David R. Williams (scientist)

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David R. Williams
Born
David Rudyard Williams

(1954-06-12) June 12, 1954 (age 67)
Aruba raised in Saint Lucia
CitizenshipSt Lucian, American
Alma materLoma Linda University (M.P.H.)
University of Michigan (Ph.D,)
Known forResearch on race and health
Awards2004 Decade of Behavior Research Award
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
Public Health
InstitutionsHarvard School of Public Health
Harvard University
University of Michigan
Yale University
ThesisSocioeconomic Differentials in Health: The Role of Psychosocial Factors (1986)
WebsiteHarvard website

David Rudyard Williams (born 1954 in Aruba)[1] is the Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health, as well as a Professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology at Harvard University.

Education[]

Williams holds a Master of Public Health from Loma Linda University and a PhD in sociology from the University of Michigan.[2]

Career[]

For the first six years of his career, Williams taught at Yale University, where he held appointments in both sociology and public health. For 14 years after that, he was on the faculty of the University of Michigan, where his positions included Harold Cruse Collegiate Professor of Sociology, a senior research scientist at the Institute of Social Research, and a Professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health.[2] He joined Harvard in the summer of 2006 as the Norman Professor of Public Health.[3] He was a senior research advisor for the PBS documentary series "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick". His TED Talk entitled "How Racism Makes Us Sick" has been translated into 18 languages and has been viewed over 1 million times.

Research[]

Williams' research focuses on how social factors such as education, income, and race affect physical and mental health.[3][4][5] He is also known for his research on the health effects of racial discrimination.[6]

Honors and awards[]

In 2001, Williams was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and in 2007, he became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2004, he was a recipient of one of the inaugural Decade of Behavior Research Awards.[7] He is also a member of the American Sociological Association,[8] the American Public Health Association, and the American Psychological Association.[9] In 2009, he was named the most highly cited black scholar in the social sciences by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.[10] In 2011, he received the Leo G. Reeder Award for Distinguished Contributions to Medical Sociology from the American Sociological Association.[11] In 2013, Williams received the Stephen Smith Award for Distinguished Contributions in Public Health, New York Academy of Medicine.[12] In 2014, he was the recipient of the Lemuel Shattuck Award for Significant Contributions to the Field of Public Health, awarded by the Massachusetts Public Health Association.[13] He was one of the world's most influential scientific minds as listed by Thomson Reuters in 2015.[14] In 2015, he received the Distinguished Leadership in Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association.[15][16] In 2017, he was the recipient of the Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health.[17] In 2019, he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ "David Rudyard Williams". Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "David R. Williams". Harvard School of Public Health. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "David Williams". Harvard Magazine. May 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Poorer mental health for black Caribbeans". UPI. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  5. ^ "The costs of inequality: Faster lives, quicker deaths". Harvard Gazette. 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  6. ^ "Racism Is Literally Bad For Your Health". NPR. 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  7. ^ "David R. Williams". Scholars at Harvard. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  8. ^ Ebner, Johanna (January 2004). "Williams Receives "Decade of Behavior" Award". Footnotes. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  9. ^ "David R. Williams CV" (PDF). Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  10. ^ "JBHE's Annual Citation Rankings of Black Scholars in the Social Sciences and the Humanities". Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Reeder Award Papers: Journal of Health and Social Behavior". SAGE Journals. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  12. ^ "The Stephen Smith Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Public Health | New York Academy of Medicine". www.nyam.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  13. ^ Boston, 677 Huntington Avenue; Ma 02115 +1495‑1000 (2014-06-11). "David Williams honored by Massachusetts Public Health Association". News. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  14. ^ "The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds". Thomson Reuters. 2015.
  15. ^ www.apa.org https://www.apa.org/about/awards/cses-leadership-award?tab=3. Retrieved 2021-06-17. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ Boston, 677 Huntington Avenue; Ma 02115 +1495‑1000 (2015-07-27). "David Williams honored for leadership in psychology". News. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  17. ^ Pearlin, Leonard I. (September 1989). "The Sociological Study of Stress". Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 30 (3): 241–256. doi:10.2307/2136956. ISSN 0022-1465. JSTOR 2136956. PMID 2674272.
  18. ^ "David R. Williams". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
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