Finn Hawkins, MBBCh
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine

MBBCh, National University of Ireland



Dr. Hawkins is a Principal Investigator (P.I.) in the Center for Regenerative Medicine and The Pulmonary Center. His research focus is studying human lung development and disease using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Dr. Hawkins is currently using iPSC technology to study airway biology with a focus on Cystic Fibrosis.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

Pulmonary Combined Clinical and Research Conference we established in 2022 a mechanism for trainees to invite an outside speaker annually with a goal of increasing the diversity of our invited experts.
2022-2023 Participate in our diversity equity and inclusion workshops, every two months, as part of our Pulmonary Combined Clinical and Research Conference (led by Dr. Klings).
2021 Helped establish a small library in the Center for Regenerative Medicine to improve education and understanding of racism and disparities within medicine and science.

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Boston University
Pulmonary Center


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Boston University
Center for Regenerative Medicine


Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences




Developing Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model and Treat Lung Disease
03/01/2024 - 02/28/2029 (Multi PI of Sub-Project / SP)
PI: Darrell Nelson Kotton, MD
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5P01HL170952-02

Genotype to Phenotype Assessment of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Variants in Under Studied Populations
07/01/2024 - 06/30/2026 (Key Person / Mentor)
PI: Daniel Wallman, MD
American Lung Association


Regenerating Airway Epithelium with Basal Cells Derived from Human iPSCs
02/01/2021 - 01/31/2026 (PI)
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation


Epithelial stem/progenitor cells as repair agents in diffuse alveolar damage
09/21/2016 - 05/31/2025 (Co-Investigator)
PI: Darrell Nelson Kotton, MD
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco NIH NHLBI
5U01HL134766-08

iPSC-Derived Airway Basal Cells to Model Human Airway Development and Disease
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2024 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5R01HL139799-05

Map the human airway basal cell niche and the role that FGFR2 plays within it
09/01/2023 - 06/30/2024 (Key Person / Mentor)
PI: Daniel Wallman, MD
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
1F32HL170761-01

Investigating the Role of NKX2-1 in Early Human Lung Development Using an Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) Model
09/01/2022 - 05/31/2024 (Key Person / Mentor)
PI: Taylor Matte, PhD
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5F31HL165922-02

De-Novo Generation of Pulmonary ionocytes from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
11/01/2020 - 10/31/2022 (Multi-PI)
PI: Finn Hawkins, MBBCh
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation


iPSC-Derived Small Airway Epithelial Cells as a Novel Model for Cystic Fibrosis
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2022 (Key Person / Mentor)
PI: Andrew Berical, MD
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation


Generation of functional lung stem cells from human iPSCs
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2022 (Multi-PI)
PI: Finn Hawkins, MBBCh
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5U01HL148692-02

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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2025 Mapping genotype to phenotype in PCD using iPSCs 5P01HL170952-02-7289
2024 Mapping genotype to phenotype in PCD using iPSCs 1P01HL170952-01-7289
2022 iPSC-Derived Airway Basal Cells to Model Human Airway Development and Disease 5R01HL139799-05
2021 iPSC-Derived Airway Basal Cells to Model Human Airway Development and Disease 5R01HL139799-04 3
2020 Generation of functional lung stem cells from human iPSCs 5U01HL148692-02 1
2020 iPSC-Derived Airway Basal Cells to Model Human Airway Development and Disease 5R01HL139799-03 3
2019 Generation of functional lung stem cells from human iPSCs 1U01HL148692-01 1
2019 iPSC-Derived Airway Basal Cells to Model Human Airway Development and Disease 5R01HL139799-02 3
2018 iPSC-Derived Airway Basal Cells to Model Human Airway Development and Disease 1R01HL139799-01A1 3

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  1. Hawkins FJ. Homing Instincts: Systemic Cell-delivery for Lung Disease. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2025 Sep 25. PMID: 40996828; DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2025-0415ED;
     
  2. Wallman DJ, Homma ST, Finton M, Beermann M, Jacob A, Choksi SP, Pletcher SD, Xu H, Bawa PS, Reiter JF, Horani A, Brody SL, Berical A, Hawkins FJ. A stem cell-based platform for functional analysis of genetic variants in lung disease. bioRxiv. 2025 Jul 31.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40766356; PMCID: PMC12324314; DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.28.667211;
     
