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Akshay Sharma, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate (previously held)

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biochemistry & Cell Biology

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Arai Y, Brazauskas R, He N, Al-Homsi AS, Chhabra S, Battiwalla M, Yanada M, Steinberg A, Diaz Perez MA, Hong S, Kanda J, Bashey A, Frangoul HA, Badawy SM, Verdonck LF, Lazarus HM, Yared JA, Hashem H, Sharma A, Aljurf M, Dias AL, Abid MB, Wirk B, Freytes CO, Zeidan AM, Gergis U, Beitinjaneh A, Askar M, Pu JJ, Lehmann LE, Rangarajan HG, Wood WA, Hashmi S, Yano S, Kako S, Ozawa Y, Doki N, Kanda Y, Fukuda T, Katayama Y, Ichinohe T, Tanaka J, Teshima T, Okamoto S, Atsuta Y, Saber W. Efficacy of Total-Body Irradiation-based Intensified Myeloablative Regimens for Acute Leukemia-An International Collaborative Study. EJHaem. 2025 Jun; 6(3):e70061. PMID: 40438703; PMCID: PMC12118588; DOI: 10.1002/jha2.70061;

Arnold PY, Selukar S, Luo G, Li Y, Epperly R, Gottschalk S, Madden RM, Qudeimat A, Sharma A, Suliman AY, Talleur AC, Triplett BM, Naik S. HLA loss-mediated immune escape of acute leukemias in pediatric patients post haploidentical transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2025 Aug; 60(8):1178-1180. PMID: 40350539

Johnson LM, Talleur AC, Sharma A. Allocation of Gene Therapy for Rare Diseases: FDA Approved Therapy or Clinical Trial for Patients with Sickle Cell Disease? Am J Bioeth. 2025 Apr; 25(4):154-156. PMID: 40192670

Collins GS, Levine DR, Leonard A, Sharma A, Johnson LM. Beyond the traditional oncology patient: the role of palliative care in patients with sickle cell disease receiving stem cell transplantation or gene therapy. Front Oncol. 2025; 15:1535851. PMID: 40018407; PMCID: PMC11865843; DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1535851;

Sharma A. How I treat sickle cell disease with gene therapy. Blood. 2024 Dec 26; 144(26):2693-2705. PMID: 39356871; PMCID: PMC11830977; DOI: 10.1182/blood.2024024519;

Sharma A, Suryaprakash S. Myelodysplasia after Lentiviral Gene Therapy. N Engl J Med. 2024 Dec 19; 391(24):2382-2383. PMID: 39693552

Johnson LM, Sharma A, Carroll Y, Goodson D, Mandrell BN, Gattuso J, Young A, Boggs J, Wilfond BS, Unguru Y. Listening to patients and parents with sickle cell disease: the totality of gene therapy risks may outweigh the perceived benefits. Blood Adv. 2024 Nov 12; 8(21):5723-5724. PMID: 38865716; PMCID: PMC11583866; DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012963;

Knight TE, Broglie L, Sharma A, Qayed M, Yanik GA. Why are Higher CD34+ Cell Doses Associated with Improved Outcomes among Pediatric Patients Undergoing Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Central Nervous System Tumors - But Not for High-Risk Neuroblastoma? Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2025 Feb; 42(1):63-67. PMID: 39501613; PMCID: PMC11745919; DOI: 10.1080/08880018.2024.2420924;

Farhadfar N, Rashid N, Chen K, DeVos J, Wang T, Ballen K, Beitinjaneh A, Bhatt VR, Hamilton BK, Hematti P, Gadalla SM, Solomon SR, El Jurdi N, Lee CJ, MacMillan ML, Rangarajan HG, Schoemans H, Sharma A, Spellman SR, Wingard JR, Lee SJ. Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity and outcomes of patients with graft-versus-host disease: a CIBMTR analysis. Blood Adv. 2024 Sep 24; 8(18):4963-4976. PMID: 38776400; PMCID: PMC11496972; DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024013074;

Oved JH, Russell A, DeZern A, Prockop SE, Bonfim C, Sharma A, Purtill D, Lakkaraja M, Bidgoli A, Bhoopalan SV, Soni S, Boelens JJ, Abraham A. The role of the conditioning regimen for autologous and ex vivo genetically modified hematopoietic stem cell-based therapies: recommendations from the ISCT stem cell engineering committee. Cytotherapy. 2025 Jan; 27(1):78-84. PMID: 39320295; PMCID: PMC12337355; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2024.09.001;

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Sharma A, Selukar S, Bi Y, Merlocco A, Morin CE, Goode C, Rai P, Towbin JA, Hankins JS, Gottschalk S, Triplett B, Johnson JN. Impact of hematopoietic cell transplantation on myocardial fibrosis in young patients with sickle cell disease. Blood. 2024 Aug 08; 144(6):672-675. PMID: 38691679; PMCID: PMC11347799; DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023023028;

Katta V, O'Keefe K, Li Y, Mayuranathan T, Lazzarotto CR, Wood RK, Levine RM, Powers A, Mayberry K, Manquen G, Yao Y, Zhang J, Jang Y, Nimmagadda N, Dempsey EA, Lee G, Uchida N, Cheng Y, Fazio F, Lockey T, Meagher M, Sharma A, Tisdale JF, Zhou S, Yen JS, Weiss MJ, Tsai SQ. Development and IND-enabling studies of a novel Cas9 genome-edited autologous CD34+ cell therapy to induce fetal hemoglobin for sickle cell disease. Mol Ther. 2024 Oct 02; 32(10):3433-3452. PMID: 39086133; PMCID: PMC11489559; DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.07.022;

