Williams Research Group
Dr. David R. Williams is the Norman Professor of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology at Harvard. His research focuses on the ways in which race, socioeconomic status, racism, stress, health behaviors and religious involvement can affect health. The Everyday Discrimination Scale that he developed is the most widely used measure of discrimination in health studies.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Kresge Building, Room 615
Awards
Ranked number one in citations in African and African American Studies, ScholarGPS, 2023
Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine (formerly, Institute of Medicine), 2001 PDF
Decade of Behavior Research Award, 2004
Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, 2004
Ranked as one of the Top Ten Most Cited Researchers in the Social Sciences in the past decade (Jan. 1, 1995 to Aug. 31, 2005), ISI Essential Science Indicators, 2005
Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
Ranked as the Most Cited Black Scholar in the Social Sciences in 2008, The Journal of Black Issues in Higher Education, 2009
Leo G. Reeder Award for Distinguished Contributions to Medical Sociology, American Sociological Association, 2011
Stephen Smith Award for Distinguished Contributions in Public Health, New York Academy of Medicine, 2013
Top Blacks in Healthcare, BlackDoctor.org and Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, 2014
Lemuel Shattuck Award for Significant Contributions to the Field of Public Health, Massachusetts Public Health Association, 2014
Ranked as one of the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds (in two fields: Psychiatry/Psychology and Social Sciences, General), based on articles published between 2002 and 2012, Thomson Reuters, 2014
Distinguished Leadership in Psychology Award, Committee on Socioeconomic Status, American Psychological Association, 2015
Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health, American Sociological Association, 2017
Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2019
St. Lucia Medal of Merit (Gold), Government of St. Lucia, 2020
Goodwill Ambassador, Government of St Lucia, 2020-2023
Elected Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, England, 2022
William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research, Association of University Programs in Health Administration and Baxter International Foundation, 2022
Doctor of Science, honoris causa, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2023
David R. Williams receives 2017 Leonard I Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions
David R. Williams is winnner of the 2011 Leo G. Reeder Award
St Lucian scholar ranked number one in the World among Black Scholar Scientists, 2009
U-M professor urges black Americans to fight for equal health care, 2004