochemistry, PhD, University of Sheffield
Biochemistry, BS, Imperial College London
Publications
Gagler DC, Ghamlouch H, Zhang D, Blaney P, Tenenbaum A, Langton J, Armand M, Eeckhoutte A, Joudat A, Degaud M, Esposito M, Varma G, Wang Y, Lee S, Liu S, Lahoud O, Kaminetzky D, Braunstein M, Williams L, Nguyen-Khac F, Walker B, Roos-Weil D, Davies FE, Bernard OA, Morgan GJ. A multiomic analysis of Waldenström macroglobulinemia defines distinct disease subtypes. Blood. 2025 Sep 04; 146(10):1225-1238. PMID: 40332467.
Published on 9/3/2025Diamond B, Chahar D, Jain MD, Poos AM, Durante MA, Ziccheddu B, Kaddoura M, Papadimitriou M, Maclachlan KH, Jelinek T, Davies FE, Figura NB, Morgan GJ, Mai EK, Weisel K, Fenk R, Raab MS, Usmani S, Landgren O, Locke FL, Goldschmidt H, Schatz JH, Weinhold N, Maura F. Mutagenic Impact and Evolutionary Influence of Chemoradiotherapy in Hematologic Malignancies. Blood Cancer Discov. 2025 Sep 03; 6(5):450-463. PMID: 40402512.
Published on 8/20/2025Maura F, Kaddoura M, Poos AM, Baughn LB, Ziccheddu B, Bärtsch MA, Cirrincione A, Maclachlan K, Chojnacka M, Diamond B, Papadimitriou M, Blaney P, John L, Reichert P, Huhn S, Gagler D, Zhang Y, Dogan A, Lesokhin AM, Davies F, Goldschmidt H, Fenk R, Weisel KC, Mai EK, Korde N, Morgan GJ, Rajkumar SV, Kumar S, Usmani S, Landgren O, Raab MS, Weinhold N. Temporal genomic dynamics shape clinical trajectory in multiple myeloma. Nat Genet. 2025 Sep; 57(9):2203-2214. PMID: 40835892.
Published on 8/1/2025Morgan GJ, Prokaeva T. Clone-specific residue changes at multiple positions are associated with amyloid formation by antibody light chains. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1622207. PMID: 40861476.
Published on 7/18/2025Luetkemeyer AF, Chew KW, Lacey S, Hughes MD, Harrison LJ, Daar ES, Eron J, Fletcher CV, Greninger AL, Hessinger D, Li JZ, Mailhot D, Wohl D, Chayakulkeeree M, Mendoza JLA, Elistratova P, Makinde O, Morgan G, Portsmouth S, Uehara T, Smith D, Currier JS. Ensitrelvir for the Treatment of Nonhospitalized Adults with COVID-19: Results from the SCORPIO-HR, Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Jul 18; 80(6):1235-1244. PMID: 39960062.
Published on 7/2/2025Sudha P, Johnson TS, Hamidi H, Yang K, Liu E, Smith B, Chopra V, Nixon M, Zafar F, Farag SS, Morgan GJ, Landgren O, Lee K, Suvannasankha A, Czader M, Abonour R, Abu Zaid M, Walker BA. Identification of the Distinct Immune Microenvironment Features Associated with Progression Following High-Dose Melphalan and Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Multiple Myeloma. Cancer Immunol Res. 2025 Jul 02; 13(7):1070-1079. PMID: 40338204.
Published on 7/1/2025Elhaik E, Behnamian S, Howe M, Tang H, Yan H, Tian S, Shivaram S, Zepeda Mendoza C, MacLachlan K, Usmani S, Pirooznia M, Morgan G, Blaney P, Maura F, Baughn LB. AncestryGeni: a novel genetic ancestry classification pipeline for small and noisy sequence data. Bioinformatics. 2025 Jul 01; 41(7). PMID: 40627371.
Published on 3/25/2025Edwards CV, Ferri GM, Villegas-Galaviz J, Ghosh S, Singh Bawa P, Wang F, Klimtchuk E, Ajayi TB, Morgan GJ, Prokaeva T, Staron A, Ruberg FL, Sanchorawala V, Giadone RM, Murphy GJ. Abnormal global longitudinal strain and reduced serum inflammatory markers in cardiac AL amyloidosis patients without significant amyloid fibril deposition. Amyloid. 2025 Jun; 32(2):179-192. PMID: 40134188.
Published on 12/19/2024Rosenthal E, Qureshi SA, Sivakumar K, Jones M, Yong SF, Kabir S, Sagar P, Thejaswi P, Hascoet S, Batteux C, Boudjemline Y, Hijazi ZM, Aboulhosn JA, Levi DS, Salem MM, Francis E, Kempny A, Fraisse A, Bautista-Rodriguez C, Walsh K, Kenny D, Traynor B, Al Maskari SN, Bentham JR, Környei L, Sivaprakasam MC, Firouzi A, Khajali Z, Benson L, Osten M, Baruteau AE, Crystal MA, Forbes TJ, Georgiev S, Sievert H, Tin DN, Springmuller D, Subramanian A, Abdullah HAM, Bedair R, Chamié F, Celebi A, Damsky Barbosa J, De Meester P, Giugno L, Jalal Z, Karsenty C, Schleiger A, Fleming G, Jakob A, Karagoaz T, Mainzer G, Morgan GJ, Narin N, Shahanavaz S, Steinberg ZL, Aldoss O, Alizade E, Aregullin O, Bouvaist H, Fleck T, Godart F, Malekzadeh-Milani S, Motta P, Sanchez-Recalde A, Sandoval JP, Tan W, Thomson J, Tomé Teixeirense P, Zahn EM. Covered Stent Correction for Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defects, an Emerging Alternative to Surgical Repair: Results of an International Registry. Circulation. 2025 Mar 18; 151(11):744-756. PMID: 39697167.
Published on 12/6/2024Morgan GJ, Nau AN, Wong S, Spencer BH, Shen Y, Hua A, Bullard MJ, Sanchorawala V, Prokaeva T. An updated AL-base reveals ranked enrichment of immunoglobulin light chain variable genes in AL amyloidosis. Amyloid. 2025 Jun; 32(2):129-138. PMID: 39641756.
Media Mentions
Published on 4/25/2023
Amyloidosis: Beyond Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Published on 4/16/2023
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Published on 4/5/2023
Amyloidosis: Beyond Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
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