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2025

White Whilby, K., Huang, S.J., Bell, B.A., Robinson-Ector, K., Sims, M., & Williams, D.R. “Correlates of longitudinal patterns of racial discrimination in midlife and older Black adults: Evidence from the health and retirement study.” Social Science & Medicine, 2025, 380: 118194.

Woolf, S.H., Galea, S., & Williams, D.R. “The potential impact of the Trump administration policies on health research in the USA.” Lancet, 2025, 405(10495): 2114–2116.

Wise L.A., Hoffman M.N., Lovett S.M., Geller R.J., Schrager N.L., Ukah U.V., Wesselink A.K., Abrams J.A., Boynton-Jarrett R., Kuohung W., Kuriyama A.S., Hunt M.O., Williams D.R., Ncube C.N. “Racial and ethnic disparities in fecundability: a North American preconception cohort study.” Human Reproduction, 2025, 40(6): 1183-1194.  

Carson, N. J., Cortés, D. E., Williams, P., Odayar, V., Gonzalez, L., Schlossberg, E., Xie, L., Holmes, K. E., Holmes, M. D., Williams, D. R., & Reid, T. G. “Refining a digital phenotyping app for measurement of suicidal behavior among minoritized youth and caregivers in a community health system.” mHealth, 2025, 11: 15.

2025d Stewart, C. A., Abdallah, K. E., Buscetta, A. J., Galindo, C., Ramirez, H. C., Williams, D. R., & Bonham, V. L. “The role of religiosity and spirituality in coping with sickle cell disease clinical severity.” Journal of Sickle Cell Disease, 2025, 2(1): yoaf004.

Adzrago, D., Williams, D.R., & Williams, F. ”Multiple chronic diseases and psychological distress among adults in the United States: the intersectionality of chronic diseases, race/ethnicity, immigration, sex, and insurance coverage.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2025, 60(1): 181-199.

Vigo, D.V., Harris, M.G., Munthali, R.J., Kazdin, A.E., Hwang, I., Petukhova, M., Sampson, N.A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Altwaijri, Y.A., Benjet, C., Bromet, E.J., Bruffaerts, R., Bunting, B., Caldas-de-Almeida, J.M., Chardoul, S., De Girolamo, G., de Jonge, P., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Hu, C., Karam, E.G., Karam, G., Kiejna, A., Lee, S., Navarro-Mateu, F., Posada-Villa, J., Rapsey, C., Stagnaro, J.C., Torres, Y., Viana, M.C., Williams, D.R., Zarkov, Z., Wang, P.S. & Kessler, R.C. on behalf of the WHO World Mental Health Survey collaborators. (2025). “Treatment coverage for mental disorders: Results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.” In Thornicroft, G., Drake, R.E., Gureje, O., Mueser, K.T. & Szmukler, G. (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Community Mental Health, 2nd ed., pp. 45-56. New York: Oxford University Press.

Wright E., Dore E.C., Koenen K.C., Mangurian C., Williams D.R., Hamad R. “Prevalence of and Inequities in Poor Mental Health Across 3 US Surveys, 2011 to 2022.” JAMA Network Open, 2025, 8(1): e2454718.

2024

Williams, D.R. “Addressing Inequalities in Health and Healthcare: Challenges and Opportunities.” Journal of Health Administration Education, 2024, 40(3): 337-358.

Williams, D.R., & Frater, J. (2024). Improving Health in the Caribbean Region: Challenges and Opportunities. In C. Huggins, T. Esnard, W. C. Wallace, C. Descartes, & S. Gomes (Ed.), Prospects and Challenges for Caribbean Societies in and Beyond COVID-19. Springer, Cham.

Sharma M., Backman A., Vesga-Lopez O., Zayas L., Harris B., Henderson D.C., Koenen K.C., Williams D.R., Borba C.P.C. “Trauma, risk, and resilience: A qualitative study of mental health in post-conflict Liberia.” Transcultural Psychiatry, 2024, (4): 652-667.

Davidson, J.C., Kent, B.V., Cozier, Y.C., Kanaya, A.M., Warner, E.T., Eliassen, A.H., Williams, D.R., Schachter, A.B., Shields, A.E. “Does Religious Service Attendance Modify the Relationship between Everyday Discrimination and Risk of Obesity? Results from the Study on Stress, Spirituality and Health.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2024, 11(5): 3076-3090.

Skalski-Bednarz S.B., Toussaint L.L., Webb J.R., Wilson C.M., Worthington E.L. Jr, Williams D.R., Reid S.D., Surzykiewicz J. “Religion and flourishing among Afro-Trinidadians: the influence of proneness to guilt/shame and forgiveness by God on the relationship between religious commitment and health.” Front Public Health, 2024, 12: 1443960.

Johnson D.A., Ward L., Ortiz L.B., Butler J., Slopen N., Redline S., Buring J.E., Williams D.R., Albert M.A. “Associations of Everyday Discrimination With Insomnia and Short Sleep Duration Among Older Women.” Journal of American Heart Association, 2024, 13(19): e033844.

Choo, S., Kim, R., Lee, H., Eom, Y-J., Yi, H., Kim, R., Williams, D.R., & Kim, S-S. “Heightened vigilance and its associations with suicidal ideation and suicide attempt among 285 Korean transgender and nonbinary adults: Effect modification by connectedness to the LGBTQ+ community.” Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 2024, 54: 993-1005

Chen, R., Byrd, D.R., Whitfield, K.E., & Williams, D.R. “Associations of Major Lifetime and Everyday Discrimination with Cognitive Function among Middle-Aged and Older Adults.” Ethnicity & Disease, 2024, 34(3): 137–144.

Blake, A L., Bennett, N.R., McKenzie, J.A., Tulloch-Reid, M.K., Govia, I., McFarlane, S.R., Walters, R., Francis, D.K., Wilks, R.J., Williams, D.R., Younger-Coleman, N.O., & Ferguson, T.S. “Social support and ideal cardiovascular health in urban Jamaica: A cross-sectional study.” PLOS Global Public Health, 2024, 4(7): e0003466.

Wang, V.H., Cuevas, A.G., Osokpo, O.H., Chang, J.E., Zhang, D., Hu, A., Yun, J., Lee, A., Du, S., Williams, D.R., & Pagán, J.A. “Discrimination in Medical Settings across Populations: Evidence From the All of Us Research Program.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2024, 67(4): 568-580.

Vu, C., C Arcaya, M., Kawachi, I., & Williams, D. “The mental health toll of the Great Migration: a comparison of mental health outcomes among descendants of African American migrators.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2024, 59(9): 1497-1507.

Skalski-Bednarz, S.B., Webb, J.R., Colwick, M.W., Toussaint, L.L., Surzykiewicz, J., Reid, S.D., Williams, D.R., & Worthington, Jr., E.L. “Pathways to Flourishing: The Roles of Self- and Divine Forgiveness in Mitigating the Adverse Effects of Stress and Substance Use among Adults in Trinidad and Tobago.” Religions, 2024, 15: 1060.

Enelamah, N.V., Lombe, M., Betancourt, T.S., Shen, C., & Williams, D.R. “Maternal Subjective Wellbeing and the Cognitive and Socioemotional Outcomes of 3-to 4-Year-Old Children in Nigeria.” Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2024, 33(5): 1544-1558.

Koga, H. K., Grodstein, F., Williams, D.R., Demeo, D.L., & Kubzansky, L.D. “Relations of optimism and purpose in life to immune markers in aging.” Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2024, 184: 111851.

Marsh, E.E., Wegienka, G., & Williams, D.R “Uterine Fibroids.” JAMA, 2024, 331(17): 1492–1493.

2024l Koga, H.K., Grodstein, F., Williams, D.R., Manson, J. E., Tindle, H.A., Shadyab, A.H., Michael, Y.L., Saquib, N., Naughton, M.J., Guimond, A.J., & Kubzansky, L.D. “Longitudinal Associations Between Optimism and Objective Measures of Physical Functioning in Women.” JAMA Psychiatry, 2024, 81(5): 489-497

Koga, H.K, Grodstein, F., Williams, D.R., Buchman, A.S., Kubzansky, L.D. “Purpose in Life and Its Association to Parkinsonism.” The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 2024, 79(5): gbae026.

Gortmaker, S. L., Bleich, S. N., & Williams, D. R. “Childhood Obesity Prevention – Focusing on Population-Level Interventions and Equity.” The New England Journal of Medicine, 2024, 390(8): 681–683

Mbewu, A., Williams, D. R., Moletsane, R., & Reddy, P. (2024). Striking racial inequities in health persist in South Africa. BMJ, 385.

Ormiston, C. K., Lawrence, W. R., Sulley, S., Shiels, M. S., Haozous, E. A., Pichardo, C. M., Stephens, E. S., et al. (2024). Trends in Adolescent Suicide by Method in the US, 1999-2020. JAMA Network Open , 7 (3), e244427.

Albert, M. A., Churchwell, K., Desai, N., Johnson, J. C., Johnson, M., Khera, A., Mieres, J., et al. (2024). Addressing Structural Racism Through Public Policy Advocacy: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation , 149 (6), e312-329.

Kenney, E. L., Lee, M. M., Barrett, J. L., Ward, Z. J., Long, M. W., Cradock, A. L., Williams, D. R., et al. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of Improved WIC Food Package for Preventing Childhood Obesity. Pediatrics , 153 (2), e2023063182.

Jones, D. S., Hammonds, E., Gone, J. P., & Williams, D. (2024). Explaining Health Inequities – The Enduring Legacy of Historical Biases. The New England Journal of Medicine , 390 (5), 389–395.

Cuevas, A. G., Williams, D. R., Krobath, D. M., Lyngdoh, A., Kaba-Diakité, F., & Allen, J. D. (2024). The cost of doubt: assessing the association between attributional ambiguity and mental health. BMC Public Health , 24 (1), 126.

Lee, M. M., Barrett, J. L., Kenney, E. L., Gouck, J., Whetstone, L. M., McCulloch, S. M., Cradock, A. L., et al. (2024). A Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in California: Projected Benefits for Population Obesity and Health Equity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine , 66 (1), 94-103

2023

Priest, N., Esler, M., Ransome, Y., Williams, D. R., & Perry, R. (2023). A “Dark Side” of religion? Associations between religious involvement, identity and domestic violence determinants in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues , 59 (1), 186-205.

Dupuis, R., Block, J. P., Barrett, J. L., Long, M. W., Petimar, J., Ward, Z. J., & Kenney, E. L. (2023). Cost Effectiveness of Calorie Labeling at Large Fast-Food Chains Across the U.S. American Journal of Preventive Medicine , 66 (1), 128-137.

Vu, C., Arcaya, M. C., Kawachi, I., & Williams, D. R. (2023). In Search of the Promised Land: County-Level Disadvantage and Low Birth Weight among Black Mothers of the Great Migration. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine , 100 (6), 1093-1101.

Madela, S. L. M., Harriman, N. W., Sewpaul, R., Mbewu, A. D., Williams, D. R., Sifunda, S., Manyaapelo, T., et al. (2023). Area-level deprivation and individual-level socioeconomic correlates of the diabetes care cascade among black south africans in uMgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PLoS One , 18 (12), e0293250.

Davis, B. A., Arcaya, M. C., Williams, D. R., Metzger, M., & Krieger, N. (2023). Examining discrimination in home improvement financing (Home Mortgage Disclosure Act 2012–2016) and neighborhood health in the United States. Cities & Health , 7 (6), 1029-1044.

Lawrence, J. A., Kawachi, I., White, K., Bassett, M. T., & Williams, D. R. (2023). Instrumental Variable Analysis of Discrimination and Blood Pressure in a Sample of Young Adults. American Journal of Epidemiology , 192 (12), 1971-1980.

de Mendonça Filho, E. J., Pokhvisneva, I., Maalouf, C. M., Parent, C., Mliner, S. B., Slopen, N., Williams, D. R., et al. (2023). Linking specific biological signatures to different childhood adversities: findings from the HERO project. Pediatric Research , 94 (2), 564-574.

Ray, R., Lantz, P. M., & Williams, D. (2023). Upstream Policy Changes to Improve Population Health and Health Equity: A Priority Agenda. The Milbank Quarterly , 101 (S1), 20–35.

Dallo, F. J., Williams, D. R., Ruterbusch, J. J., Mittleman, M. A., Sakyi, K. S., Mostofsky, E., Rimawi, A., et al. (2023). Politically related stress and low-birth-weight infants among Arab, Asian, Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White women in Michigan. Women’s Health , 19, 17455057231178118.

Vu, C., Arcaya, M. C., Kawachi, I., & Williams, D. R. (2023). Moving to opportunity? Low birth weight outcomes among Southern-born Black mothers during the Great Migration. Social Science & Medicine , 328, 115983.

Chatters, L. M., Taylor, R. J., Neighbors, H. W., Bowman, P. J., Williams, D. R., Mezuk, B., & Caldwell, C. (2023). James S. Jackson and the program for research on Black Americans: Contributions to psychology and the social sciences. The American Psychologist , 78 (4), 413–427.

Gary-Webb, T. L., Dyer, H., Mckenzie, J., Younger-Coleman, N., Tulloch-Reid, M., Blake, A., Govia, I., et al. (2023). Community stressors (violence, victimization, and neighborhood disorder) with cardiometabolic outcomes in urban Jamaica. Frontiers in Public Health , 11, 1130830.

