David Williams, Ph.D.

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
Harvard Catalyst Profile
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
Past horrors, present struggles: the role of stigma in the association between war experiences and psychosocial adjustment among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone.
Authors: Betancourt TS, Agnew-Blais J, Gilman SE, Williams DR, Ellis BH.
Soc Sci Med
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Cross-national analysis of the associations among mental disorders and suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.
Authors: Nock MK, Hwang I, Sampson N, Kessler RC, Angermeyer M, Beautrais A, Borges G, Bromet E, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, de Graaf R, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hu C, Huang Y, Karam EG, Kawakami N, Kovess V, Levinson D, Posada-Villa J, Sagar R, Tomov T, Viana MC, Williams DR.
PLoS Med
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Chronic discrimination predicts higher circulating levels of E-selectin in a national sample: the MIDUS study.
Authors: Friedman EM, Williams DR, Singer BH, Ryff CD.
Brain Behav Immun
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The association between perceived discrimination and obesity in a population-based multiracial and multiethnic adult sample.
Authors: Hunte HE, Williams DR.
Am J Public Health
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Segregation, civil rights, and health disparities: the legacy of African American physicians and organized medicine, 1910-1968.
Authors: Washington HA, Baker RB, Olakanmi O, Savitt TL, Jacobs EA, Hoover E, Wynia MK.
J Natl Med Assoc
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Creating a segregated medical profession: African American physicians and organized medicine, 1846-1910.
Authors: Baker RB, Washington HA, Olakanmi O, Savitt TL, Jacobs EA, Hoover E, Wynia MK.
J Natl Med Assoc
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Traditional healers in the treatment of common mental disorders in South Africa.
Authors: Sorsdahl K, Stein DJ, Grimsrud A, Seedat S, Flisher AJ, Williams DR, Myer L.
J Nerv Ment Dis
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Life stress and mental disorders in the South African stress and health study.
Authors: Seedat S, Stein DJ, Jackson PB, Heeringa SG, Williams DR, Myer L.
S Afr Med J
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The South African Stress and Health (SASH) study: a scientific base for mental health policy.
Authors: Stein DJ, Williams DR, Kessler RC.
S Afr Med J
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Perpetration of gross human rights violations in South Africa: association with psychiatric disorders.
Authors: Stein DJ, Williams SL, Jackson PB, Seedat S, Myer L, Herman A, Williams DR.
S Afr Med J
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