William "Bill" Lawrence, MD, MS, is the Senior Clinical Advisor, Office of the Deputy Executive Director for Patient-Centered Research Programs, at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

In this role, Lawrence works across the Patient-Centered Research Programs Department to advise on clinical and scientific aspects of portfolio development from inception of topics through implementation of results.  Lawrence earned a BS in biomedical engineering from Duke University, and an MD from the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He completed an internal medicine residency and a general internal medicine fellowship at the University of Wisconsin. During his fellowship, he received an MS in Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, with a focus on medical decision making. He has had a general internal medicine practice and conducted research at the University of Wisconsin and at Georgetown University.