Axinn, W. G., Bruffaerts, R., Kessler, T. L., Frounfelker, R., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Bunting, B., et al. (2023). Findings From the World Mental Health Surveys of Civil Violence Exposure and Its Association With Subsequent Onset and Persistence of Mental Disorders. JAMA Network Open , 6 (6), e2318919.

Sifunda, S., Mbewu, A. D., Mabaso, M., Manyaapelo, T., Sewpaul, R., Morgan, J. W., Harriman, N. W., et al. (2023). Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Diabetes Mellitus in South Africa: Results from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 20 (10), 5798.

Davis, B. A., Arcaya, M. C., & Williams, D. R. (2023). The impact of county-level fees & fines as exploitative revenue generation on US birth outcomes 2011-2015. Health and Place , 80, 102990.

Alegría, M., O’Malley, I. S., Smith, R., Useche Rosania, A., Boyd, A., Cuervo-Torello, F., Williams, D. R., et al. (2023). Addressing health inequities for children in immigrant families: Psychologists as leaders and links across systems. The American Psychologist , 78 (2), 173–185.

Shaikh, Y., Jeelani, M., Gibbons, M. C., Livingston, D., Williams, D. R., Wijesinghe, S., Patterson, J., et al. (2023). Centering and collaborating with community knowledge systems: piloting a novel participatory modeling approach. International Journal for Equity in Health , 22 (1), 45.

Madela, S., Harriman, N. W., Sewpaul, R., Mbewu, A. D., Williams, D. R., Sifunda, S., Manyaapelo, T., et al. (2023). Individual and area-level socioeconomic correlates of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in uMgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. BMC Public Health , 23 (1), 417.

Mateo, C. M., & Williams, D. R. (2023). Understanding and Addressing How Racism Can Affect Medical School Admissions-Making the Invisible Visible. JAMA Network Open , 6 (2), e232291.

Toussaint, L., Worthington, E. L., Webb, J. R., Wilson, C., & Williams, D. R. (2023). Forgiveness in Human Flourishing. In M. L. Heras, M. G. Grau, & Y. Rofcanin (Ed.), Human Flourishing (pp. 117-131) . Springer: Cham, Switzerland.

Raj, A., Chatterji, S., Johns, E. N., Yore, J., Dey, A. K., & Williams, D. R. (2023). The associations of everyday and major discrimination exposure with violence and poor mental health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Science & Medicine , 318, 115620.

2022

Williams, D. R.,, Coghill, Y., Abbasi, K., & Naqvi, H. (2022). Race, racism, and health: global learning for national action. BMJ , 376, o477.

Misra, S., Gelaye, B., Williams, D. R., Koenen, K. C., Borba, C., Quattrone, D., Di Forti, M., et al. (2022). Perceived major experiences of discrimination, ethnic group, and risk of psychosis in a six-country case-control study. Psychological Medicine , 52 (15), 3668–3676.

Denckla, C. A., Averkamp, N. M., Slopen, N., Espinosa Dice, A. L., Williams, D., Shear, M. K., & Koenen, K. C. (2022). Social Determinants Associated With Exposure to Childhood Parental Bereavement and Subsequent Risk for Psychiatric Disorders. JAMA Network Open , 5 (10), e2239616.

Toussaint, L. L., Moriarity, D. P., Kamble, S., Williams, D. R., & Slavich, G. M. (2022). Inflammation and depression symptoms are most strongly associated for Black adults. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health , 25, 100552.

Thurber, K. A., Brinckley, M. M., Jones, R., Evans, O., Nichols, K., Priest, N., Guo, S., et al. (2022). Population-level contribution of interpersonal discrimination to psychological distress among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults, and to Indigenous-non-Indigenous inequities: cross-sectional analysis of a community-controlled First Na. Lancet , 400 (10368), 2084–2094.

Shiba, K., Kubzansky, L. D., Williams, D. R., VanderWeele, T. J., & Kim, E. S. (2022). Purpose in life and 8-year mortality by gender and race/ethnicity among older adults in the U.S. Preventive Medicine , 164, 107310.

Chen, R., Williams, D. R., Nishimi, K., Slopen, N., Kubzansky, L. D., & Weuve, J. (2022). A life course approach to understanding stress exposures and cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults. Social Science & Medicine , 314, 115448.

Bruffaerts, R., Harris, M. G., Kazdin, A. E., Vigo, D. V., Sampson, N. A., Chiu, W. T., Al-Hamzawi, A., et al. (2022). Translating the Biology of Adversity and Resilience Into New Measures for Pediatric Practice. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 57 (10), 2079-2095.

Kessler, R. C., Kazdin, A. E., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Altwaijri, Y. A., Andrade, L. H., et al. (2022). Patterns and correlates of patient-reported helpfulness of treatment for common mental and substance use disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. World Psychiatry , 21 (2), 272–286.

Lawrence, J. A., Kawachi, I., White, K., Bassett, M. T., Priest, N., Masunga, J. G., Cory HJ Mita C and Williams, D. R., et al. (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the Everyday Discrimination Scale and biomarker outcomes. Psychoneuroendocrinology , 142, 105772.

Borrell, L.N.,, & Williams, D. R. (2022). Racism and oral health equity in the United States: Identifying its effects and providing future directions. Journal of Public Health Dentistry , 82 (Suppl 1), 8–11.

Chu, M. T., Ettinger de Cuba, S., Fabian, M. P., Lane, K. J., James-Todd, T., Williams, D. R., Coull, B. A., et al. (2022). The Immigrant Birthweight Paradox in an Urban Cohort: Role of Immigrant Enclaves and Ambient Air Pollution. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology , 32 (4), 571-582.

Mefford, M. T., Rana, J. S., Reynolds, K., Ranasinghe, O., Mittleman, M. A., Liu, J. Y., Qian, L., et al. (2022). Association of the 2020 US Presidential Election With Hospitalizations for Acute Cardiovascular Conditions. JAMA Network Open , 5 (4), e228031.

Harriman, N. W., Williams, D. R., Morgan, J. W., Sewpaul, R., Manyaapelo, T., Sifunda, S., Mabaso, M., et al. (2022). Racial disparities in psychological distress in post-apartheid South Africa: results from the SANHANES-1 survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 57 (4), 843-857.

Thurber, K. A., Thandrayen, J., Maddox, R., Barrett, E. M., Walker, J., Priest, N., Korda, R. J., et al. (2022). Reflection on modern methods: statistical, policy and ethical implications of using age-standardized health indicators to quantify inequities. International Journal of Epidemiology , 51 (1), 324-333.

Misra, S., Etkins, O. S., Yang, L. H., & Williams, D. R. (2022). Structural Racism and Inequities in Incidence, Course of Illness, and Treatment of Psychotic Disorders Among Black Americans. American Journal of Public Health , 112 (4), 624–632.

Lawrence, J. A., Kawachi, I., White, K., Bassett, M. T., & Williams, D. R. (2022). Associations between multiple indicators of discrimination and allostatic load among middle-aged adults. Social Science & Medicine , 298, 114866.

Sharma, M., Koenen, K. C., Borba, C., Williams, D. R., & Deng, D. K. (2022). The Measurement of War-related Trauma amongst Internally Displaced Men and Women in South Sudan: Psychometric Analysis of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire. Journal of Affective Disorders , 304, 102-112.

Slopen, N., Le Cook, B., Morgan, J. W., Flores, M. W., Mateo, C., Garcia Coll, C., Acevedo Garcia, D., et al. (2022). Family Stressors and Resources as Social Determinants of Health among Caregivers and Young Children. Children , 9 (4), 452.

Chen, R., Weuve, J., Misra, S., Cuevas, A., Kubzansky, L. D., & Williams, D. R. (2022). Racial Disparities in Cognitive Function among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: The Roles of Cumulative Stress Exposures Across the Life Course. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A,

Lawrence, J. A., Davis, B. A., Corbette, T., Hill, E. V., Williams, D. R., & Reede, J. Y. (2022). Racial/Ethnic Differences in Burnout: a Systematic Review. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities , 9 (1), 257–269.

Zambrana, R. E., & Williams, D. R. (2022). The Intellectual Roots Of Current Knowledge On Racism And Health: Relevance To Policy And The National Equity Discourse. Health Affairs , 41 (2), 163–170.

2021

Williams, D. R., & Etkins, O. S. (2021). Racism and Mental Health. World Psychiatry , 20 (2), 194-195.

Moore, K. R., Williams, D. R., & Baird, D. D. (2021). Disparities by Skin Color Among Young African-American Women. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities , 8 (4), 1002–1011.

Gaston, S. A., Atere-Roberts, J., Ward, J., Slopen, N. B., Forde, A. T., Sandler, D. P., Williams, D. R., et al. (2021). Experiences with Everyday and Major Forms of Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Type 2 Diabetes Risk among White, Black, and Hispanic/Latina Women: Findings from the Sister Study. American Journal of Epidemiology , 190 (12), 2552-2562.

Johnson, D. A., Lewis, T. T., Guo, N., Jackson, C. L., Sims, M., Wilson, J. G., Diez-Roux, A. V., et al. (2021). Associations between everyday discrimination and sleep quality and duration among African Americans over time in the Jackson Heart Study. Sleep , 44 (12), zsab162.

Reddy, S. P., Mbewu, A. D., Williams, D. R., Harriman, N. W., Sewpaul, R., Morgan, J. W., Sifunda, S., et al. (2021). Race, geographical location and other risk factors for hypertension: South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011/12. SSM – Population Health , 16, 100986.

Degenhardt, L., Bharat, C., Chiu, W. T., Harris, M., Kazdin, A. E., Vigo, D. V., Sampson, N., et al. (2021). Perceived helpfulness of treatment for alcohol use disorders: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys. Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 229 (PtB), 109158.

Fernández, D., Vigo, D., Sampson, N. A., Hwang, I., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A. O., Alonso, J., et al. (2021). Patterns of care and dropout rates from outpatient mental healthcare in low-, middle- and high-income countries from the World Health Organization’s World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Psychological Medicine, 51 (12),

Louie, P., Upenieks, L., Siddiqi, A., Williams, D. R., & Takeuchi, D. T. (2021). Race, Flourishing, and All-Cause Mortality in the United States, 1995-2016. American Journal of Epidemiology , 190 (9), 1735-1743.

Cuevas, A. G., Ho, T., Rodgers, J., DeNufrio, D., Alley, L., Allen, J., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Developmental timing of initial racial discrimination exposure is associated with cardiovascular health conditions in adulthood. Ethnicity & Health, 26 (7), 949-962.

Toussaint, L., Cheadle, L., Dezutter, J., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Late Adulthood, COVID-19-Related Stress Perceptions, Meaning in Life, and Forgiveness as Predictors of Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 731017.

Shiba, K., Kubzansky, L. D., Williams, D. R., VanderWeele, T. J., & Kim, E. S. (2021). Associations Between Purpose in Life and Mortality by SES. American Journal of Preventive Medicine , 61 (2), e53–e61.

McBride, C. M., Cooper, H. L., Williams, D. R., & Emmons, K. M. (2021). Walking the talk on multi-level interventions: The power of parsimony. Social Science & Medicine , 283, 114189.

Baumhofer, N. K., Panapasa, S. V., Cook, E. F., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Association of cultural affinity and island food consumption in the Pacific Islander health study. Ethnicity & Health , 26 (5), 769-785.

Caqueo-Urízar, A., Urzúa, A., Mena-Chamorro, P., Flores, J., Irarrázaval, M., Graniffo, E., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Relationship between Everyday Discrimination and Substance Use among Adolescents in Northern Chile. International Journal of Environmental Research, 18(12): 6485.

Gonzales, K. L., Jiang, L., Garcia-Alexander, G., Jacob, M. M., Chang, J., Williams, D. R., Bullock, A., et al. (2021). Perceived Discrimination, Retention, and Diabetes Risk Among American Indians and Alaska Natives in a Diabetes Lifestyle Intervention. Journal of Aging and Health , 33 ((7-8_suppl), 18S–30S.

Boutrin, M. – C., & Williams, D. R. (2021). What Racism Has to Do with It: Understanding and Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Youth of Color. Healthcare , 9 (6), 673.

Thurber, K. A., Colonna, E., Jones, R., Gee, G. C., Priest, N., Cohen, R., Williams, D. R., et al. (2021). Prevalence of Everyday Discrimination and Relation with Wellbeing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Adults in Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 18 (12), 6577.

Glover, L. M., Cené, C. W., Reiner, A., Gebreab, S., Williams, D. R., North, K. E., & Sims, M. (2021). Discrimination and Leukocyte Telomere Length by Depressive Symptomatology: The Jackson Heart Study. Healthcare , 9 (6), 639.

Urzúa, A., Caqueo-Urízar, A., Henríquez, D., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Discrimination and Health: The Mediating Effect of Acculturative Stress. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 18 (10), 5312.

Slopen, N., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Resilience-promoting policies and contexts for children of color in the United States: Existing research and future priorities. Development and Psychopathology , 33 (2), 614-624.

Rodgers, J., Cuevas, A. G., Williams, D. R., Kawachi, I., & Subramanian, S. V. (2021). The relative contributions of behavioral, biological, and psychological risk factors in the association between psychosocial stress and all-cause mortality among middle- and older-aged adults in the USA. GeroScience , 43 (2), 655–672.

