David Williams

David Williams, Ph.D.

Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health in the School of Public Health and Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Sciences

Affiliate of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences

617-432-4794

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Harvard Title

Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health

Administrative and Hospital Title

Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Science

Other Affiliations

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Affiliate, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Harvard College

Address

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Kresge Bldg, 709
677 Huntington Ave
Boston MA 02115

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Role of common mental and physical disorders in partial disability around the world.

Authors: Bruffaerts R, Vilagut G, Demyttenaere K, Alonso J, Alhamzawi A, Andrade LH, Benjet C, Bromet E, Bunting B, de Girolamo G, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, He Y, Hinkov H, Hu C, Karam EG, Lepine JP, Levinson D, Matschinger H, Nakane Y, Ormel J, Posada-Villa J, Scott KM, Varghese M, Williams DR, Xavier M, Kessler RC.
Br J Psychiatry 2012-06-01
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Elucidating the role of place in health care disparities: the example of racial/ethnic residential segregation.

Authors: White K, Haas JS, Williams DR.
Health Serv Res 2012-06-01
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Research on discrimination and health: an exploratory study of unresolved conceptual and measurement issues.

Authors: Williams DR, John DA, Oyserman D, Sonnega J, Mohammed SA, Jackson JS.
Am J Public Health 2012-05-01
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Perceived discrimination and hypertension among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study.

Authors: Sims M, Diez-Roux AV, Dudley A, Gebreab S, Wyatt SB, Bruce MA, James SA, Robinson JC, Williams DR, Taylor HA.
Am J Public Health 2012-05-01
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Subjective social status and psychosocial and metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study.

Authors: Subramanyam MA, Diez-Roux AV, Hickson DA, Sarpong DF, Sims M, Taylor HA, Williams DR, Wyatt SB.
Soc Sci Med 2012-04-01
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Parent psychopathology and offspring mental disorders: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.

Authors: McLaughlin KA, Gadermann AM, Hwang I, Sampson NA, Al-Hamzawi A, Andrade LH, Angermeyer MC, Benjet C, Bromet EJ, Bruffaerts R, Caldas-de-Almeida JM, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hinkov HR, Horiguchi I, Hu C, Karam AN, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, Murphy SD, Nizamie SH, Posada-Villa J, Williams DR, Kessler RC.
Br J Psychiatry 2012-04-01
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The associations of multiple dimensions of discrimination and abdominal fat in African American adults: the Jackson Heart Study.

Authors: Hickson DA, Lewis TT, Liu J, Mount DL, Younge SN, Jenkins WC, Sarpong DF, Williams DR.
Ann Behav Med 2012-02-01
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Job strain, job insecurity, and incident cardiovascular disease in the Women's Health Study: results from a 10-year prospective study.

Authors: Slopen N, Glynn RJ, Buring JE, Lewis TT, Williams DR, Albert MA.
PLoS One 2012-01-01
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The social context of cardiovascular disease: challenges and opportunities for the Jackson Heart Study.

Authors: Williams DR, Leavell J.
Ethn Dis 2012-01-01
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Perceived discrimination and psychological well-being in the U.S.A. and South Africa.

Authors: Williams DR, Haile R, Mohammed SA, Herman A, Sonnega J, Jackson JS, Stein DJ.
Ethn Health 2012-01-01
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