Joni S. Williams, MD, MPH

Associate Professor; Director, Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS)

Locations

General Internal Medicine

Contact Information

jswilliams@mcw.edu

Education

Dr. Williams earned a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in Community Health and Prevention from Drexel University (Philadelphia, Penn.) in 1998 and her MD from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in 2012. From 2008-2014, Dr. Williams completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Health Disparities at the Center for Health Disparities Research at MUSC.

Biography

Joni S. Williams, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Section Chief for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement and Section Chief for Research in the Department of Medicine at the 星空无限传媒 (MCW) within the Division of General Internal Medicine. She is also Director of the Center for Advancing Population Science (CAPS) and the Milwaukee Community Chair in Health Equity Research at the 星空无限传媒.

Dr. Williams’ research focuses on social-medical integration at the intersections of race, socioeconomic status, sex and gender, and geographic location to reduce health inequities associated with sociocultural and structural determinants of health. Her research is driven by and grounded in principles of health equity, and she is particularly passionate about social justice in health and health promotion. She conducts community-based research to address social needs, mitigate social risks, and reduce barriers to chronic disease self-management, with a focus on type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk factors, to improve health outcomes among socially disadvantaged populations and historically marginalized, underserved, and under-resourced communities and families. Within CAPS, Dr. Williams leads the Advancing Research for Community Health Equity (ARCHE) team composed of junior investigators, staff, and learners in health equity research, clinical trials study design and implementation, observational research, and community engagement and recruitment. Dr. Williams has been significantly involved in medical student, graduate and postdoctoral education, including serving as a mentor for more than 50 learners.

Grants & Scholarship
Dr. Williams’ scholarly work is supported by multiple grants from the Advancing Healthier Wisconsin Endowment as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator on NIH R01, R21, and U54 grants; and Co-Investigator on multiple NIH R01 and R21 grants. Dr. Williams has participated in more than 100 invited lectures, workshops and presentations, locally, nationally, and internationally. Her bibliography includes more than 260 abstracts, articles and book chapters.

Editorship & Service
Dr. Williams is an active member of the Health Equity Commission for the Society of General Internal Medicine. She also serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of General Internal Medicine (where she is the Inaugural DEI Advocate) and the American Journal of Medicine Open, and as a reviewer for several journals including Primary Care Diabetes, Diversity and Inclusion Research, and the International Journal of Health Policy and Management. She also serves as Chair of the Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Study Section for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Community Partnerships

Milwaukee Area Health Education Center (MAHEC)
Greater Galilee Baptist Church and Community Development Corporation
City on a Hill
Kenosha Community Health Center
Outreach Community Health Centers

Honors and Awards

星空无限传媒Outstanding Medical Student Teacher (2020)
Researcher of the Year from the Division of General Internal Medicine at 星空无限传媒(2020)
PowHer Leadership Honoree (2023)
星空无限传媒President鈥檚 Inclusive Excellence Award (2023)

Research Interests

(Wildes MP, Fernando DG, Grobe CC, Reho JJ, Grobe JL, Kidambi S, Kindel TL, Kwitek AE, Segar JL, Williams JS, Morselli LL.) Endocrinology. 2024 Sep 05 PMID: 39236000 09/05/2024
(Walker RJ, Williams JS, Linde S, Egede LE.) JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Aug 01;7(8):e2425996 PMID: 39207760 PMCID: PMC11362860 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85202924892 09/01/2024
(Williams JS.) J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Aug;39(11):1959-1961 PMID: 38720148 PMCID: PMC11306820 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85192373063 05/09/2024
(Lopez AA, Dressel A, Luebke J, Williams J, Campbell J, Miller J, Kibicho J, Schadewald D, Abusbaitan H, Pirsch A, Gondwe KW, Schubert E, Ruiz A, Kako P, Mkandawire-Valhmu L, Egede LE.) Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2024 Aug;33(4):1003-1012 PMID: 38323681 PMCID: PMC11260249 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85184670343 02/07/2024
(Egede LE, Walker RJ, Linde S, Williams JS.) J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jul;39(9):1642-1648 PMID: 38565767 PMCID: PMC11255170 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85189199480 04/03/2024
(Martinez M, Arora V, Gonzalez CM, Dzeng E, Williams JS.) J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jul;39(9):1541-1543 PMID: 38564161 PMCID: PMC11255135 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85189207401 04/02/2024
(Zemlak JL, Alexander KA, Wilson D, Singer R, Williams JS, Sherman SG.) J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2024 Jul;53(4):397-405 PMID: 38490264 PMCID: PMC11246806 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85192958445 03/16/2024
(Jackson JL, Williams JS.) JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01;7(5):e2410206 PMID: 38748428 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85193206785 05/15/2024
(Morselli LL, Amjad R, James R, Kindel TL, Kwitek AE, Williams JS, Grobe JL, Kidambi S.) J Endocr Soc. 2024 Apr 06;8(6):bvae062 PMID: 38623381 PMCID: PMC11017326 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85190716270 04/16/2024
(Walker RJ, Williams JS, Linde S, Egede LE.) JAMA Network Open. 29 August 2024;7(8) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85202924892 08/29/2024
(Walker RJ, Thorgerson AM, Yan A, Williams JS, Campbell JA, Dawson AZ, Renta V, Egede LE.) BMJ Open. 2023 Oct 18;13(10):e069640 PMID: 37852767 PMCID: PMC10603485 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174750777 10/19/2023
(Williams JS, Walker RJ, Burgess KM, Shay LA, Schmidt S, Tsevat J, Campbell JA, Dawson AZ, Ozieh MN, Phillips SA, Egede LE.) Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 6 October 2023;7(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140236470 10/06/2023

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