Priest, N., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Structural Racism: A Call to Action for Health and Health Disparities Research. Ethnicity & Disease , 31 (Suppl 1), 285-288.

Lavizzo‑Mourey, R. J., Besser, R. E., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Understanding and Mitigating Health Inequities— Past, Current, and Future Directions. New England Journal of Medicine , 384 (18), 1681-1684.

Shonkoff, J. P., Slopen, N., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Impacts of Racism on the Foundations of Health. Annual Review of Public Health , 42, 115-134.

Yip, T., Chen, M., Y. Wang,, Slopen, N., Chae, D., Priest, N., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Linking Sleep and Discrimination and Profiles with Biomarkers: An Investigation in the MIDUS Study. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology , 5 100021.

Barrington, D. S., James, S. A., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Socioeconomic Correlates of Obesity in African-American and Caribbean-Black Men and Women. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities , 8 (2), 422-432.

Mateo, C. M., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Racism: A fundamental driver of racial disparities in health care quality. Nature Reviews Disease Primers , 7: 20.

Bowen, D. J., Poole, S. F., White, M., Lyn, R., Flores, D. A., Haile, H., & Williams, D. R. (2021). The role of stress in breast cancer incidence: risk factors, interventions, and directions for the future. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 18 (4), 1871.

Razai, M. S., Kankam, H. K. N., Majeed, A., Esmail, A., & Williams, D. R. (2021). Mitigating ethnic disparities in covid-19 and beyond. BMJ , 372, m4921.

Cuevas, A. G., Mann, F. D., Williams, D. R., & Krueger, R. F. (2021). Discrimination and anxiety: Using multiple polygenic scores to control for genetic liability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 118 (1), e2017224118.

Thurber, K. A., Walker, J., Batterham, P. J., Gee, G. C., Chapman, J., Priest, N., Cohen, R., et al. (2021). Developing and validating measures of self-reported everyday and healthcare discrimination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. International Journal for Equity in Health , 20 (14), 1-10.

2020

Williams, D. R., & Cooper, L. A. (2020). COVID-19 and Health Equity—A New Kind of “Herd Immunity”. JAMA , 323 (24), 2478–2480.

Woods-Burnham, L., Stiel, L., Martinez, S. R., Sanchez-Hernandez, E. S., Ruckle, H. C., Almaguel, F. G., Stern, M. C., et al. (2020). Psychosocial Stress, Glucocorticoid Signaling,  and Prostate Cancer Health Disparities in African American Men. Cancer Health Disparities, 4.

White, K., Bell, B. A., Huang, S. J., & Williams, D. R. (2020). Perceived Discrimination Trajectories and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Black Adults. Innovation in Aging , 4 (5), igaa041.

Cuevas, A. G., Ong, A. D., Carvalho, K., Ho, T., Chan, S., Allen, J. D., Chen, R., et al. (2020). Discrimination and systemic inflammation: A critical review and synthesis. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity , 89, 465–479.

Cuevas, A. G., Ortiz, K., Lopez, N., & Williams, D. R. (2020). Assessing racial differences in lifetime and current smoking status & menthol consumption among Latinos in a nationally representative sample. Ethnicity & Health , 25 (5), 759–775.

Mateo, C. M., & Williams, D. R. (2020). Addressing Bias and Reducing Discrimination: The Professional Responsibility of Health Care Providers. Academic Medicine , 95 (12), S5-S10.

Mateo, C. M., & Williams, D. R. (2020). More Than Words: A Vision to Address Bias and Reduce Discrimination in the Health Professions Learning Environment. Academic Medicine , 95 (12), S169-S177.

McKenzie, J. A., Younger-Coleman, N. O., Tulloch-Reid, M. K., Govia, I., Bennett, N. R., McFarlane, S. R., Walters, R., et al. (2020). Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Urban Jamaica: Prevalence Estimates and Relationship to Community Property Value, Household Assets and Educational Attainment. BMJ Open , 10 (12), e040664.

Denckla, C. A., Cicchetti, D., Kubzansky, L. D., Seedat, S., Teicher, M. H., Williams, D. R., & Koenen, K. C. (2020). Psychological resilience: an update on definitions, a critical appraisal, and research recommendations. European Journal of Psychotraumatology , 11 (1), 1822064.

Mefford, M. T., Mittleman, M. A., Li, B. H., Qian, L. X., Reynolds, K., Zhou, H., Harrison, T. N., et al. (2020). Sociopolitical stress and acute cardiovascular disease hospitalizations around the 2016 presidential election. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , 117 (43), 27054–27058.

Cooper, L. A., & Williams, D. R. (2020). Excess Deaths From COVID-19, Community Bereavement, and Restorative Justice for Communities of Color. JAMA , 324 (15), 1491–

Hswen, Y., Qin, Q., Williams, D. R., Viswanath, K., SV, S., & JS, B. (2020). Online negative sentiment towards Mexicans and Hispanics and impact on mental well-being: A time-series analysis of social media data during the 2016 United States presidential election. Heliyon , 6 e04910.

Hswen, Y., Qin, Q., William, D. R., Viswanath, K., Brownstein, J. S., & Subramanian, S. V. (2020). The relationship between Jim Crow laws and social capital from 1997-2014: A 3-level multilevel hierarchical analysis across time, county and state. Social Science & Medicine , 262, 113142.

Toussaint, L. L., Cheadle, A. D., Fox, J., & Williams, D. R. (2020). Clean and Contain: Initial Development of a Measure of Infection Prevention Behaviors During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Annals of Behavioral Medicine , 54 (9), 619–625.

Hswen, Y., Hawkins, J. B., Sewalk, K., Tuli, G., Williams, D. R., Viswanath, K., Subramanian, S. V., et al. (2020). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Patient Experiences in the United States: 4-Year Content Analysis of Twitter. Journal of Medical Internet Research , 22 (8), e17048.

Tynes, B. M., English, D., Del Toro, J., Smith, N. A., Lozada, F. T., & Williams, D. R. (2020). Trajectories of Online Racial Discrimination and Psychological Functioning Among African American and Latino Adolescents. Child Development , 91 (5), 1577-1593.

Gaston, S. A., Feinstein, L., Slopen, N., Sandler, D. P., Williams, D. R., & Jackson, C. L. (2020). Everyday and major experiences of racial/ethnic discrimination and sleep health in a multiethnic population of U.S. women: findings from the Sister Study , 71, 97–105.

Misra, S., Johnson, K. A., Parnarouskis, L. M., Koenen, K. C., Williams, D. R., Gelaye, B., & Borba, C. P. C. (2020). How early life adversities influence later life family interactions for individuals with schizophrenia in outpatient treatment: A qualitative analysis. Community Mental Health Journal , 56 (6), 1188-1200.

Van Dyke, M. E., Baumhofer, N. K., Slopen, N., Mujahid, M. S., Clark, C. R., Williams, D. R., & Lewis, T. T. (2020). Pervasive Discrimination and Allostatic Load in African-American and White Adults. Psychosomatic Medicine , 82 (3), 316-323.

Green, J. G., McLaughlin, K. A., Fillbrunn, M., Fukuda, M., Jackson, J. S., Kessler, R. C., Sadikova, E., et al. (2020). Barriers to mental health service use and predictors of treatment drop out: Racial/ethnic variation in a population-based study. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Service Research , 47 (4), 606-616.

O’Connor, M., Slopen, N., Becares, L., Burgner, D., Williams, D. R., & Priest, N. (2020). Inequalities in the distribution of childhood adversity from birth to 11 years. Academic Pediatrics , 20 (5), 609-618.

Park, I. J. K., Du, H., Wang, L., Williams, D. R., & Alegría, M. (2020). The Role of Parents’ Ethnic-Racial Socialization Practices in the Discrimination–Depression Link among Mexican-Origin Adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology , 49 (3), 391-404.

Johnson, D. A., Javaheri, S., Guo, N., Champion, C. L., Sims, J. F., Brock, M. P., Sims, M., et al. (2020). Objective Measures of Sleep Apnea and Actigraphy-based Sleep Characteristics as Correlates of Subjective Sleep Quality in an Epidemiological Study: The Jackson Heart Sleep Study. Psychosomatic Medicine , 82 (3), 324-330.

Smith, K. W., Krieger, N., Kosheleva, A., Urato, M., Waterman, P. D., Williams, D. R., Carney, D. R., et al. (2020). A Structural Model of Social Determinants of the Metabolic Syndrome , 30 (2), 331-338.

Toussaint, L., A., G., A., C., & D.R., W. (2020). Let it rest: Sleep and health as positive correlates of forgiveness of others and self-forgiveness. Psychology & Health , 35 (3), 302-317.

Glantz, M. D., Bharat, C., Degenhardt, L., Sampson, N. A., Scott, K. M., Lim, C. C. W., Al-Hamzawi, A., et al. (2020). The epidemiology of alcohol use disorders cross-nationally: Findings from the World Mental Health Surveys. Addictive Behaviors , 102, 106128.

Baumhofer, N. K., Panapasa, S. V., Cook, E. F., Roberto, C. A., & Williams, D. R. (2020). Sociodemographic factors influencing island foods consumption in the Pacific Islander Health Study. Ethnicity & Health , 25 (2), 305-321.

Anekwe, L. (2020). Interview with David Williams. “Harnessing the outrage: it’s time the NHS tackled racial bias.” British Medical Journal , 368, m341.

Toussaint, L. L., Worthington Jr., E. L., Williams, D. R., & Webb, J. R. (2020). Forgiveness and Physical Health. In E. L. Worthington Jr. & N. G. Wade (Ed.), Handbook of Forgiveness: Second Edition (pp. 178-187) . Routledge.

Cressman, A. E., Howe, C. J., Nunn, A. S., Adimora, A. A., Williams, D. R., Kempf, M. – J., Chandran, A., et al. (2020). The relationship between discrimination and missed HIV care appointments among women living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior , 24 (1), 151-164.

Cuevas, A. G., Chen, R., Slopen, N., Thurber, K. A., Wilson, N., Economos, C., & Williams, D. R. (2020). Assessing the Role of Health Behaviors, Socioeconomic Status, and Cumulative Stress for Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obesity. Obesity , 28 (1), 161–170.

2019

Willaims, D. R., & Cooper, L. A. (2019). Reducing Racial Inequities in Health: Using What We Already Know to Take Action. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , 16 (4), 606.

Williams, D. R., Lawrence, J. A., & Davis, B. A. (2019). Racism and Health: Evidence and Needed Research. Annual Review of Public Health,  40, 105-125.

Williams, D. R., Lawrence, J. A., Davis, B. A., & Vu, C. (2019). Understanding How Discrimination Can Affect Health. Health Services Research , 54 (S2), 1374-1388.

Williams, D. R., & with Griffith, D. M. (2019). ‘We Just Haven’t Put Our Minds to It’: An Interview With David Williams Describing the Trajectory of His Career Studying Racism. In C. L. Ford, D. M. Griffith, M. A. Bruce, & K. L. Gilbert (Ed.), Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional (pp. 73-95). APHA Press.

Cooper, L. A., Beach, M. C., & Williams, D. R. (2019). Confronting Bias and Discrimination in Health Care—When Silence Is Not Golden. JAMA Internal Medicine , 179 (12), 1686-1687.

Cabeza de Baca, T., Chayama, K. L., Redline, S., Slopen, N., Matsushita, F., Prather, A., Williams, D. R., et al. (2019). Sleep Debt: The impact of weekday sleep deprivation on cardiovascular health in older women. Sleep , 42 (10), zsz149.

Colen, C. G., Li, Q., Reczek, C., & Williams, D. R. (2019). The Intergenerational Transmission of Discrimination: Children’s Experiences of Unfair Treatment and Their Mothers’ Health at Midlife. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 60 (4), 474-492.

Fuller-Rowell, T. E., Homandberg, L. K., Curtis, D. S., Tsenkova, V. K., Williams, D. R., & Ryff, C. D. (2019). Disparities in insulin resistance between black and white adults in the United States: The role of lifespan stress exposure. Psychoneuroendocrinology , 107, 1-8.

Ong, A. D., & Williams, D. R. (2019). Lifetime discrimination, global sleep quality, and inflammation burden in a multiethnic sample of middle-aged adults. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology , 25 (1), 82-90.

Bor, J., Venkataramani, A. S., Williams, D. R., & Tsai, A. C. (2019). Validity of details in databases logging police killings – Authors’ reply. Lancet , 393 (10179), 1413.

Chen, R., Kessler, R., Sadikova, E., NeMoyer, A., Sampson, N., Alvarez, K., Vilsaint, C., et al. (2019). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Individual-Level and Area-based Socioeconomic Status and 12-Month DSM-IV Mental Disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research , 119, 48-59.

McLaughlin, K. A., Alvarez, K., Fillbrunn, M., Green, J. G., Jackson, J. S., Kessler, R. C., Sadikova, E., et al. (2019). Racial/ethnic variation in trauma-related psychopathology in the United States: a population-based study. Psychological Medicine , 49 (13), 2215-2226.

Cuevas, A. G., Chen, R., Thurber, K. A., Slopen, N., & Williams, D. R. (2019). Psychological Stress and Overweight and Obesity: Findings From the Chicago Community Adult Health Study. Annals of Behavioral Medicine , 53 (11), 964-974.