Ballen K, Wang T, He N, Knight JM, Hong S, Frangoul H, Verdonck LF, Steinberg A, Diaz MA, LeMaistre CF, Badawy SM, Pu JJ, Hashem H, Savani B, Sharma A, Lazarus HM, Abid MB, Tay J, Rangarajan HG, Kindwall-Keller T, Freytes CO, Beitinjaneh A, Winestone LE, Gergis U, Farhadfar N, Bhatt NS, Schears RM, Gómez-Almaguer D, Aljurf M, Agrawal V, Kuwatsuka Y, Seo S, Marks DI, Lehmann L, Wood WA, Hashmi S, Saber W. Impact of Race and Ethnicity on Outcomes After Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther. 2024 Oct; 30(10):1027.e1-1027.e14. PMID: 39033978; PMCID: PMC11842128; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.07.009;

Lipsitt A, Hijano DR, Ferrolino JA, Dallas R, Sharma A, Maron G. Variance in Pneumocystis jirovecii prophylaxis practice for pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Oct; 71(10):e31201. PMID: 39010649; PMCID: PMC11755755; DOI: 10.1002/pbc.31201;

Sharma A, John TD. Dismantling cost and infrastructure barriers to equitable access to gene therapies for sickle cell disease. Lancet Haematol. 2024 Aug; 11(8):e556-e559. PMID: 38964356

Lai J, Zou P, Dalboni da Rocha JL, Heitzer AM, Patni T, Li Y, Scoggins MA, Sharma A, Wang WC, Helton KJ, Sitaram R. Hydroxyurea maintains working memory function in pediatric sickle cell disease. PLoS One. 2024; 19(6):e0296196. PMID: 38935785; PMCID: PMC11210848; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296196;

Naik S, Li Y, Talleur AC, Selukar S, Ashcraft E, Cheng C, Madden RM, Mamcarz E, Qudeimat A, Sharma A, Srinivasan A, Suliman AY, Epperly R, Obeng EA, Velasquez MP, Langfitt D, Schell S, Métais JY, Arnold PY, Hijano DR, Maron G, Merchant TE, Akel S, Leung W, Gottschalk S, Triplett BM. Memory T-cell enriched haploidentical transplantation with NK cell addback results in promising long-term outcomes: a phase II trial. J Hematol Oncol. 2024 Jun 27; 17(1):50. PMID: 38937803; PMCID: PMC11212178; DOI: 10.1186/s13045-024-01567-0;

Gupta AO, Azul M, Bhoopalan SV, Abraham A, Bertaina A, Bidgoli A, Bonfim C, DeZern A, Li J, Louis CU, Purtill D, Ruggeri A, Boelens JJ, Prockop S, Sharma A. International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy Stem Cell Engineering Committee report on the current state of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell-based genomic therapies and the challenges faced. Cytotherapy. 2024 Nov; 26(11):1411-1420. PMID: 38970612; PMCID: PMC11471386; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2024.06.002;

Sharma A, Triplett BM, Chi L, Cross SJ, Zheng Y, Arnold PY. Donor-derived anti-HLA antibodies in a haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplant recipient shortly after transplant. Hum Immunol. 2024 Jul; 85(4):110829. PMID: 38824859

Gardner RA, White C, Elsallab M, Farnia S, Fraint E, Grilley B, Bateman-House A, Grupp SA, Kenderian S, Locke FL, Nikiforow S, Oluwole OO, Rouce RH, Spiegel J, Shah NN, Sharma A, Komanduri K, Gill S. ACT To Sustain: Adoptive Cell Therapy To Sustain Access to Non-Commercialized Genetically Modified Cell Therapies. Transplant Cell Ther. 2024 Aug; 30(8):776-787. PMID: 38762057; PMCID: PMC11296902; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.05.010;

Frangoul H, Locatelli F, Sharma A, Bhatia M, Mapara M, Molinari L, Wall D, Liem RI, Telfer P, Shah AJ, Cavazzana M, Corbacioglu S, Rondelli D, Meisel R, Dedeken L, Lobitz S, de Montalembert M, Steinberg MH, Walters MC, Eckrich MJ, Imren S, Bower L, Simard C, Zhou W, Xuan F, Morrow PK, Hobbs WE, Grupp SA. Exagamglogene Autotemcel for Severe Sickle Cell Disease. N Engl J Med. 2024 May 09; 390(18):1649-1662.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 38661449

Sharma A, Czechowicz A, Mavers M, Chao N, DiPersio J, Reddy P, Perales MA, Smith M. Recruitment and Retention of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Physicians: A Report from the ASTCT Talent Acquisition Task Force. Transplant Cell Ther. 2024 Jun; 30(6):559-564. PMID: 38608806; PMCID: PMC11216222; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.04.005;

Epperly R, Li Y, Selukar S, Zeng E, Madden R, Mamcarz E, Naik S, Qudeimat A, Sharma A, Talleur A, Dallas MH, Gottschalk S, Srinivasan A, Triplett B. Disease Status and Interval between Hematopoietic Cell Transplantations Predict Outcome of Pediatric Patients Who Undergo Subsequent Transplantation for Relapsed Hematologic Malignancy. Transplant Cell Ther. 2024 May; 30(5):526.e1-526.e11. PMID: 38387720; PMCID: PMC11056306; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2024.02.016;

