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

Publications View

Community development efforts offer a major opportunity to advance Americans' health.

Authors: Williams DR, Marks J.
Health Aff (Millwood) 2011-11-01
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Understanding high-risk behavior among non-dominant minorities: a social resistance framework.

Authors: Factor R, Kawachi I, Williams DR.
Soc Sci Med 2011-11-01
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Emotional distress about weight gain and attitude to goal achievement failure as predictors of self-regulatory efficacy: does ethnicity make a difference?

Authors: Moore DJ, Williams DR.
J Health Psychol 2011-09-01
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Gender differences in risk for intimate partner violence among South African adults.

Authors: Gass JD, Stein DJ, Williams DR, Seedat S.
J Interpers Violence 2011-09-01
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Sex, stressful life events, and adult onset depression and alcohol dependence: are men and women equally vulnerable?

Authors: Slopen N, Williams DR, Fitzmaurice GM, Gilman SE.
Soc Sci Med 2011-08-01
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Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode.

Authors: Bromet E, Andrade LH, Hwang I, Sampson NA, Alonso J, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Demyttenaere K, Hu C, Iwata N, Karam AN, Kaur J, Kostyuchenko S, Lépine JP, Levinson D, Matschinger H, Mora ME, Browne MO, Posada-Villa J, Viana MC, Williams DR, Kessler RC.
BMC Med 2011-07-26
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Language of interview, self-rated health, and the other Latino health puzzle.

Authors: Viruell-Fuentes EA, Morenoff JD, Williams DR, House JS.
Am J Public Health 2011-07-01
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The prevalence and correlates of hallucinations in a general population sample: findings from the South African Stress and Health Study.

Authors: Temmingh H, Stein DJ, Seedat S, Williams DR.
Afr J Psychiatry (Johannesbg) 2011-07-01
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Invited commentary: Discrimination--an emerging target for reducing risk of cardiovascular disease?

Authors: Albert MA, Williams DR.
Am J Epidemiol 2011-06-01
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Household food insufficiency and mental health in South Africa.

Authors: Sorsdahl K, Slopen N, Siefert K, Seedat S, Stein DJ, Williams DR.
J Epidemiol Community Health 2011-05-01
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