Kantor, E. D., Haneuse, S., Valdimarsdóttir, U. A., Williams, D. R., Signorello, L. B., & Rider, J. R. (2019). Socioenvironmental adversity and risk of prostate cancer in non-Hispanic black and white men. Cancer Causes & Control , 30 (9), 997-1007.

Cuevas, A. G., Wang, K., Williams, D. R., Mattei, J., Tucker, K. L., & Falcon, L. M. (2019). The association between perceived discrimination and allostatic load in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. Psychosomatic Medicine , 81 (7), 659-667.

Cabeza de Baca, T., Peña, M. S. B., Slopen, N., Williams, D., Buring, J.,, & Albert, M. A. (2019). Financial strain and ideal cardiovascular health in middle-aged and older women: Data from the Women’s health study. American Heart Journal , 215, 129-138.

Caqueo-Urízar, A., Boyer, L., Urzúa, A., & Williams, D. R. (2019). Self-stigma in patients with schizophrenia: a multicentric study from three Latin-America countries. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 54 (8), 905-909.

Cuevas, A. G., Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Cofie, L., Zaitsu, M., Allen, J., & Williams, D. R. (2019). Placing prostate cancer disparities within a psychosocial context: challenges and opportunities for future research. Cancer Causes Control , 30 (5), 443-456.

Ransome, Y., Perez, A., Strayhorn, S., Gilman, S. E., Williams, D. R., & Krause, N. (2019). Contextual Religiosity and The Risk of Alcohol Use Disorders and Suicidal Thoughts among Adults in the United States. Journal of Affective Disorders , 250, 439-446.

Burroughs-Peña, M. S., Mbassa, R. S., Slopen, N. B., Williams, D. R., Buring, J., & Albert, M. A. (2019). Cumulative Psychosocial Stress and Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Older Women: Data by Race/Ethnicity. Circulation , 139 (17), 2012-2021.

Vilsaint, C. L., NeMoyer, A., Fillbrunn, M., Sadikova, E.,, Kessler, R. C., Sampson, N. A., Alvarez, K., et al. (2019). Racial/ethnic differences in 12-month prevalence and persistence of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders: Variation by nativity and socioeconomic status. Comprehensive Psychiatry , 89, 52-60.

Misra, S., Gelaye, B., Koenen, K., Williams, D., Borba, C., Quattrone, D., Di Forti, M., et al. (2019). Early parental death and risk of psychosis in offspring: A six-country case-control study. Journal of Clinical Medicine , 8 (7), 1081.

Burnhams, N. H., Bharat, C., Williams, D. R., Stein, D. J., & Myers, B. (2019). Transitions between lifetime alcohol use, regular use and remission: Results from the 2004 South African Stress and Health Survey. South African Medical Journal , 109 (1), 40-46.

Gee, G. C., Hing, A., Mohammed, S., Tabor, D. C., & Williams, D. R. (2019). Racism and the Life Course: Taking Time Seriously. American Journal of Public Health , 109 (S1), S43-S47.

Brewer, L. P., & Williams, D. R. (2019). We’ve Come This Far by Faith: The Role of the Black Church in Public Health. American Journal of Public Health , 109 (3), 385-386.

Colen, C. G., Li, Q., Reczek, C., & Williams, D. R. (2019). The Intergenerational Transmission of Discrimination: Children’s Experiences of Unfair Treatment and Their Mothers’ Health at Midlife. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 60 (4), 474-492.

2018

Williams, D. R. (2018). Stress and the Mental Health of Populations of Color: Advancing Our Understanding of Race-Related Stressors. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 59 (4), 466-485.

Williams, D. R., & McAdams-Mahmoud, A. (2018). Racism and Mental Health: Pathways, Evidence, and Needed Research. In E. E. H. Griffith, B. E. Jones, & A. J. Stewart (Ed.), Black Mental Health: Patients, Providers, and Systems, (pp. 269-281). American Psychiatric Association Publishing.

Hahn, R. A., Truman, B. I., & Williams, D. R. (2018). Civil rights as determinants of public health and racial and ethnic health equity: health care, education, employment, and housing in the United States. Social Science and Medicine – Population Health , 4 17-24.

deJonge, P., Wardenaar, K. J., Hoenders, H. R., Evans-Lacko, S., Kovess-Masfety, V., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., et al. (2018). Complementary and alternative medicine contacts by persons with mental disorders in 25 countries: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 27 (6), 552-567.

Landry, L. G., Ali, N., D.R, W., Rehm, H. L., & Bonham, V. L. (2018). Lack of Diversity In Genomic Databases Is A Barrier To Translating Precision Medicine Research Into Practice. Health Affairs , 37 (5), 780-785.

Bromet, E. J., Andrade, L. H., Bruffaerts, R., & Williams, D. R. (2018). Major Depressive Disorder . In K. M. Scott, P. deJonge, D. J. Stein, & R. C. Kessler (Ed.), Mental Disorders Around the World: Facts and Figures from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (pp. 41-56). Cambridge University Press.

Westcott, S. K., Beach, L. Y., Matsushita, F., Albert, C. M., Chatterjee, N., Wong, J., Williams, D. R., et al. (2018). Relationship Between Psycho-social Stressors and Atrial Fibrillation in Women> 45 Years of Age. The American journal of cardiology , 122 (10), 1684-1687.

Gaston, S. A., Jackson, W. B., Williams, D. R., & Jackson, C. L. (2018). Sleep and cardio-metabolic health by government-assisted rental housing status among black and white men and women in the United States. Sleep Health , 4 (5), 420-428.

Heard-Garris, N., Williams, D. R., & Davis, M. (2018). Structuring Research to Address Discrimination as a Factor in Child and Adolescent Health. JAMA Pediatrics , 172 (10), 910-912.

Bor, J., A.S., V., Williams, D. R., & Tsai, A. C. (2018). Spillover effects of police killings on the mental health of black Americans in the general US population. The Lancet , 392 (10144), 302-310.

De Jesus, M., & Williams, D. R. (2018). Care and Prevention in the United States (CAPUS): A Call for More Focus on the Social Determinants of HIV/AIDS. Public Health Reports , 133 (2_suppl), 28S-33S.

Evans-Lacko, S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Chiu, W. T., et al. (2018). Socio-economic variations in the mental health treatment gap for people with anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders: Results from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. Psychological Medicine , 48, 1560-1571.

Malat, J., Mayorga-Gallo, S., & Williams, D. R. (2018). The Effects of Whiteness on the Health of Whites in the USA. Social Science & Medicine , 199, 148-156.

Soo, J., Harris, J. L., Davison, K. K., Williams, D. R., & Roberto, C. A. (2018). Changes in the nutritional quality of fast-food items marketed at restaurants, 2010 v. 2013. Public Health Nutrition , 21 (11), 2117-2127.

Slopen, N., Meyer, C., & Willaims, D. R. (2018). Cumulative Stress and Health. In C. D. Ryff & R. F. Krueger (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Integrative Health Science (pp. 75-85) . Oxford University Press.

Cuevas, A. G., & Williams, D. R. (2018). Perceived Discrimination and Health: Integrative Findings. In C. D. Ryff & R. F. Krueger (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Integrative Health Science (pp. 443-455) . Oxford University Press: New York.

Evans, C. R., Williams, D. R., Onnela, J., & Subramanian, S. V. (2018). A multilevel approach to modeling health inequities at the intersection of multiple social identities. Social Science & Medicine , 203, 64-73.

Priest, N., Slopen, N., Woolford, S., Philip, J. T., Singer, D., Kauffman, A. D., Mosely, K., et al. (2018). Stereotyping across intersections of race and age: Racial stereotyping among White adults working with children. PLoS ONE , 13 (9).

Thornicroft, G., Evans-Lacko, S., Koenen, K. C., Kovess-Masfety, V., Williams, D. R., & Kessler, R. C. (2018). Patterns of Treatment and Barriers to Care in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. In E. Bromet, E. Karam, K. Koenen, & D. Stein (Ed.), Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Global Perspectives from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys (pp. 137-151). Cambridge University Press.

Park, I. J. K., Wang, L., Williams, D. R., & Alegria, M. (2018). Coping with racism: Moderators of the discrimination—adjustment link among Mexican-origin adolescents. Child Development , 89, e293-e310.

Ransome, Y., Slopen, N., Karlsson, O., & Williams, D. R. (2018). Elevated Inflammation in Association With Alcohol Abuse Among Blacks But Not Whites: Results From The MIDUS Biomarker Study. Journal of Behavioral Medicine , 41, 374-384.

Park, I. J. K., Du, H., Wang, L., Williams, D. R., & Alegria, M. (2018). Racial/ethnic discrimination and mental health in Mexican-origin youths and their parents: Testing the “linked lives” hypothesis. Journal of Adolescent Health , 62, 480-487.

Colen, C. G., Ramey, D. M., Cooksey, E. C., & Williams, D. R. (2018). Williams, D.R. Racial disparities in health among nonpoor African Americans and Hispanics: The role of acute and chronic discrimination. Social Science and Medicine , 199, 167-180.

Priest, N., & Williams, D. R. (2018). Racial Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Health. In B. Major, J. F. Dovidio, & B. G. Link (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Stigma, Discrimination, and Health (pp. 163-182). Oxford University Press, New York.

2017

Williams, D. R., & Medlock, M. M. (2017). Health Effects of Dramatic Societal Events—Ramifications of the Recent Presidential Election. New England Journal of Medicine , 376 (23), 2295-2299.

Williams, D. R. (2017). The Health of the African Diaspora in the Caribbean: Current Realities and Opportunities for Research and Policy. In T. A. LaVeist (Ed.), Legacy of the Crossing: Life, Death, and Triumph Among Descendants of the World’s Greatest Forced Migration (pp. 359-381). New York: Diasporic Africa Press.

Williams, D. R., Costa, M., & Leavell, J. P. (2017). Race and Mental Health. In T. L. Scheid & E. R. Wright (Ed.), A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems, (Third. pp. 281-304) . New York: Cambridge University Press.

Williams, D. R. (2017). From Disparity to Equity. In A. L. Plough (Ed.), Knowledge to Actions: Accelerating Progress in Health, Well-Being, and Equity (pp. 21-30) . New York: Oxford University Press.

Koenen, K. C., Ratanatharathorn, A., Ng, L., McLaughlin, K. A., Bromet, E. J., D.J., S., Karam, E. G., et al. (2017). Post-traumatic stress disorder in the world mental health surveys. Psychological Medicine , 47 (13), 2260-2274.

Ong, A. D., Cerrada, C., Lee, R. A., & D.R., W. (2017). Stigma Consciousness, Racial Microaggressions, and Sleep Disturbance Among Asian Americans. Asian American Journal of Psychology , 8 (1), 72-81.

Agunwamba, A. A., Kawachi, I., Williams, D. R., Finney Rutten, L. J., Wilson, P. M., & Viswanath, K. (2017). Mental Health, Racial Discrimination, and Tobacco Use: Differences Across Rural-Urban California. The Journal of Rural Health , (33), 180-189.

Koenen, K. C., Ratanatharathorn, A., Ng, L., McLaughlin, K. A., Bromet, E. J., Stein, D. J., & Karam, E. G. (2017). Posttraumatic stress disorder in the world mental health surveys. Psychological Medicine , 47 (13), 2260-2274.

Mitchell, C. M., & Williams, D. R. (2017). Black Lives Matter: A Theological Response to Racism¹s Impact on the Black Body in the United States. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae , 43 (1), 28-45.

Caqueo-Urízar, A., Rus-Calafell, M., Craig, T. K., Irarrazaval, M., Urzúa, A., Boyer, L., & Williams, D. R. (2017). Schizophrenia: impact on family dynamics. Current Psychiatry Reports , 19 (1), 2.

Ransome, Y., Slopen, N., Karlsson, O., & Williams, D. R. (2017). The association between alcohol abuse and neuroendocrine system dysregulation: Race differences in a National sample. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity , 66, 313-321.

Ransome, Y., Carty, D. C., Cogburn, C. D., & Williams, D. R. (2017). Racial Disparities in the Association between Alcohol Use Disorders and Health in Black and White Women. Biodemography and Social Biology , 63 (3), 236-252.

Siddiqi, A., Shahidi, F. V., Ramraj, C., & Williams, D. R. (2017). Associations between race, discrimination and risk for chronic disease in a population-based sample from Canada. Social Science and Medicine , 194, 135-141.

Albert, M. A., Durazo, E. M., Slopen, N., Zaslavsky, A. M., Buring, J. E., Silva, T., Chasman, D., et al. (2017). Cumulative psychological stress and cardiovascular disease risk in middle aged and older women: Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics. American Heart Journal , (192), 1-12.

Kovess-Masfety, V., Evans-Lacko, S., Williams, D. R., Andrade, L. H., Benjet, C., Ten Have, M., Wardenaar, K., et al. (2017). The role of religious advisors in mental health care in the World Mental Health surveys. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 52 (3), 353-367.

Caqueo-Urìzar, A., Alessandrini, M., Urzua, A., Zendjidjian, X., Boyer, L., & Williams, D. R. (2017). Caregiver’s quality of life and its positive impact on symptomatology and quality of life of patients with schizophrenia. Health and Quality Life of Outcomes , 15 (1), 76.