Zhou Y, Smith J, Keerthi D, Li C, Sun Y, Mothi SS, Shyr DC, Spitzer B, Harris A, Chatterjee A, Chatterjee S, Shouval R, Naik S, Bertaina A, Boelens JJ, Triplett BM, Tang L, Sharma A. Longitudinal clinical data improve survival prediction after hematopoietic cell transplantation using machine learning. Blood Adv. 2024 Feb 13; 8(3):686-698. PMID: 37991991; PMCID: PMC10844815; DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023011752;

Sharma A, Galimard JE, Pryce A, Bhoopalan SV, Dalissier A, Dalle JH, Locatelli F, Jubert C, Mirci-Danicar O, Kitra-Roussou V, Bertrand Y, Fagioli F, Rialland F, Biffi A, Wynn RF, Michel G, Tambaro FP, Al-Ahmari A, Tbakhi A, Furness CL, Diaz MA, Sedlacek P, Bodova I, Faraci M, Rao K, Kleinschmidt K, Petit A, Gibson B, Bhatt NS, Kalwak K, Corbacioglu S. Cytogenetic abnormalities predict survival after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a PDWP/EBMT study. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2024 Apr; 59(4):451-458. PMID: 38225386

Lai J, Zou P, Dalboni da Rocha JL, Heitzer AM, Patni T, Li Y, Scoggins MA, Sharma A, Wang WC, Helton KJ, Sitaram R. Hydroxyurea maintains working memory function in pediatric sickle cell disease. medRxiv. 2023 Nov 23. PMID: 38045394; PMCID: PMC10690339; DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.23.23298960;

Ates O, Uh J, Pirlepesov F, Hua CH, Triplett B, Qudeimat A, Sharma A, Merchant TE, Lucas JT. Interplay Effect of Splenic Motion for Total Lymphoid Irradiation in Pediatric Proton Therapy. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Oct 26; 15(21). PMID: 37958335; PMCID: PMC10650483; DOI: 10.3390/cancers15215161;

Papanicolaou GA, Chen M, He N, Martens MJ, Kim S, Batista MV, Bhatt NS, Hematti P, Hill JA, Liu H, Nathan S, Seftel MD, Sharma A, Waller EK, Wingard JR, Young JH, Dandoy CE, Perales MA, Chemaly RF, Riches M, Ustun C. Incidence and Impact of Fungal Infections in Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide-Based Graft-versus-Host Disease Prophylaxis and Haploidentical Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Analysis. Transplant Cell Ther. 2024 Jan; 30(1):114.e1-114.e16. PMID: 37775070; PMCID: PMC10872466; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.09.017;

Bhoopalan SV, Suryaprakash S, Sharma A, Wlodarski MW. Hematopoietic cell transplantation and gene therapy for Diamond-Blackfan anemia: state of the art and science. Front Oncol. 2023; 13:1236038. PMID: 37752993; PMCID: PMC10518466; DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1236038;

Knight TE, Ahn KW, Hebert KM, Atshan R, Wall DA, Chiengthong K, Lund TC, Prestidge T, Rangarajan HG, Dvorak CC, Auletta JJ, Kent M, Hashem H, Talano JA, Rotz SJ, Fraint E, Myers KC, Leung W, Sharma A, Bhatt NS, Driscoll TA, Yu LC, Schultz KR, Qayed M, Broglie L, Eapen M, Yanik GA. No impact of CD34+ cell dose on outcome among children undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant for high-risk neuroblastoma. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2023 Dec; 58(12):1390-1393. PMID: 37666957; PMCID: PMC11221560; DOI: 10.1038/s41409-023-02092-3;

Sharma A, Boelens JJ, Cancio M, Hankins JS, Bhad P, Azizy M, Lewandowski A, Zhao X, Chitnis S, Peddinti R, Zheng Y, Kapoor N, Ciceri F, Maclachlan T, Yang Y, Liu Y, Yuan J, Naumann U, Yu VWC, Stevenson SC, De Vita S, LaBelle JL. CRISPR-Cas9 Editing of the HBG1 and HBG2 Promoters to Treat Sickle Cell Disease. N Engl J Med. 2023 Aug 31; 389(9):820-832. PMID: 37646679; PMCID: PMC10947132; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2215643;

Piel FB, Rees DC, DeBaun MR, Nnodu O, Ranque B, Thompson AA, Ware RE, Abboud MR, Abraham A, Ambrose EE, Andemariam B, Colah R, Colombatti R, Conran N, Costa FF, Cronin RM, de Montalembert M, Elion J, Esrick E, Greenway AL, Idris IM, Issom DZ, Jain D, Jordan LC, Kaplan ZS, King AA, Lloyd-Puryear M, Oppong SA, Sharma A, Sung L, Tshilolo L, Wilkie DJ, Ohene-Frempong K. Defining global strategies to improve outcomes in sickle cell disease: a Lancet Haematology Commission. Lancet Haematol. 2023 Aug; 10(8):e633-e686. PMID: 37451304; PMCID: PMC11459696; DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00096-0;

