Robert W. Williams

University of Bradford

Full Professor(heuristic)

Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals · Genetics

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h-index97
i10-index457
Publications887
Citations37,963

Grants

13 total · 1 active

NIH #U01DA057530

Pangenomics of nicotine abuse in the hybrid rat diversity panel

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2023-09-01 → 2028-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NIH #U01DA053672

Genetics of oxycodone intake in a hybrid rat diversity panel.

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2021-04-15 → 2026-01-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NIH #R01AG070913

Imaging Genetics of Brain Structure and Cognitive Aging in Murine Models of Alzheimer's Disease

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2021-02-01 → 2026-01-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

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All Grants

13 total · 1 active

NIH #U01DA057530

Pangenomics of nicotine abuse in the hybrid rat diversity panel

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2023-09-01 → 2028-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NIH #U01DA053672

Genetics of oxycodone intake in a hybrid rat diversity panel.

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2021-04-15 → 2026-01-31
PIs
3

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NIH #R01AG070913

Imaging Genetics of Brain Structure and Cognitive Aging in Murine Models of Alzheimer's Disease

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2021-02-01 → 2026-01-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NIH #U01DA047638

System genetics of menthol and nicotine addiction

Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2019-04-01 → 2023-12-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NIH #P30DA044223

Overall NIDA Core "Center of Excellence" in Transcriptomics, Systems Genetics and the Addictome

Amount
$900K–$1000K
Period
2017-08-01 → 2022-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NIH #R01GM123489

A Unified High Performance Web Service for Systems Genetics and Precision Medicine

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2017-04-15 → 2021-03-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NIH #R01AG043930

Translational Systems Genetics of Mitochondria, Metabolism, and Aging

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2013-08-15 → 2018-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NIH #U01AA013499

Systems Genetics of Alcohol Response and Stress Effects in CNS

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2002-02-01 → 2017-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NIH #U01AA016662

INIA: Bioinformatics Core

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2007-02-20 → 2017-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR

NSF #0003982

Informatics Center for Mouse Neurogenetics

Amount
<$100K
Period
2000-09-01 → 2003-08-31
PIs
4

Awarded at National Institutes of Health

NSF #8443154

Measurement of Protein Structure and Folding Kinetics By Raman Spectroscopy

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
1984-09-01 → 1987-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at Henry M Jackson Fdn for Advmt of Military Medicine

NSF #8112208

Elementary Particle Physics Using High Energy Accelerators

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
1981-06-15 → 1984-11-30
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Washington

NSF #8302893

Measurement of Protein Structure and Folding Kinetics By Raman Spectroscopy

Amount
<$100K
Period
1983-08-01 → 1984-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Uniformed Services University Health Services

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Adaptive Benchmarking of Large Language Models for Robust Automated Quality Assessment2026-05-06
  2. New preprint: Genome-Wide Annotation of Promoter-Enhancer Interactions via Chromatin Loops in the Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel2025-09-12
  3. New NIH award: Pangenomics of nicotine abuse in the hybrid rat diversity panel2023-09-01

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