Slopen, N., Chen, Y., Guida, J. L., Albert, M. A., & Williams, D. R. (2017). Positive Childhood Experiences and Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Midlife: Associations and Mediators. Preventive Medicine, 97, 72-79.

Cuevas, A. G., Williams, D. R., & Albert, M. A. (2017). Psychosocial factors and hypertension: A review of the literature. Cardiology Clinics , 35 (2), 223-230.

Campbell, J. D., Lathan, C. L., Sholl, L., Ducar, M., Vega, M., Sunkavalli, A., Lin, L., et al. (2017). Comparison of Prevalence and Types of Mutations in Lung Cancers Among Black and White Populations. JAMA Oncology , 3 (6), 801-809.

Park, I. J., Wang, L., Williams, D. R., & Alegría, M. (2017). Does anger regulation mediate the discrimination–mental health link among mexican-origin adolescents? A longitudinal mediation analysis using multilevel modeling. Developmental Psychology , 53 (2), 340-352.

Ong, A. D., Williams, D. R., Nwizu, U., & Gruenewald, T. L. (2017). Everyday Unfair Treatment and Multisystem Biological Dysregulation in African American Adults. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology , 23 (1), 27-35.

2016

Williams, D. R., & Mohammed, S. A. (2016). Racism and Health I: Pathways and Scientific Evidence.” American Behavioral Scientist. American Behavioral Scientist , 57 (8), 1152–1173.

Caqueo-Urizar, A., Fond, G., Urzua, A., Boyer, L., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Violent behavior and aggression in schizophrenia: Prevalence and risk factors. A multicentric study from three Latin-America Countries. Schizophrenia Research , 178, 23-38.

Shen, L., Simoneau, M., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Smoking: How Income, Education, and Ethnic Characteristics Relate to Tobacco Use. In People of Color in the United States: Contemporary Issues in Education, Work, Communities, Health, and Immigration (3rd ed. pp. 310-318) . .Santa Barbara, Greenwood Press.

Tamane, M., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Mental Health of African Americans and Contemporary Racism. In People of Color in the United States: Contemporary Issues in Education, Work, Communities, Health, and Immigration . Santa Barbara, Greenwood Press.

Cuevas, A. G., Dawson, B. A., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Race and Skin Color in Latino Health: An Analytic Review. American Journal of Public Health , 106 (12), 2131-2136.

Findley, K., Williams, D. R., Grice, E. A., & Bonham, V. L. (2016). Health Disparities and the Microbiome. Trends in Microbiology , 24 (11), 847-850.

Jackson, J. W., D.R., W., & VanderWeele, T. J. (2016). Disparities at the Intersection of Marginalized Groups. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 51 (10), 1349-1359.

Womack, V. Y., De Chavez, P. J., Albrecht, S. S., Durant, N., Loucks, E. B., Puterman, E., Redmond, N., et al. (2016). A Longitudinal Relationship Between Depressive Symptoms and Development of Metabolic Syndrome: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Psychosomatic Medicine , 78 (7), 867-73.

Trudel-Fitzgerald, C., Tworoger, S. S., Poole, E. M., Williams, D. R., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2016). Prospective changes in healthy lifestyle among midlife women: When psychological symptoms get in the way. American Journal of Preventive Medicine , 51 (3), 327-35.

Clark, C. R., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Understanding County-Level, Cause-Specific Mortality: The Great Value—and Limitations—of Small Area Data. JAMA , 316 (22), 2363-2365.

Caqueo-Urizar, A.,, Fond, G., Urzua, A., Boyer, L., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Prevalence and risk factors. A multicentric study from three Latin-America Countries. Schizophrenia Research. , (178), 23-28.

Williams, D. R. (2016). Improving the Measurement of Self-Reported Racial Discrimination: Challenges and Opportunities. In A. N. Alvarez, C. T. H. Liang, & H. A. Neville (Ed.), The Cost of Racism for People of Color: Contextualizing Experiences of Discrimination (pp. 55-83) . American Psychological Association.

Thornton, R., Glover, C., Cene, C., Gilk, D., Henderson, J., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Evaluating Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities by Addressing the Social Determinants of Health. Health Affairs , 35 (4), 1416-1423.

Williams, D. R., & Purdie-Vaughns, V. (2016). Needed Interventions to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law , 41 (4), 627-651.

Atwoli, L., Platt, J., Basu, A., Williams, D. R., Stein, D., & Koenen, K. (2016). Association between Lifetime Potentially Traumatic Events and Chronic Physical Conditions in the South African Stress and Health Survey: A Cross-Sectional Study. BMC Psychiatry , 16(214).

Li, S., Stampfer, M. J., Williams, D. R., & VanderWeele, T. J. (2016). Association of Religious Service Attendance With Mortality Among Women. JAMA Internal Medicine , 176 (6), 777-785.

Slopen, N., Lewis, T. T., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Discrimination and sleep: a systematic review. Sleep Medicine , 18, 88-95.

Duncan, D. T., Rienti Jr., M., Kulldorff, M., Aldstadt, J., Castro, M. C., Frounfelker, R. L., Williams, J. H., et al. (2016). Local Spatial Clustering in Youths’ Use of Tobacco, Alcohol and Marijuana in Boston. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse , 42 (4), 412-21.

Evans, C. R., Onnela, J., Williams, D. R., & Subramanian, S. V. (2016). Multiple Contexts and Adolescent Body Mass Index: School, Neighborhoods, and Social Networks. Social Science and Medicine , 162, 21-31.

Woolford, S., Woolford-Hunt, C., Sami, A., Blake, N., & Williams, D. R. (2016). No Sweat: African American Adolescent Girl’s Opinions of Hairstyle Choices and Physical Activity. BMC Obesity , 3 (31).

Williams, D. R., Mohammed, S. A., & Shields, A. E. (2016). Understanding and Effectively Addressing Breast Cancer in African American Women: Unpacking the Social Context. Cancer , 122 (14), 2138-2149.

Slopen, N., Chen, Y., Priest, N., Albert, M. A., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Emotional and instrumental support during childhood and biological dysregulation in midlife. Preventive Medicine , 84, 90-96.

Slopen, N., Shonkoff, J. P., Albert, M. A., Yoshikawa, H., Stoltz, R., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Racial Disparities in Child Adversity in the United States: Interactions with Family Immigration History and Income. American Journal of Preventive Medicine , 50 (1), 47-56.

Caqueo-Urízar, A., Urzúa, A., Boyer, L., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Religious involvement and quality of life in patients with schizophrenia in Latin-America. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 51 (4), 521-28.

Williams, D. R., Priest, N., & Anderson, N. (2016). Understanding Associations between Race, Socioeconomic Status and Health: Patterns and Prospects. Health Psychology , 35 (4), 407-11.

2015

Purdie-Vaughns, V., & Williams, D. R. (2015). Stand-Your-Ground is losing ground for racial minorities’ health. Social Science & Medicine , 147, 341-3.

Toussaint, L. L., Worthington, E. L., & Williams, D. R. (Ed.). (2015). Forgiveness and health: Scientific evidence and theories relating forgiveness to better health . New York: Springer.

Williams, D. R., & Priest, N. (2015). Racismo e Saúde: um corpus crescente de evidência internacional (Racism and Health: A Growing Body of International Evidence). Sociologias , 17 (40), 124-174.

Salmon, M., Williams, D. R., & Rhee, K. (2015). Refocusing Medical Education Reform: Beyond the How. Academic Medicine , 90 (2), 136-8.

Bailey, Z. D., Okechukwu, C. A., Kawachi, I., & Williams, D. R. (2015). Incarceration and current tobacco smoking in African American and Afro-Caribbean Blacks in the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). American Journal of Public Health , 105 (11), 2275-82.

Atwoli, L., Platt, J., Williams, D. R., Stein, D. J., & Koenen, K. C. (2015). Association between witnessing traumatic events and psychopathology in the South African Stress and Health Study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 50 (8), 1235-42.

Jackson, C. L., Hu, F. B., Kawachi, I., Williams, D. R., Mukamal, K. J., & Rimm, E. B. (2015). Black-White Differences in the Relationship between Alcohol Drinking Patterns and Mortality among US Men and Women. American Journal of Public Health , 105 (S3), S534-S543

Panapasa, S. V., McNally, J. W., Heeringa, S. G., & Williams, D. R. (2015). Impact of Long-term Obesity on the Health Status of Samoan and Tongan Men in the United States: Results from Pacific Islander Health Study. Ethnicity & Disease , 25 (3), 279-286.

Williams, D. R. (2015). Minority Men’s Health: Preface. Ethnicity & Disease , 25 (3), 237-239.

Bailey, Z. D., Slopen, N., Albert, M., & Williams, D. R. (2015). Multidimensional Religious Involvement and Tobacco Smoking Patterns over 9-10 years: A Prospective Study of Middle-aged Adults in the United States. Social Science & Medicine , 138, 128-135.

Williams, D. R., & Wyatt, R. (2015). Racial Bias In Health Care and Health: Challenges and Opportunities. Journal of the American Medical Association , 314 (6), 555-556.

Toussaint, L., Wilson, C. M., Wilson, L. C., & Williams, D. R. (2015). Religiousness and Suicide in a Nationally Representative Sample of Trinidad and Tobago Adolescents and Young Adults. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 50 (9), 1441-1450.

Williams, D. R., & Purdie-Vaughns, V. (2015). Social and Behavioral Interventions to Improve Health and Reduce Disparities in Health. In K. R.M., M. L. Spittel, & D. H. David (Ed.), Population Health: Behavioral and Social Science Insights (pp. 51-64) . Rockwell, MD, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research.

Dean, L. T., Hillier, A., Chau, H., Subramanian, S. V., Williams, D. R., & Kawachi, I. (2015). Can you party your way to better health? A Propensity Score Analysis of Block Parties and Health. Social Science & Medicine , 138, 201-209.

Sorsdahl, K., Stein, D. J., Williams, D. R.,, Anthony, J., & Myers, B. (2015). Childhood Punishment and Risk for Alcohol use Disorders: Data from South Africa. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction , 13, 103-114.

Garnett, B. R., Masyn, K. E., Austin, S. B., Williams, D. R., & Viswanath, K. (2015). Coping styles of adolescents experiencing multiple forms of discrimination and bullying: Evidence from a sample of ethnically diverse urban youth. Journal of School Health , 85 (2), 109-117.

Mitchell, K., Tynes, B., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., & Williams, D. R. (2015). “Cumulative experiences with life adversity: Identifying critical levels for targeting prevention efforts.” Journal of Adolescence , 43, 63-71.

Mall, S., Lund, C., Vilagut, G., Alonso, J., Williams, D. R., & Stein, D. J. (2015). Days out of role due to mental and physical illness in the South African stress and health study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 50, 461-468.

Cooper, L. A., Ortega, A. N., Ammerman, A. S., Buchwald, D., Powell, L. H.,, Thompson, B., Tucker, K. L., et al. (2015). Editorial: “Calling for a Bold New Vision of Health Disparities Intervention Research.” American Journal of Public Health , 105 (S3), 374-376.

Earl, T. R., Fortuna, L. R., Gao, S., Williams, D. R., Neighbors, H. W., Takeuchi, D., & Alegria, M. (2015). An exploration of how psychotic-like symptoms are experienced, endorsed, and understood from the National Latino and Asian American Study and National Survey of American Life. Ethnicity and Health , 20 (3), 273-292.

Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Tynes, B., Toomey, R. B., Williams, D. R., & Mitchell, K. (2015). Latino adolescents’ perceived discrimination in online and off-line settings: An examination of cultural risk and protective factors. Developmental Psychology , 51 (1), 87-100.

Haas, J. S., Linder, J. A., Park, E. R., Gonzalez, I., Rigotti, N. A., Klinger, E. V., Kontos, E. Z., et al. (2015). Proactive Tobacco Cessation Outreach to Smokers of Low Socioeconomic Status: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine , 175, 218-226.

Priest, N., Esmail, A., Kline, R., Rao, M., Coghill, Y., & Williams, D. R. (2015). Promoting equality for ethnic minority NHS staff—what works? BMJ (Clinical research ed.) , 2015 (351), h3297.

Bruffaerts, R., Posada-Villa, J., Al-Hamzawi, A., Gureje, O., Huang,, Hu, C, B. E., Viana, M. C., et al. (2015). Proportion of Patients without Mental Disorders Being Treated in Mental Health Services Worldwide. British Journal of Psychiatry , 206 (2), 101-109.

Salmon, M., Williams, D. R., & Rhee, K. (2015). “Refocusing Medical Education Reform: Beyond the How.” Academic Medicine , 90 (2), 136-138.

Bailey, Z. D., & Williams, D. R. (2015). Stress, Health, and Disparities. In M. J. Zigmond, L. P. Rowland, & J. T. Coyle (Ed.), Neurobiology of Brain Disorders (pp. 765-779) . San Diego: Academic Press.

2014

Saban, A., Flisher, A.J., Morojele, N., Grimsrud, A., London, L., Williams, D. R., & Stein, D. J. (2014). The association between substance use and common mental disorders in young adults: results from the South African Stress and Health (SASH) Survey . Pan African Medical Journal , 17(Supp 1):11.

Duncan, D. T., Kawachi, I., Subramanian, S. V., Aldstadt, J., Melly, S. J., & Williams, D. R. (2014). Response to Letter regarding Examination of How Neighborhood Definition Influences Measurements of Youths’ Access to Tobacco Retailers: A Methodological Note on Spatial Misclassification. American Journal of Epidemiology , 179 (5), 660-662.