Mayuranathan T, Newby GA, Feng R, Yao Y, Mayberry KD, Lazzarotto CR, Li Y, Levine RM, Nimmagadda N, Dempsey E, Kang G, Porter SN, Doerfler PA, Zhang J, Jang Y, Chen J, Bell HW, Crossley M, Bhoopalan SV, Sharma A, Tisdale JF, Pruett-Miller SM, Cheng Y, Tsai SQ, Liu DR, Weiss MJ, Yen JS. Potent and uniform fetal hemoglobin induction via base editing. Nat Genet. 2023 Jul; 55(7):1210-1220. PMID: 37400614; PMCID: PMC10722557; DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01434-7;

Wu D, Li Y, Bi Y, Lannom TM, Ward DA, Qudeimat A, Madden RM, Sharma A, Epperly R, Mamcarz E, Talleur A, Naik S, Selukar S, Triplett B, Srinivasan A. Outcomes following intolerance to calcineurin inhibitor-based graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis in children after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Jun 20; e30517. PMID: 37338275

Troullioud Lucas AG, Lindemans CA, Bhoopalan SV, Dandis R, Prockop SE, Naik S, Keerthi D, de Koning C, Sharma A, Nierkens S, Boelens JJ. Early immune reconstitution as predictor for outcomes after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant; a tri-institutional analysis. Cytotherapy. 2023 Sep; 25(9):977-985. PMID: 37330731; PMCID: PMC10984694; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2023.05.012;

Sharma A, Logan B, Estrada-Merly N, Lehmann LE, Rangarajan HG, Preussler JM, Troy JD, Akard LP, Bhatt NS, Truong TH, Wood WA, Strouse C, Juckett M, Khera N, Rizzo D, Saber W. Impact of Public Reporting of Center-Specific Survival Analysis Scores on Patient Volumes at Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Centers. Transplant Cell Ther. 2023 Aug; 29(8):523-528. PMID: 37220838

Sharma A, Young A, Carroll Y, Darji H, Li Y, Mandrell BN, Nelson MN, Owens CL, Irvine M, Caples M, Jerkins LP, Unguru Y, Hankins JS, Johnson LM. Gene therapy in sickle cell disease: Attitudes and informational needs of patients and caregivers. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 Jun; 70(6):e30319. PMID: 36975201; PMCID: PMC10187715; DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30319;

Knight TE, Ahn KW, Hebert KM, Atshan R, Wall DA, Chiengthong K, Rotz SJ, Fraint E, Rangarajan HG, Auletta JJ, Sharma A, Kitko CL, Hashem H, Williams KM, Wirk B, Dvorak CC, Myers KC, Pulsipher MA, Warwick AB, Lalefar NR, Schultz KR, Qayed M, Broglie L, Eapen M, Yanik GA. Effect of Autograft CD34+ Dose on Outcome in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant for Central Nervous System Tumors. Transplant Cell Ther. 2023 Jun; 29(6):380.e1-380.e9. PMID: 36990222; PMCID: PMC10247464; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2023.03.024;

Garcia-Rosa M, Abraham A, Bertaina A, Bhoopalan SV, Bonfim C, Cohen S, DeZern A, Louis C, Oved J, Pavel-Dinu M, Purtill D, Ruggeri A, Russell A, Sharma A, Wynn R, Boelens JJ, Prockop S. International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy Stem Cell Engineering Committee: Cellular therapies for the treatment of graft-versus-host-disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Cytotherapy. 2023 Jun; 25(6):578-589. PMID: 36941149

Persaud Y, Mandrell BN, Sharma A, Carroll Y, Irvine M, Olufadi Y, Kang G, Hijano DR, Rai P, Hankins JS, Johnson LM. Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine among pediatric patients with sickle cell disease and their caregivers. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2023 May; 70(5):e30274. PMID: 36860093; PMCID: PMC10252149; DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30274;

Fraint E, Abdel-Azim H, Bhatt NS, Broglie L, Chattha A, Kohorst M, Ktena YP, Lee MA, Long S, Qayed M, Sharma A, Stefanski H, Vatsayan A, Wray L, Hamadani M, Carpenter PA. Evaluation of Children with Malignancies for Blood and Marrow Transplantation: A Report from the ASTCT Committee on Practice Guidelines. Transplant Cell Ther. 2023 May; 29(5):293-301. PMID: 36775202

Guru Murthy GS, Logan BR, Bo-Subait S, Beitinjaneh A, Devine S, Farhadfar N, Gowda L, Hashmi S, Lazarus H, Nathan S, Sharma A, Yared JA, Stefanski HE, Pulsipher MA, Hsu JW, Switzer GE, Panch SR, Shaw BE. Association of ABO mismatch with the outcomes of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for acute leukemia. Am J Hematol. 2023 Apr; 98(4):608-619. PMID: 36606713; PMCID: PMC10290878; DOI: 10.1002/ajh.26834;

Pfeiffer T, Li Y, Ashcraft E, Karol SE, Rubnitz JE, Epperly R, Madden R, Mamcarz E, Obeng E, Qudeimat A, Sharma A, Srinivasan A, Suliman A, Talleur AC, Velasquez MP, Gottschalk S, Triplett BM, Naik S. Venetoclax-based therapy as a bridge to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in children with relapsed/refractory AML. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2023 Mar; 58(3):328-331. PMID: 36443431