  3. Kohn A, Herriges MJ, Basak P, Ma L, Thapa BR, Kotton DN, Hawkins FJ. Targeted Pre-Conditioning and Cell Transplantation in the Murine Lower Respiratory Tract. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2025 Jun 20.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40540686; DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2024-0597MA;
     
  4. Ma L, Thapa BR, Le Suer JA, Tilston-Lünel A, Herriges MJ, Wang F, Bawa PS, Varelas X, Hawkins FJ, Kotton DN. Author Correction: Life-long functional regeneration of in vivo airway epithelium by the engraftment of airway basal stem cells. Nat Protoc. 2025 Mar 31.View Related Profiles. PMID: 40164751
     
  5. Berical AC, Kiyokawa H, Beermann ML, Wallman D, Cherfane G, Dunphy V, Pan J, Tilston-Lunel A, Varelas X, Horani A, Brody SL, Kotton DN, Hawkins FJ. Reply to Huang et al.: Sowing Tailored Seeds: Gene-edited Basal Cells for Precision Regulation of Airway Phenotypes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Feb 25; 211(5):884.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39999444; PMCID: PMC12091012; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202412-2535LE;
     
  6. Brody SL, Pan J, Huang T, Xu J, Xu H, Koenitizer JR, Brennan SK, Nanjundappa R, Saba TG, Rumman N, Berical A, Hawkins FJ, Wang X, Zhang R, Mahjoub MR, Horani A, Dutcher SK. Undocking of an extensive ciliary network induces proteostasis and cell fate switching resulting in severe primary ciliary dyskinesia. Sci Transl Med. 2025 Jan 29; 17(783):eadp5173.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39879322; PMCID: PMC12108131; DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adp5173;
     
  7. Kohn A, Herriges MJ, Basak P, Ma L, Thapa BR, Kotton DN, Hawkins FJ. Targeted pre-conditioning and cell transplantation in the murine lower respiratory tract. bioRxiv. 2024 Nov 13.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39605510; PMCID: PMC11601482; DOI: 10.1101/2024.11.12.622518;
     
  8. Berical AC, Kiyokawa H, Beermann ML, Wallman D, Cherfane G, Dunphy V, Pan J, Tilston-Lunel A, Varelas X, Horani A, Brody SL, Kotton DN, Hawkins FJ. Airway Disease Modeling with Gene-edited Human Basal Cell Transplantation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Nov 08; 211(1):131-4.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39514838; PMCID: PMC11755362; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202406-1110RL;
     
  9. Ma L, Thapa BR, Le Suer JA, Tilston-Lünel A, Herriges MJ, Wang F, Bawa PS, Varelas X, Hawkins FJ, Kotton DN. Life-long functional regeneration of in vivo airway epithelium by the engraftment of airway basal stem cells. Nat Protoc. 2025 Mar; 20(3):810-842.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39501108
     
  10. Koenitzer JR, Gupta DK, Twan WK, Xu H, Hadas N, Hawkins FJ, Beermann ML, Penny GM, Wamsley NT, Berical A, Major MB, Dutcher SK, Brody SL, Horani A. Transcriptional analysis of primary ciliary dyskinesia airway cells reveals a dedicated cilia glutathione pathway. JCI Insight. 2024 Jul 23; 9(17).View Related Profiles. PMID: 39042459; PMCID: PMC11385084; DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.180198;
     
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2024 Ignition Awards Aim to Bring BU Science and Tech to Market

The Brink 8/22/2024

BU Researchers See Future Where Lung Disease Is Treatable, and Damaged Lungs Are Regenerated

BU Today 8/31/2023

Human Airway Basal Stem Cells Created from Patients’ Cells

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News: 10/27/2020

Patient-specific airway stem cells developed to model lung diseases

The Science Advisory Board 10/26/2020

What Sets Off Deadly Levels of Lung Inflammation in Some COVID-19 Patients?

BU Today 9/8/2020

Chasing a Cure for Lung Disease With Stem Cells: A Conversation With Finn Hawkins

HealthCity 7/2/2019

2019 Evan’s Junior Faculty Merit Award
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