Dutra, L. M., Williams, D. R., Kawachi, I., & Okechukwu, C. A. (2014). Racial and non-racial discrimination and smoking status among South African adults 10 years after apartheid. Tob Control , 23 (e2), e114-21.

Salmon, M., Williams, D., & Rhee, K. (2014). Refocusing Medical Education Reform: Beyond the How. Academic Medicine, 90 (2), 136-138.

Signorello, L. B., Cohen, S. S., Williams, D. R., Munro, H. M., Hargreaves, M. K., & Blot, W. J. (2014). Socioeconomic status, race, and mortality: a prospective cohort study. Am J Public Health , 104 (12), e98-e107.

Rooks, R. N., Xu, Y., & Williams, D. R. (2014). Examining Neighborhood Environment and Central Obesity in the YES Health Study. J Soc Issues , 70 (10), 241-255.

Chen, X., Redline, S., Shields, A. E., Williams, D. R., & Williams, M. A. (2014). Associations of Allostatic Load with Sleep Apnea, Insomnia, Short Sleep Duration and Other Sleep Disturbances: Finding from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2008. Annals of Epidemiology , 24 (8), 612-619.

Slopen, N., Non, A., Williams, D. R., Roberts, A. L., & Albert, M. A. (2014). Childhood adversity, adult neighborhood context, and cumulative biological risk for chronic diseases in adulthood. Psychosom Med , 76 (7), 481-9.  

Duncan, D. T., Kawachi, I., Melly, S. J., Blossom, J., Sorensen, G., & Williams, D. R. (2014). Demographic disparities in the tobacco retail environment in Boston: a citywide spatial analysis. Public Health Rep , 129 (2), 209-15.

Atwoli, L., Nock, M. K., Williams, D. R., & Stein, D. J. (2014). Association between parental psychopathology and suicidal behavior among adult offspring: results from the cross-sectional South African Stress and Health survey. BMC Psychiatry , 14, 65.

Garnett, B. R., Masyn, K. E., Austin, B. S., Miller, M., Williams, D. R., & Viswanath, K. (2014). The intersectionality of discrimination attributes and bullying among youth: an applied latent class analysis. J Youth Adolesc , 43 (8), 1225-39.

LaVeist, T. A., Thorpe, R. J., Pierre, G., Mance, G. S. A., & Williams, D. R. (2014). THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VIGILANT COPING STYLE, RACE, AND DEPRESSION. J Soc Issues , 70 (2), 241-255.

Duncan, D. T., Kawachi, I., Subramanian, S. V., Aldstadt, J., Melly, S. J., & Williams, D. R. (2014). Examination of How Neighborhood Definition Influences Measurements of Youths’ Access to Tobacco Retailers: A Methodological Note on Spatial Misclassification. Am J Epidemiol , 179 (3), 373-381.

Slopen, N., & Williams, D. R. (2014). Discrimination, other psychosocial stressors, and self-reported sleep duration and difficulties. Sleep , 37 (1), 147-56.

Dutra, L. M., Williams, D. R., Gupta, J., Kawachi, I., & Okechukwu, C. A. (2014). Human rights violations and smoking status among South African adults enrolled in the South Africa Stress and Health (SASH) study. Soc Sci Med , 105, 103-11.

Toomey, R. B., Umaña-Taylor, A. J., Williams, D. R., Harvey-Mendoza, E., Jahromi, L. B., & Updegraff, K. A. (2014). Impact of Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law on utilization of health care and public assistance among Mexican-origin adolescent mothers and their mother figures. Am J Public Health , 104 Suppl 1, S28-34.

Hicken, M. T., Lee, H., Morenoff, J., House, J. S., & Williams, D. R. (2014). Racial/ethnic disparities in hypertension prevalence: reconsidering the role of chronic stress. Am J Public Health , 104 (1), 117-23.

Lewis, T. T., Williams, D. R., Tamene, M., & Clark, C. R. (2014). Self-Reported Experiences of Discrimination and Cardiovascular Disease. Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep , 8 (1), 365.

Dean, L., Subramanian, S. V., Williams, D. R., Armstrong, K., Charles, C. Z., & Kawachi, I. (2014). The role of social capital in African-American women’s use of mammography. Soc Sci Med , 104, 148-56.

2013

Williams, D. R., & Mohammed, S. A. (2013). Racism and Health II: A Needed Research Agenda for Effective Interventions. American Behavioral Scientist , 57 (8), 1200–1226.

Williams, D. R., & Mohammed, S. A. (2013). Racism and Health I: Pathways and Scientific Evidence.” American Behavioral Scientist. American Behavioral Scientist , 57 (8), 1152–1173.

Fuller-Rowell, T. E., Williams, D. R., Love, G. D., McKinley, P. S., Sloan, R. P., & Ryff, C. D. (2013). Race differences in age-trends of autonomic nervous system functioning. J Aging Health , 25 (5), 839-62.

Lund, C., Myer, L., Stein, D. J., Williams, D. R., & Flisher, A. J. (2013). Mental illness and lost income among adult South Africans. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol , 48 (5), 845-51.

Brewer, L. C., Carson, K. A., Williams, D. R., Allen, A., Jones, C. P., & Cooper, L. A. (2013). Association of Race Consciousness With the Patient-Physician Relationship, Medication Adherence, and Blood Pressure in Urban Primary Care Patients. Am J Hypertens, 26 (11), 1346-52.

Viruell-Fuentes, E. A., Morenoff, J. D., Williams, D. R., & House, J. S. (2013). Contextualizing nativity status, Latino social ties, and ethnic enclaves: an examination of the ‘immigrant social ties hypothesis’. Ethn Health , 18 (6), 586-609

Wosu, A. C., Valdimarsdóttir, U., Shields, A. E., Williams, D. R., & Williams, M. A. (2013). Correlates of cortisol in human hair: implications for epidemiologic studies on health effects of chronic stress. Ann Epidemiol , 23 (12), 797-811.e2.

Albert, M., Slopen, N., & Williams, D. R. (2013). Cumulative Psychological Stress and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Focused Review with Consideration of Black-White Disparities. Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports , 7 (5), 318-325.

Duncan, D. T., Kawachi, I., Subramanian, S. V., Aldstadt, J., Melly, S. J., & Williams, D. R. (2013). Examination of how neighborhood definition influences measurements of youths’ access to tobacco retailers: a methodological note on spatial misclassification. Am J Epidemiol , 179 (3), 373-81.

John, D. A., & Williams, D. R. (2013). Mental health service use from a religious or spiritual advisor among Asian Americans. Asian J Psychiatr , 6 (6), 599-605.

Krieger, N., Waterman, P. D., Kosheleva, A., Chen, J. T., Smith, K. S., Carney, D. R., Bennett, G., et al. (2013). Racial discrimination & cardiovascular disease risk: My Body My Story study of 1005 US-born black and white community health center participants (US). PLoS ONE, 8(10), e77174

Factor, R., Williams, D. R., & Kawachi, I. (2013). Social resistance framework for understanding high-risk behavior among nondominant minorities: preliminary evidence. Am J Public Health , 103 (12), 2245-51.

Slopen, N., Kontos, E. Z., Ryff, C. D., Ayanian, J. Z., Albert, M. A., & Williams, D. R. (2013). Psychosocial Stress and Cigarette Smoking Persistence, Cessation, and Relapse Over 9-10 Years: A Prospective Study of Middle-aged Adults in the United States. Cancer Causes Control , 24 (10), 1849-1863

Krieger, N., Waterman, P. D., Kosheleva, A., Chen, J. T., Smith, K. S., Carney, D. R., Bennett, G., et al. (2013). Racial discrimination & cardiovascular disease risk: My Body My Story study of 1005 US-born black and white community health center participants (US). PLos ONE , 8 (10), e77174.

Atwoli, L., Stein, D. J., Williams, D. R., McLaughlin, K. A., Petukhova, M., Ronald C Kessler, R. C., & Koenen, K. C. (2013). Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in South Africa: analysis from the South African Stress and Health Study. BMC Psychiatry , 13, 182-193.

Factor, R., Kawachi, I., & Williams, D. R. (2013). Evaluation of the UNREST Questionnaire for Testing the Social Resistance Framework. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 67 (7), 618-624.

Duncan, D., Kawachi, I., White, K., & Williams, D. R. (2013). The Geography of Recreational Open Space: Influence of Neighborhood Racial Composition and Neighborhood Poverty. Journal of Urban Health , 90 (4), 618-631.

Borrell, L. N., Kiefe, C. I., Diez-Roux, A. V., Williams, D. R., & Gordon-Larsen, P. (2013). Racial discrimination, racial/ethnic segregation and health behaviors in the CARDIA Study. Ethnicity and Health , 18 (3), 227-243.

Factor, R., Mahalel, D., Rafaeli, A., & Williams, D. R. (2013). A Social Resistance Perspective for Delinquent Behavior among Non-Dominant Minority Groups. The British Journal of Criminology , 53 (5), 784-804.

Williams, D. R. (2013). Pathways to Promote Racial Healing and Equity in the American South: Opportunities for Community Philanthropy. In P. J. Kelly (Ed.), Pathways to Racial Healing and Equity in the American South: A Community Philanthropy Strategy (pp. 48-59) . Little Rock, AR, The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.

Earnshaw, V. A., Bogart, L. M., Dovidio, J. F., & Williams, D. R. (2013). Stigma and Racial/Ethnic HIV Disparities: Moving Toward Resilience. American Psychologist , 225-236.

Hicken, M. T., Lee, H., Ailshire, J., Burgard, S. A., & D.R, W. (2013). Every Shut Eye, Ain’t Sleep”: The Role of Racism-Related Vigilance in Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Sleep Difficulty. Race and Social Problems , 100-112.

Boehm, J. K., Williams, D. R., Rimm, E. B., Ryff, C., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2013). Relation between Optimism and Lipids in Midlife. American Journal of Cardiology , 111 (10), 1425-1431.

Boehm, J. K., Williams, D. R., Rimm, E. B., Ryff, C., & Kubzansky, L. D. (2013). Association between Optimism and Serum Antioxidants in the Midlife in the United States Study. Psychosomatic Medicine , 75 (1), 2-10.

2012

Panapasa, S., Jackson, J., Caldwell, C., Heeringa, S., McNally, J., Williams, D. R., Coral, D., et al. (2012). Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Evidence-Based Research: Lessons From the Pacific Islander American Health Study. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research Education, and Action , 6 (1), 53-58.

Slopen, N., Fitzmaurice, G., Williams, D. R., & Gilman, S. (2012). Common Patterns of Violence Experiences and Depression and Anxiety among Adolescents. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 47 (10), 1591-1605.

Slopen, N., Dutra, L., Williams, D. R., Mujahid, M., Lewis, T. T., Bennett, G. G., Ryff, C., et al. (2012). Psychosocial Stressors and Cigarette Smoking Among African American Adults in Mid-life. Nicotine & Tobacco Research , 14 (10), 1161-1169.

Kim, S. S., Chung, Y., Subramanian, S. V., & Williams, D. R. (2012). Measuring Discrimination in South Korea: Underestimating the Prevalence of Discriminatory Experiences among Female and Less Educated Workers?” PLoS ONE , 7  (1), e30501.

Stewart, J. C., Zielke, D. J., Hawkins, M. A. W.,, Williams, D. R., Carnethon, M. R., Knox, S. S., & Matthews, K. A. (2012). Depressive Symptom Clusters and 5-Year Incidence of Coronary Artery Calcification: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Circulation, 126 (4), 410-417.

Tafawa, A., Viswanath, K., Kawachi, I., & Williams, D. R. (2012). Mass Media Exposure, Social Stratification and Tobacco Consumption Among Nigerian Adults. Cancer Causes Control , 23 (Suppl 1), 45-55.

Lund, C., Myer, L., Stein, D., Williams, D., & Flisher, A. (2013). Mental Illness and Lost Income among Adult South Africans. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 48 (5), 845–851.

Slopen, N., Glynn, R. J., Buring, J. E., Lewis, T. T., Williams, D. R., & Albert, M. A. (2012). Job Strain, Job Insecurity, and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the Women’s Health Study: Results from a 10-Year Prospective Study. PLoS ONE, 7 (7): e40512.  

Sims, M., Diez-Roux, A. V., Dudley, A., Gebreab, S., Wyatt, S. B., Bruce, M. A., James, S. A., et al. (2012). Perceived Discrimination and Hypertension among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. American Journal of Public Health. 102: Suppl 2, S258-265.  

Toussaint, L. L., Marschall, J. C., & Williams, D. R. (2012). Prospective Associations Between Religiousness/Spirituality and Depression and Mediating Effects of Forgiveness in a Nationally Representative Sample of United States Adults. Depression Research and Treatment , 2012, 267820.

Williams, D. R., & Leavell, J. (2012). The Social Context of Cardiovascular Disease: Challenges and Opportunities for the Jackson Heart Study. Ethnicity and Disease , 22 (3), 15-21.

Duncan, D. T., Aldstadt, J., Whalen, J., White, K., Castro, M. C., & Williams, D. R. (2012). Space, Race, and Poverty: Spatial Inequalities in Walkable Neighborhood Amenities? Demographic Research, 26 (17), 409-448.