Talleur AC, Qudeimat A, Métais JY, Langfitt D, Mamcarz E, Crawford JC, Huang S, Cheng C, Hurley C, Madden R, Sharma A, Suliman A, Srinivasan A, Velasquez MP, Obeng EA, Willis C, Akel S, Karol SE, Inaba H, Bragg A, Zheng W, Zhou SM, Schell S, Tuggle-Brown M, Cullins D, Patil SL, Li Y, Thomas PG, Zebley C, Youngblood B, Pui CH, Lockey T, Geiger TL, Meagher MM, Triplett BM, Gottschalk S. Preferential expansion of CD8+ CD19-CAR T cells postinfusion and the role of disease burden on outcome in pediatric B-ALL. Blood Adv. 2022 Nov 08; 6(21):5737-5749. PMID: 35446934; PMCID: PMC9647829; DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006293;

Aurora T, Joseph N, Bhoopalan SV, Caniza MA, Flerlage T, Ghafoor S, Hankins J, Hijano DR, Jesudas R, Kirkham J, Martinez H, Alfaro GM, Sharma A, Hines M. The successful use of eculizumab for treatment of thrombotic microangiopathy in pediatric acute SARSCoV2 infection and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children. Haematologica. 2022 Oct 01; 107(10):2517-2522. PMID: 35615927; PMCID: PMC9521228; DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2021.280603;

Lipsitt A, Arnold P, Chi L, Carruthers K, Folk S, Fossey S, Keerthi D, Mamcarz E, Srinivasan A, Sharma A. Outcomes of patients who underwent treatment for anti-HLA donor-specific antibodies before receiving a haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplant. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Dec; 69(12):e29993. PMID: 36129238

Bhoopalan SV, Yen JS, Levine RM, Sharma A. Editing human hematopoietic stem cells: advances and challenges. Cytotherapy. 2023 Mar; 25(3):261-269. PMID: 36123234

Sharma A, Farnia S, Otegbeye F, Rinkle A, Shah J, Shah NN, Gill S, Maus MV. Nomenclature for Cellular and Genetic Therapies: A Need for Standardization. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Dec; 28(12):795-801. PMID: 36058548; PMCID: PMC9729423; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.08.029;

Bhatt NS, Sharma A, St Martin A, Abid MB, Brown VI, Diaz Perez MA, Frangoul H, Gadalla SM, Herr MM, Krem MM, Lazarus HM, Martens MJ, Mehta PA, Nishihori T, Prestidge T, Pulsipher MA, Rangarajan HG, Williams KM, Winestone LE, Yin DE, Riches ML, Dandoy CE, Auletta JJ. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 in Pediatric and Early Adolescent and Young Adult Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients: A Cohort Study. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Oct; 28(10):696.e1-696.e7. PMID: 35798233; PMCID: PMC9251957; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.06.026;

Sharma A, Leonard A, West K, Gossett JM, Uchida N, Panch S, Stroncek D, Poston L, Akel S, Hankins JS, Fitzhugh C, Hsieh MM, Kang G, Tisdale JF, Weiss MJ, Zheng Y. Optimizing haematopoietic stem and progenitor cell apheresis collection from plerixafor-mobilized patients with sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol. 2022 Aug; 198(4):740-744. PMID: 35737751

Woodard KJ, Doerfler PA, Mayberry KD, Sharma A, Levine R, Yen J, Valentine V, Palmer LE, Valentine M, Weiss MJ. Limitations of mouse models for sickle cell disease conferred by their human globin transgene configurations. Dis Model Mech. 2022 Jun 01; 15(6). PMID: 35793591; PMCID: PMC9277148; DOI: 10.1242/dmm.049463;

Phelan R, Im A, Hunter RL, Inamoto Y, Lupo-Stanghellini MT, Rovo A, Badawy SM, Burns L, Eissa H, Murthy HS, Prasad P, Sharma A, Suelzer E, Agrawal V, Aljurf M, Baker K, Basak GW, Buchbinder D, DeFilipp Z, Grkovic LD, Dias A, Einsele H, Eisenberg ML, Epperla N, Farhadfar N, Flatau A, Gale RP, Greinix H, Hamilton BK, Hashmi S, Hematti P, Jamani K, Maharaj D, Murray J, Naik S, Nathan S, Pavletic S, Peric Z, Pulanic D, Ross R, Salonia A, Sanchez-Ortega I, Savani BN, Schechter T, Shah AJ, Smith SM, Snowden JA, Steinberg A, Tremblay D, Vij SC, Walker L, Wolff D, Yared JA, Schoemans H, Tichelli A. Male-specific late effects in adult hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients: a systematic review from the Late Effects and Quality of Life Working Committee of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and Transplant Complications Working Party of the European Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2022 Jul; 57(7):1150-1163. PMID: 35523848; PMCID: PMC10316716; DOI: 10.1038/s41409-022-01591-z;

Salek M, Oak N, Hines M, Maciaszek JL, Tatevossian R, Sharma A, Nichols KE, Campbell P. Development of BRAFV600E-positive acute myeloid leukemia in a patient on long-term dabrafenib for multisystem LCH. Blood Adv. 2022 Apr 26; 6(8):2681-2684. PMID: 34996063

Epperly R, Talleur AC, Li Y, Schell S, Tuggle M, Métais JY, Huang S, Pei D, Cheng C, Madden R, Mamcarz E, Naik S, Qudeimat A, Sharma A, Srinivasan A, Suliman A, Gottschalk S, Triplett BM. Sub-myeloablative Second Transplantations with Haploidentical Donors and Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide have limited Anti-Leukemic Effects in Pediatric Patients. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 May; 28(5):262.e1-262.e10. PMID: 35151936; PMCID: PMC9081211; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2022.02.007;

