David R. Williams (scientist)

David R. Williams
Born
David Rudyard Williams

(1954-06-12) June 12, 1954 (age 70)
Aruba raised in Saint Lucia
CitizenshipSt Lucian, American
Alma materCaribbean Union College (B.Th. Hons.), Andrews University (M.Div.), Loma Linda University (M.P.H.), University of Michigan (M.A., Ph.D.) [1]
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)
Websitescholar.harvard.edu/davidrwilliams
External videos
video icon "Covid-19: Why race matters for health", Knowable Magazine, 06.03.2021
video icon How racism makes us sick, TEDMED, November 2016
video icon HGP10 Symposium: Genomics and Disparities in Health and Health Care - David Williams, April 30, 2013

David Rudyard Williams SLMM (born 1954 in Aruba)[2] 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.

  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae David R. Williams" (PDF). Harvard University. January 28, 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Williams, David R. (David Rudyard), 1954-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 May 2016.