Williams, D. R. (2012). Miles to go before we Sleep: Racial Inequities in Health. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 53 (3), 279-295.

Subramanyam, M. A., Diez-Roux, A. V., Hickson, D. A., Sapong, D. F., Sims, M., Jr., T. H. A., Williams, D. R., et al. (2012). Subjective Social Status and Psychosocial and Metabolic Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. Social Science Medicine , 74 (8), 1146-54

White, K., Haas, J., & Williams, D. R. (2012). Elucidating the Role of Place in Health Care Disparities: The Example of Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation. Health Services Research , 47 (3 Pt 2), 1278-99.

Leung, C. W., Williams, D. R., & Villamor, E. (2012). Very Low Food Security Predicts Obesity Predominantly in California Hispanic Men and Women. Public Health Nutrition , 15 (2), 2228-2236.

Pletzen, E., V., Stein, D., Seedat, S., Williams.D.R., & Myer, L. (2012). Recall of Early Non-Fatal Suicidality in a Nationally Representative Sample of South Africans. Ethnicity and Health , 17 (1-2), 149-59.

Sternthal, M. J., Williams, D. R., Musick, M. A., & Buck, A. C. (2012). Religious Practices, Beliefs, and Mental Health: Variations across Race and Ethnicity. Ethnicity and Health , 17 (1-2), 171-85.

Williams, D. R., Haile, R., Mohammed, S. A., Herman, A., Sonnega, J., Jackson, J. S., & Stein, D. J. (2012). Perceived Discrimination and Psychological Well-Being in the U.S. and South Africa. Ethnicity and Health , 17 (1-2), 111-33.

McLaughlin, K. A., Gadermann, A. M., Hwang, I., Sampson, N. A., Al-Hamzawi, A., Andrade, L. H., Angermeyer, M. C., et al. (2012). Parent Psychopathology and Offspring Mental Disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. British Journal of Psychiatry , 200 (4), 290-9.

Dallo, F. J., Schwartz, K., Ruterbusch, J., Booza, J., & Williams, D. R. (2012). Mortality Rates among Arab Americans in Michigan. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health , 14 (2), 236-41.

Gupta, J., Kelly, J. T. D., Stein, D. J., & Williams, D. R. (2012). Men’s Exposure to Human Rights Violations and Relationships with Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 66 (6), e2.

Williams, D. R., John, D., Oyserman, D., Sonnega, J., Mohammed, S. A., & Jackson, J. S. (2012). Research on Discrimination and Health: An Exploratory Study of Unresolved Conceptual and Measurement Issues. American Journal of Public Health , 102 (5), 975-8.

Tafawa, A., Viswanath, K., Kawachi, I., & Williams, D. R. (2012). Mass Media Exposure, Social Stratification and Tobacco Consumption Among Nigerian Adults. Cancer Causes Control , 23 (Suppl 1), 45-55.

Williams, D. R., Kontos, E. Z., Viswanath, K., Haas, J. S., Lathan, C. S., MacConaill, L. E., Chen, J., et al. (2012). Integrating Multiple Social Statuses in Health Disparities Research: The Case of Lung Cancer. Health Services Research , 47 (3 Pt 2), 1255-77.

Kim, S. S., & Williams, D. R. (2012). Perceived Discrimination and Self-Rated Health in South Korea: A Nationally Representative Survey. PLoS ONE , 7 (1), e30501.

2011

Williams, D. R. (2011). Scientific Research on the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Mental Health: Lessons, Positive Affirmations, and Disquieting Questions. In A Christian Worldview & Mental Health (pp. 185-208) . Berrien Springs, Andrews University Press.

Factor, R., Kawachi, I., & Williams, D. R. (2011). Understanding High-Risk Behavior among Non-Dominant Minorities: A Social Resistance Framework. Social Science & Medicine , 73 (9), 1292-301.

Andersen, L. S., Grimsrud, A., Myer, L., Williams, D. R., Stein, D. J., & Seedat, S. (2011). The Psychometric Properties of the K10 and K6 Scales in Screening for Mood and Anxiety Disorders in the South African Stress and Health Study. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research , 20 (4), 215-23.

Krieger, N., Waterman, P. D., Kosheleva, A., Chen, J. T., Carney, D. R., Smith, K. W., Bennett, G. G., et al. (2011). Exposing Racial Discrimination: Implicit & Explicit Measures-The My Body, My Story Study of 1005 US-Born Black & White Community Health Center Members. PLoS One , 6 (11), e27636.

Sorsdahl, K., Stein, D., Williams, D. R., & Nock, M. (2011). Associations Between Traumatic Events and Suicidal Behavior in South Africa. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease , 199 (12), 928-33.

Rooks, R., Xu, Y., Holliman, B., & Williams, D. R. (2011). Discrimination and Mental Health among Black and White Adults in the YES Health study. Race and Social Problems , 3 (3), 182-96.

Temmingh, H., Stein, D. J., Seedat, S., & Williams, D. R. (2011). The Prevalence and Correlates of Hallucinations in a General Population Sample: Findings from the South African Stress and Health Study. African Journal of Psychiatry , 14 (3), 211-7.

Slopen, N., Fitzmaurice, G., Williams, D. R., & Gilman, S. E. (2011). Poverty, Food Insecurity, and the Behavior for Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 49 (5), 444-52.

Malat, J., Timberlake, J. M., & Williams, D. R. (2011). The Effects of Obama’s Political Success on the Self-rated Health of Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites. Ethnicity and Disease , 21 (3), 349-55.

Bromet, E., Andrade, L. H., Hwang, I., Sampson, N. A., Alonso, J., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., et al. (2011). Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode. BMC Medicine , 9: 90.

Gass, J. D., Stein, D. J., Williams, D. R., & Seedat, S. (2011). Gender Differences in Risk for Intimate Partner Violence Among South African Adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence , 26 (14), 2764-89.

Slopen, N., Williams, D. R., Fitzmaurice, G. M., & Gilman, S. E. (2011). Sex, Stressful Life Events, and Adult Onset Depression and Alcohol Dependence: Are Men and Women Equally Vulnerable. Social Science Medicine , 73 (4), 615-22.

Moore, D. J., & Williams, D. R. (2011). Emotional Distress About Weight Gain and Attitude to Goal Achievement Failure as Predictors of Self-Regulatory Efficacy: Does Ethnicity Make a Difference. Journal of Health Psychology , 16 (6), 895-904.

Bruwer, B., Sorsdahl, K., Harrison, J., Stein, D. J., Williams, D. R., & Seedat, S. (2011). Barriers to Mental Health Care and Predictors of Treatment Dropout in the South African Stress and Health Study. Psychiatric Services , 62 (7), 774-81.

Albert, M. A., & Williams, D. R. (2011). Invited commentary: Discrimination: an emerging target for reducing risk of cardiovascular disease? American Journal of Epidemiology , 173 (11), 1240-1243.

Myers, B., van Heerden, M. S., Grimsrud, A., Myer, L., Williams, D. R., & Stein, D. J. (2011). Prevalence and Correlates of Atypical Patterns of Drug Use Progression: Findings from the South African Stress and Health Study. African Journal of Psychiatry , 14 (1), 38-44.

Khasakhala, L., Sorsdahl, K. R., Harder, V. S., Williams, D. R., Stein, D. J., & Ndetai, D. M. (2011). Lifetime Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behaviour in South Africa. African Journal of Psychiatry , 14 (2), 134-139.

Woo, M., Austin, S. B., Williams, D. R., & Bennett, G. G. (2011). Reconceptualizing the Measurement of Multiracial Status for Health Research in the United States. Du Bois Review , 8 (1), 25-36.

Takeuchi, D. T., & Williams, D. R. (2011). Past Insights, Future Promises: Race and Health in the Twenty-First Century. Du Bois Review , 8 (1), 1-3.

Braveman, P., Egerter, S., & Williams, D. R. (2011). The Social Determinants of Health: Coming of Age. Annual Review of Public Health , 32, 381-98.

Sternthal, M., Slopen, N., & Williams, D. R. (2011). Racial Disparities in Health: How Much Does Stress Really Matter? Du Bois Review , 8 (1), 95-113

Shariff-Marco, S., Breen, N., Landrine, H., Reeve, B. B., Krieger, N., Gee, G. C., Williams, D. R., et al. (2011). Measuring Everyday Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in Health Surveys. Du Bois Review , 8 (1), 159-177.

Mujahid, M. S., Roux, D. A. V., Cooper, R. C., Shea, S., & Williams, D. R. (2011). Neighborhood Stressors and Race/Ethnic Differences in Hypertension Prevalence (The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). American Journal of Hypertension , 24 (2), 187-93.

Miller, W. D., Pollack, C. E., & Williams, D. R. (2011). Healthy Homes and Communities: Putting the Pieces Together. American Journal of Preventive Medicine , 40 (Suppl 1), S48-57.

Lavizzo-Mourey, R., & Williams, D. R. (2011). Strong Medicine for a Healthier America: Introduction. American Journal of Preventive Medicine , 40 (Suppl 1), S1-3.

Williams, D. R., & Marks, J. (2011). Community Development Efforts Offer a Major Opportunity to Advance Americans’ Health. Health Affairs , 30 (11), 2052-5.

Reeve, B. B., Willis, G., Shariff-Marco, S. N., Breen, N., Williams, D. R., Gee, G. C., Alegria, M., et al. (2011). Comparing cognitive interviewing and psychometric methods to evaluate a racial/ethnic discrimination scale. Field Methods , 23 (4), 397-419.

Sorsdahl, K., Slopen, N., Siefert, K., Seedat, S., Stein, D. J., & Williams, D. R. (2011). Household food insufficiency and mental health in South Africa. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 65 (5), 426-31.

Viruell-Fuentes, E. A., Morenoff, J. D., Williams, D. R., & House, J. S. (2011). Language of Interview, Self-Rated Health, and the Other Latino Health Puzzle. American Journal of Public Health , 101 (7), 1306-1313.

2010

Williams, D. R., Marks, J., & Leavell, J. P. (2010). Race and Mental Health: Patterns and Challenges. In T. L. Scheid & T. N. Brown (Ed.), A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health (pp. 268-290). New York, Cambridge University Press.

Tynes, B. M., Rose, C. A., & Williams, D. R. (2010). The Development and Validation of the Online Victimization Scale for Adolescents. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace , 4 (2), 1-15.

Stein, D. J., Chiu, W. T., Hwang, I., Kessler, R. C., Sampson, N., Alonso, J., Borges, G., et al. (2010). Childhood Adversities as Risk Factors for Onset and Persistence of Suicidal Behaviour. PLoS ONE , 5 (5), e10574.

Slopen, N., Williams, D. R., Seedat, S., Moomal, H., Herman, A., & Stein, D. J. (2010). Adversities in childhood and adult psychopathology in the South Africa Stress and Health Study: Associations with first-onset DSM-IV disorders. Social Science & Medicine , 71, 1847-54.

Borges, G., Nock, M. K., Kessler, R. C., Abad, J. M. H., Hwang, I., Sampson, N., Alonso, J., et al. (2010). Twelve Month Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry , 71 (12), 1617-28.

Jackson, P. B., Williams, D. R., Stein, D. J., Herman, A., Williams, S. L., & Redmond, D. L. (2010). Race and Psychological Distress: The South African Stress and Health Study. Journal of Health and Science Behavior , 51 (4), 458-77.

Boykin, S. D., Williams, D. R., & Steptoe, A. (2010). Race, Ethnicity, and Health in a Global Context. In Handbook of Behavioral Medicine: Methods and Applications (pp. 321-339). New York, Springer.

Slopen, N., Williams, D. R., Jr., C. E., & de Velasco, J. R. (2010). Improving the Health of Young Men and Boys of Color. In Changing Places: How Communities Will Improve the Health of Boys of Color (pp. 311-57). Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press.

Gass, J. D., Stein, D. J., Williams, D. R., & Seedat, S. (2010). Intimate partner violence, health behaviours, and chronic physical illness among South African women. South African Medical Journal , 100 (9), 582-585.

Stein, D. J., Ruscio, A. M., Lee, S., Petukhova, M., Alonso, J., Andrade, L. H. S. G., Benjet, C., et al. (2010). Subtyping Social Anxiety Disorder in Developed and Developing Countries. Depression and Anxiety , 27 (4), 390-403.

Williams, D. R., McClellan, M., & Rivlin, A. M. (2010). Beyond the Affordable Care Act: Achieving Real Improvements in America’s Health. Health Affairs , 29 (8), 1481-8.

Kessler, K. C., McLaughlin, K. A., Greif-Green, J., Gruber, M. J., Sampson, N. A., Zaslavsky, A. M., Aguilar-Gaxiola, A., et al. (2010). Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. British Journal of Psychiatry , 197 (5), 378-85.

Levinson, D., Lakoma, M., Petukhova, M., Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A. M., Angermeyer, M., Borges, G., et al. (2010). The associations of serious mental illness with earnings in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. British Journal of Psychiatry , 197 (2), 114-21.

Williams, D. R., & Sternthal, M. (2010). Understanding Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health: Sociological Contribution. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 51 (Suppl), S15-27.

Slopen, N., Lewis, T. T., Gruenewald, T. L., Mujahid, M. S., Ryff, C. D., Albert, M. A., & Wiliams, D. R. (2010). Early Life Adversity and Inflammation in African Americans and Whites in the Midlife in the United States Survey. Psychosomatic Medicine , 72 (7), 694-701.