Zou J, Wang T, He M, Bolon YT, Gadalla SM, Marsh SGE, Kuxhausen M, Gale RP, Sharma A, Assal A, Prestidge T, Aljurf M, Cerny J, Paczesny S, Spellman SR, Lee SJ, Ciurea SO. Number of HLA-Mismatched Eplets Is Not Associated with Major Outcomes in Haploidentical Transplantation with Post-Transplantation Cyclophosphamide: A Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Study. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Feb; 28(2):107.e1-107.e8. PMID: 34774819

Sharma A, Bhatt NS, Hijano DR. Clinical experience of coronavirus disease 2019 in hematopoietic cell transplant and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell recipients. Curr Opin Hematol. 2021 Nov 01; 28(6):394-400. PMID: 34456224

Phelan R, Im A, Hunter RL, Inamoto Y, Lupo-Stanghellini MT, Rovo A, Badawy SM, Burns L, Eissa H, Murthy HS, Prasad P, Sharma A, Suelzer E, Agrawal V, Aljurf M, Baker K, Basak GW, Buchbinder D, DeFilipp Z, Grkovic LD, Dias A, Einsele H, Eisenberg ML, Epperla N, Farhadfar N, Flatau A, Gale RP, Greinix H, Hamilton BK, Hashmi S, Hematti P, Jamani K, Maharaj D, Murray J, Naik S, Nathan S, Pavletic S, Peric Z, Pulanic D, Ross R, Salonia A, Sanchez-Ortega I, Savani BN, Schechter T, Shah AJ, Smith SM, Snowden JA, Steinberg A, Tremblay D, Vij SC, Walker L, Wolff D, Yared JA, Schoemans H, Tichelli A. Male-Specific Late Effects in Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients: A Systematic Review from the Late Effects and Quality of Life Working Committee of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research and Transplant Complications Working Party of the European Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022 Jun; 28(6):335.e1-335.e17. PMID: 34757220; PMCID: PMC9050968; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.10.013;

Sharma A, Huang S, Li Y, Brooke RJ, Ahmed I, Allewelt HB, Amrolia P, Bertaina A, Bhatt NS, Bierings MB, Bies J, Brisset C, Brondon JE, Dahlberg A, Dalle JH, Eissa H, Fahd M, Gassas A, Gloude NJ, Goebel WS, Goeckerman ES, Harris K, Ho R, Hudspeth MP, Huo JS, Jacobsohn D, Kasow KA, Katsanis E, Kaviany S, Keating AK, Kernan NA, Ktena YP, Lauhan CR, López-Hernandez G, Martin PL, Myers KC, Naik S, Olaya-Vargas A, Onishi T, Radhi M, Ramachandran S, Ramos K, Rangarajan HG, Roehrs PA, Sampson ME, Shaw PJ, Skiles JL, Somers K, Symons HJ, de Tersant M, Uber AN, Versluys B, Cheng C, Triplett BM. Outcomes of pediatric patients with therapy-related myeloid neoplasms. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2021 Dec; 56(12):2997-3007. PMID: 34480120; PMCID: PMC9260859; DOI: 10.1038/s41409-021-01448-x;

Percival ME, Wang HL, Zhang MJ, Saber W, de Lima M, Litzow M, Kebriaei P, Abdel-Azim H, Adekola K, Aljurf M, Bacher U, Badawy SM, Beitinjaneh A, Bejanyan N, Bhatt V, Byrne M, Cahn JY, Castillo P, Chao N, Chhabra S, Copelan E, Cutler C, DeFilipp Z, Dias A, Diaz MA, Estey E, Farhadfar N, Frangoul HA, Freytes CO, Gale RP, Ganguly S, Gowda L, Grunwald M, Hossain N, Kamble RT, Kanakry CG, Kansagra A, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Krem M, Lazarus HM, Lee JW, Liesveld JL, Lin R, Liu H, McGuirk J, Munker R, Murthy HS, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Olsson RF, Palmisiano N, Passweg JR, Prestidge T, Ringdén O, Rizzieri DA, Rybka WB, Savoie ML, Schultz KR, Seo S, Sharma A, Solh M, Strair R, van der Poel M, Verdonck LF, Yared JA, Weisdorf D, Sandmaier BM. Correction to: Impact of depth of clinical response on outcomes of acute myeloid leukemia patients in first complete remission who undergo allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2021 Sep; 56(9):2319. PMID: 34017072; PMCID: PMC8450771; DOI: 10.1038/s41409-021-01353-3;

Epperly R, Santiago T, Morin CE, Patton K, Deyo J, Eshun J, Triplett B, Sharma A. Targeting plasma cells with daratumumab aids in the treatment of post-transplant autoimmune-like hepatitis. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Nov; 68(11):e29290. PMID: 34390168

Rampersaud E, Kang G, Palmer LE, Rashkin SR, Wang S, Bi W, Alberts NM, Anghelescu D, Barton M, Birch K, Boulos N, Brandow AM, Brooke RJ, Chang TC, Chen W, Cheng Y, Ding J, Easton J, Hodges JR, Kanne CK, Levy S, Mulder H, Patel AP, Puri L, Rosencrance C, Rusch M, Sapkota Y, Sioson E, Sharma A, Tang X, Thrasher A, Wang W, Yao Y, Yasui Y, Yergeau D, Hankins JS, Sheehan VA, Downing JR, Estepp JH, Zhang J, DeBaun M, Wu G, Weiss MJ. A polygenic score for acute vaso-occlusive pain in pediatric sickle cell disease. Blood Adv. 2021 Jul 27; 5(14):2839-2851. PMID: 34283174; PMCID: PMC8341359; DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004634;

Hines MR, Keenan C, Maron Alfaro G, Cheng C, Zhou Y, Sharma A, Hurley C, Nichols KE, Gottschalk S, Triplett BM, Talleur AC. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis-like toxicity (carHLH) after CD19-specific CAR T-cell therapy. Br J Haematol. 2021 Aug; 194(4):701-707. PMID: 34263927; PMCID: PMC8756350; DOI: 10.1111/bjh.17662;

Bhoopalan SV, Wlodarski M, Reiss U, Triplett B, Sharma A. Reduced-intensity conditioning-based hematopoietic cell transplantation for dyskeratosis congenita: Single-center experience and literature review. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Oct; 68(10):e29177. PMID: 34086408

Newby GA, Yen JS, Woodard KJ, Mayuranathan T, Lazzarotto CR, Li Y, Sheppard-Tillman H, Porter SN, Yao Y, Mayberry K, Everette KA, Jang Y, Podracky CJ, Thaman E, Lechauve C, Sharma A, Henderson JM, Richter MF, Zhao KT, Miller SM, Wang T, Koblan LW, McCaffrey AP, Tisdale JF, Kalfa TA, Pruett-Miller SM, Tsai SQ, Weiss MJ, Liu DR. Base editing of haematopoietic stem cells rescues sickle cell disease in mice. Nature. 2021 Jul; 595(7866):295-302. PMID: 34079130; PMCID: PMC8266759; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03609-w;

Sharma A, Badawy SM, Suelzer EM, Murthy HS, Prasad P, Eissa H, Carpenter PA, Hamadani M, Labopin M, Schoemans H, Tichelli A, Phelan R, Hamilton BK, Buchbinder D, Im A, Hunter R, Brazauskas R, Burns LJ. Correction: Systematic reviews in hematopoietic cell transplantation and cellular therapy: considerations and guidance from the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research late effects and quality of life working committee. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2021 Jun; 56(6):1486. PMID: 33941873

Cheng L, Li Y, Qi Q, Xu P, Feng R, Palmer L, Chen J, Wu R, Yee T, Zhang J, Yao Y, Sharma A, Hardison RC, Weiss MJ, Cheng Y. Single-nucleotide-level mapping of DNA regulatory elements that control fetal hemoglobin expression. Nat Genet. 2021 Jun; 53(6):869-880. PMID: 33958780; PMCID: PMC8628368; DOI: 10.1038/s41588-021-00861-8;

Sharma A, Jagannath VA, Puri L. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for people with ß-thalassaemia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Apr 21; 4(4):CD008708. PMID: 33880750; PMCID: PMC8078520; DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008708.pub5;

Percival ME, Wang HL, Zhang MJ, Saber W, de Lima M, Litzow M, Kebriaei P, Abdel-Azim H, Adekola K, Aljurf M, Bacher U, Badawy SM, Beitinjaneh A, Bejanyan N, Bhatt V, Byrne M, Cahn JY, Castillo P, Chao N, Chhabra S, Copelan E, Cutler C, DeFilipp Z, Dias A, Diaz MA, Estey E, Farhadfar N, Frangoul HA, Freytes CO, Gale RP, Ganguly S, Gowda L, Grunwald M, Hossain N, Kamble RT, Kanakry CG, Kansagra A, Kharfan-Dabaja MA, Krem M, Lazarus HM, Lee JW, Liesveld JL, Lin R, Liu H, McGuirk J, Munker R, Murthy HS, Nathan S, Nishihori T, Olsson RF, Palmisiano N, Passweg JR, Prestidge T, Ringdén O, Rizzieri DA, Rybka WB, Savoie ML, Schultz KR, Seo S, Sharma A, Solh M, Strair R, van der Poel M, Verdonck LF, Yared JA, Weisdorf D, Sandmaier BM. Impact of depth of clinical response on outcomes of acute myeloid leukemia patients in first complete remission who undergo allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2021 Sep; 56(9):2108-2117. PMID: 33864019; PMCID: PMC8425595; DOI: 10.1038/s41409-021-01261-6;

Sharma A, Li Y, Huang S, Talleur AC, Suliman A, Qudeimat A, Srinivasan A, Mamcarz E, Madden R, Cheng C, Gottschalk S, Triplett BM. Outcomes of pediatric patients who relapse after first HCT for acute leukemia or MDS. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2021 Aug; 56(8):1866-1875. PMID: 33742153

Sharma A, Badawy SM, Suelzer EM, Murthy HS, Prasad P, Eissa H, Carpenter PA, Hamadani M, Labopin M, Schoemans H, Tichelli A, Phelan R, Hamilton BK, Buchbinder D, Im A, Hunter R, Brazauskas R, Burns LJ. Systematic reviews in hematopoietic cell transplantation and cellular therapy: considerations and guidance from the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research late effects and quality of life working committee. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2021 Apr; 56(4):786-797. PMID: 33514917; PMCID: PMC8168056; DOI: 10.1038/s41409-020-01199-1;

Bona K, Brazauskas R, He N, Lehmann L, Abdel-Azim H, Ahmed IA, Al-Homsi AS, Aljurf M, Arnold SD, Badawy SM, Battiwalla M, Beattie S, Bhatt NS, Dalal J, Dandoy CE, Diaz MA, Frangoul HA, Freytes CO, Ganguly S, George B, Gomez-Almaguer D, Hahn T, Kamble RT, Knight JM, LeMaistre CF, Law J, Lazarus HM, Majhail NS, Olsson RF, Preussler J, Savani BN, Schears R, Seo S, Sharma A, Srivastava A, Steinberg A, Szwajcer D, Wirk B, Yoshimi A, Khera N, Wood WA, Hashmi S, Duncan CN, Saber W. Neighborhood poverty and pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation outcomes: a CIBMTR analysis. Blood. 2021 Jan 28; 137(4):556-568. PMID: 33104215; PMCID: PMC7845011; DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020006252;

Sharma A, Badawy SM, Suelzer EM, Murthy HS, Prasad P, Eissa H, Carpenter PA, Hamadani M, Labopin M, Schoemans H, Tichelli A, Phelan R, Hamilton BK, Buchbinder D, Im A, Hunter R, Brazauskas R, Burns LJ. Systematic Reviews in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy: Considerations and Guidance from the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, and Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research Late Effects and Quality of Life Working Committee. Transplant Cell Ther. 2021 May; 27(5):380-388. PMID: 33965174; PMCID: PMC8415092; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2020.12.002;

Sharma A, Bhatt NS, St Martin A, Abid MB, Bloomquist J, Chemaly RF, Dandoy C, Gauthier J, Gowda L, Perales MA, Seropian S, Shaw BE, Tuschl EE, Zeidan AM, Riches ML, Shah GL. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation recipients: an observational cohort study. Lancet Haematol. 2021 Mar; 8(3):e185-e193. PMID: 33482113

Frangoul H, Altshuler D, Cappellini MD, Chen YS, Domm J, Eustace BK, Foell J, de la Fuente J, Grupp S, Handgretinger R, Ho TW, Kattamis A, Kernytsky A, Lekstrom-Himes J, Li AM, Locatelli F, Mapara MY, de Montalembert M, Rondelli D, Sharma A, Sheth S, Soni S, Steinberg MH, Wall D, Yen A, Corbacioglu S. CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing for Sickle Cell Disease and ß-Thalassemia. N Engl J Med. 2021 01 21; 384(3):252-260.View Related Profiles.

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Papizan JB, Porter SN, Sharma A, Pruett-Miller SM. Therapeutic gene editing strategies using CRISPR-Cas9 for the ß-hemoglobinopathies. J Biomed Res. 2020 Nov 09; 35(2):115-134. PMID: 33349624; PMCID: PMC8038529; DOI: 10.7555/JBR.34.20200096;

Sharma A, Bhakta N, Johnson LM. Germline Gene Editing for Sickle Cell Disease. Am J Bioeth. 2020 Aug; 20(8):46-49. PMID: 32804058

Sharma A, Johnson LM. Bringing Known Drugs to Pediatric Research: Safety, Efficacy, and the Ambiguous Minor Increase in Minimal Risk. Am J Bioeth. 2020 May; 20(4):106-108. PMID: 32223621

Sharma A, Easow Mathew M, Sriganesh V, Reiss UM. Gene therapy for haemophilia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Apr 28; 4(4):CD010822. PMID: 32342499; PMCID: PMC7192367; DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010822.pub4;

Mamcarz E, Madden R, Qudeimat A, Srinivasan A, Talleur A, Sharma A, Suliman A, Maron G, Sunkara A, Kang G, Leung W, Gottschalk S, Triplett BM. Improved survival rate in T-cell depleted haploidentical hematopoietic cell transplantation over the last 15 years at a single institution. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2020 May; 55(5):929-938. PMID: 31740766

Sharma A, Garofalo R, Hidalgo MA, Hoehnle S, Mimiaga MJ, Brown E, Thai J, Bratcher A, Wimbly T, Sullivan PS, Stephenson R. Do Male Couples Agree on Their Sexual Agreements? An Analysis of Dyadic Data. Arch Sex Behav. 2019 May; 48(4):1203-1216. PMID: 30895490

Sharma A, Kang G, Sunkara A, Inaba H, Jeha S, Cross SJ, Geiger T, Triplett B. Haploidentical Donor Transplantation Using a Novel Clofarabine-containing Conditioning Regimen for Very High-risk Hematologic Malignant Neoplasms. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2018 Nov; 40(8):e479-e485. PMID: 29750747

Spaulding AC, Sharma A, Messina LC, Zlotorzynska M, Miller L, Binswanger IA. A comparison of liver disease mortality with HIV and overdose mortality among Georgia prisoners and releasees: a 2-decade cohort study of prisoners incarcerated in 1991. Am J Public Health. 2015 May; 105(5):e51-7. PMID: 25790417

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 82 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 21 publications in 2024

Bar chart showing 82 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 21 publications in 2024

Year	Publications
2015	1
2018	1
2019	2
2020	5
2021	19
2022	12
2023	17
2024	21
2025	4

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