Bruffaerts, E., Demyttenaere, K., Borges, G., Haro, J. M., Chiu, W. T., Hwang, I., Karam, E. G., et al. (2010). Childhood Adversities as Risk Factors for Onset and Persistence of Suicidal Behaviour. British Journal of Psychiatry , 197 (1), 20-7.

Suliman, S., Seedat, S., Williams, D. R., & Stein, D. J. (2010). Predictors of Transitions across Stages of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders in South Africa. Journal on Studies of Alcohol and Drugs , 71 (5), 695-703.

Panapasa, S. V., Mau, M. K., Williams, D. R., & McNally, J. W. (2010). Mortality Patterns of Native Hawaiians Across Their Lifespan: 1990-2000. American Journal of Public Health , 100 (11), 2304-10.

Slopen, N., Fitzmaurice, G., Williams, D. R., & Gilman, S. (2010). Poverty, Food Insecurity and the Risk for Childhood Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , 49 (5), 444-52.

Sternthal, M. J., Williams, D. R., Musick, M. A., & Campbell, A. (2010). Depression, Anxiety, and Religious Life: A Search for Mediators. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 51 (3), 343-59.

Bruce, M. A., Beech, B. M., Crook, E. D., Sims, M., Wyatt, S. B., Flessner, M. F., Taylor, H. A., et al. (2010). Association of Socioeconomic Status and Chronic Kidney Disease among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. American Journal of Kidney Diseases , 55 (6), 1001-8.

Surkan, P. J., Mukerjee, J. S., Williams, D. R., Eustache, E., Louis, E., Jean-Paul, T., W., L., et al. (2010). Perceived discrimination and stigma towards children affected by HIV/AIDS and their HIV-positive caregivers in central Haiti. AIDS Care , 22 (7), 803-15.

Finlayson, T. L., Williams, D. R., Siefert, K., Jackson, J. S., & Nowjack-Raymer, R. (2010). Oral Health Disparities: Self-Rated Oral Health and Its Psychosocial Correlates in the National Survey of American Life. American Journal of Public Health, 100(S1):246-255.

Braveman, P., Cublin, C., Egerter, S., Williams, D. R., & Pamuk, E. (2010). Socioeconomic disparities in health in the United States: what the patterns tell us. American Journal of Public Health. 100(S1):S186-S196.

Reprinted in Estes, Carroll L., Chapman, Susan A., Dodd, Catherine, Hollister, Brooke, Harrington, Charlene (eds.), Health Policy: Crisis and Reform, Sixth Edition, pp. 220-238.  Jones & Bartlett Learning, Boston, MA, 2013.

Betancourt, T. S., Agnew-Blais, J., Gilman, S. E., Williams, D. R., & Ellis, B. H. (2010). Past horrors, present struggles: The role of stigma in the association between war experiences and psychosocial adjustment among former child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Social Science & Medicine , 70, 17-26.

Suliman, S., Stein, D. J., Myer, L., Williams, D. R., & Seedat, S. (2010). Disability and Treatment of Psychiatric and Physical Disorders in South Africa. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease , 198 (1), 8-15

Gonzalez, H., Vega, W., Williams, D. R., Neighbors, H., Tarraf, W., & West, B. (2010). Depression Care in the United States: Too little for too few. Archives of General Psychiatry , 67 (1), 37-46.

Williams, D. R., Mohammed, S. A., Leavell, J., & Collins, C. (2010). Race, Socioeconomic Status and Health: Complexities, Ongoing Challenges and Research Opportunities. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences , 1186, 69-101.

2009

Hart, J., & Williams, D. R. (2009). Toward Health Equity – The Costs of U.S. Health Disparities. Altarum Institute Research Report 2009 , 39-49.

Shariff-Marco, S., Gee, G. C., Breen, N., Willis, G., Reeve, B. B., Grant, D., Ponce, N. A., et al. (2009). A Mixed-Methods Approach to Developing a Self-Reported Racial Ethnic Discrimination Measure for Use in Multiethnic Health Surveys. Ethnicity & Disease , 19 (Autumn), 447-453.

Nock, M. K., Hwang, I., Sampson, N., r Kessle, R. C., Angermeyer, M., Beautrais, A., Borges, G., et al. (2009). Cross-national analysis of the associations among mental disorders and suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. PLoS Med , 6 (8), e1000123.

Boardman, J. D., Downey, L., Jackson, J. S., Merrill, J. B., Saint Onge, J. M., & Williams, D. R. (2009). Proximate industrial activity and psychological distress. Population and Environment , 30 (1-2), 3-25.

Bruce, M. A., Beech, B. M., Sims, M., Brown, T. N., Wyatt, S. B., Taylor, H. A., Williams, D. R., et al. (2009). Social Environmental Stressors, Psychosocial Factors, and Kidney Disease. Journal of Investigative Medicine , 57 (4), 583-9.

Krieger, N., Emmons, K. M., & Williams, D. R. (2009). Defining, Investigating and Addressing Cancer Inequities: Critical Issues. In H. K. Koh (Ed.), Toward the Elimination of Cancer Disparities (pp. 3-29). New York, NY, Springer Publishing.

Friedman, E. M., Williams, D. R., Singer, B. H., & Ryff, C. D. (2009). Chronic discrimination predicts higher circulating levels of E-selectin in a national sample: the MIDUS study. Brain Behavior and Immunity , 23, 684-692.

Sorsdahl, K., Stein, D., Grimsrud, A., Seedat, S., Flisher, A., Williams, D. R., & L., M. (2009). Traditional Healers in the Treatment of Common Mental Disorders in South Africa. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease , 197 (6), 434-41.

Baker, R. B., Washington, H. A., Olakanmi, O., Savitt, T. L., Jacobs, E. A., Hoover, E., Wynia, M. K., et al. (2009). Creating a segregated medical profession: African American physicians and organized medicine, 1846-1910. Journal of the National Medical Association , 101 (6), 501-12.

Washington, H. A., Baker, R. B., Olakanmi, O., Savitt, T. L., Jacobs, E. A., Hoover, E., Wynia, M. K., et al. (2009). Segregation, civil rights, and health disparities: the legacy of African American physicians and organized medicine, 1910-1968. Journal of the National Medical Association , 101 (6), 513-27.

Seedat, S., Scott, K, M., Angermeyer, M. C., Berglund, P., Bromet, E. J., Brugha, T. S., Demyttenaere, K., et al. (2009). Cross-national associations between gender and mental disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Archives of General Psychiatry , 66 (7), 785-789.

Lee, S., Tsang, A., Breslau, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Angermeyer, M., Borges, G., Bromet, E., et al. (2009). Mental disorders and failure of education in high-income and low- and middle-income countries: epidemiological study. British Journal of Psychiatry , 194, 411-417.

Hunte, H., & Williams, D. R. (2009). The Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Obesity in a Population Based Multiracial/Ethnic Adult Sample. American Journal of Public Health , 99 (7), 1285-1292.

Myer, L., Stein, D. J., Grimsrud, A. T., Herman, A., Seedat, S., Moomal, H., & Williams, D. R. (2009). DSM-IV-defined common mental disorders: Association with HIV testing, HIV-related fears, perceived risk and preventive behaviours among South African adults. South African Medical Journal , 99 (5), 396-402.

Stein, D. J., Williams, S. L., Jackson, P. B., Seedat, S., Myer, L., Herman, A., & Williams, D. R. (2009). Perpetration of gross human rights violations in South Africa: Association with psychiatric disorders. South African Medical Journal , 99 (5), 390-395.

Moomal, H., Jackson, P. B., Stein, D. J., Herman, A., Myer, L., Seedat, S., Madela-Mntla, E., et al. (2009). Perceived discrimination and mental health disorders: The South African Stress and Health study. South African Medical Journal , 99 (5), 383-389.

Seedat, S., Stein, D. J., Jackson, P. B., Heeringa, S. G., Williams, D. R., & Myer, L. (2009). Life stress and mental disorders in the South African Stress and Health study. South African Medical Journal , 99 (5), 375-382.

Tomlinson, M., Grimsrud, A. T., Stein, D. J., Williams, D. R., & Myer, L. (2009). The epidemiology of major depression in South Africa: Results from the South African Stress and Health study. South African Medical Journal , 99 (5), 368-373

van Heerden, M. S., Grimsrud, A. T., Seedat, S., Myer, L., Williams, D. R., & Stein, D. J. (2009). Patterns of substance use in South Africa: Results from the South African Stress and Health study. South African Medical Journal , 99 (5), 358-366.

Myer, L., Stein, D. J., Jackson, P. B., Herman, A. A., Seedat, S., & Williams, D. R. (2009). Impact of common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence on secondary school completion. South African Medical Journal , 99 (5), 354-356.

Seedat, S., Williams, D. R., Herman, A. A., Moomal, H., Williams, S. L., Jackson, P. B., Myer, L., et al. (2009). Mental health service use among South Africans for mood, anxiety and substance use disorders. South African Medical Journal , 99 (5), 346-352.

Herman, A. A., Williams, D. R., Stein, D. J., Seedat, S., Heeringa, S., & Moomal, H. (2009). The South African Stress and Health Study (SASH). South African Medical Journal , 99 (5), 339-344.

Stein, D. J., Williams, D. R., & Kessler, R. C. (2009). The South African Stress and Health (SASH) study: A scientific base for mental health policy. South African Medical Journal , 99 (5), 337-344

Sims, M., Wyatt, S. B., Gutierrez, M. S., Taylor, H. S., & Williams, D. R. (2009). Development and psychometric testing of a multidimensional instrument of perceived discrimination among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study. Ethnicity & Disease , 19 (1), 56-64.

Myer, L., Seedat, S., Stein, D. J., Moomal, H., & Williams, D. R. (2009). The mental health impact of AIDS-related mortality in South Africa: A national study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health , 63 (4), 293-8.

Fincham, D., Grimsrud, A., Corrigall, J., Williams, D. R., Seedat, S., Stein, D. J., & Myer, L. (2009). Intermittent Explosive Disorder in South Africa: Prevalence, Correlates, and the Role of Traumatic Exposures. Psychopathology , 42 (2), 92-8.

Buck, A. C., Williams, D. R., Musick, M. A., & Sternthal, M. A. (2009). An Examination of Mediators in the Relationship between Religiosity, Blood Pressure, and Hypertension. Social Science and Medicine , 68 (2), 314-22.

Williams, D. R., Sternthal, M., & Wright, R. J. (2009). Social Determinants: Taking the Social Context of Asthma Seriously. Pediatrics , 123, S174-S184.

Earl, T. R., & Williams, D. R. (2009). Black Americans and Mental Health Status: Complexities and New Developments. In N. Helen A., T. Brendesha M., & U. Shawn O. (Ed.), Handbook of African American Psychology (pp. 335-350). Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, Inc.

Williams, D. R., & Mohammed, S. A. (2009). Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Health: Evidence and Needed Research. Journal of Behavioral Medicine , 32, 20-47.

George J. Isham (committee chair), David R. Williams, committee member. Institute of Medicine. (2009). State of the USA Health Indicators: Letter Report. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC.

2008

Williams, D. R., Allen, S., & Padian, N. (Guest Editors) (2008). Supplement: “NIMH Multisite HIV/STS Prevention Trial for African-American Couples.” Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes , 49 (Supplement 1).

Toussaint, L. L., & Williams, D. R. (2008). National Survey Results for Protestant, Catholic, and Nonreligious Experiences of Seeking Forgiveness and of Forgiveness of Self, of Others, and by God. Journal of Psychiatry and Christianity , 27 (2), 120-130.

Paradies, Y., & Williams, D. R. (2008). Racism and Health. In K. Heggenhougen & S. Quah (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Public Health (pp. 474-483, vol. 5). San Diego, CA, Academic Press.

Gonzalez, H. M., Croghan, T. W., West, B. T., Tarraf, W., Williams, D. R., Underwood, W., Nesse, R., et al. (2008). Antidepressant use Among Blacks and Whites in the US. Psychiatric Services , 59, 1131-1138.

Toussaint, L. L., Williams, D. R., Musick, M. A., & Everson-Rose, S. A. (2008). The association of forgiveness and 12-month prevalence of major depressive episode: Gender differences in a probability sample of U.S. adults. Mental Health, Religion & Culture , 11 (5), 485-500.

Seedat, S., Stein, D. J., Williams, D. R., Herman, A., Kessler, R. C., Sonnega, J., Heeringa, S., et al. (2008). Twelve-Month Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: South African National Probability Household Survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 43 (11), 889-97.

Herman, A. A., Williams, D. R., Stein, D. J., Seedat, S., Heeringa, S. G., Moomal, H., Kessler, R. C., et al. (2008). The South African Stress and Health Study (SASH): A Foundation for Improving Mental Health Care in South Africa. In The WHO World Mental Health Surveys: Global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (pp. 238-239). Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press.

Williams, D. R., & Mohammed, S. A. (2008). Poverty, Migration, and Health. In A. C. Lin & D. R. Harris (Ed.), The Colors of Poverty (pp. 135-169). New York, NY, Russell Sage Foundation.

Tynes, B., Giang, M. T., Williams, D. R., & Thompson, G. N. (2008). Online Racial Discrimination and Psychological Adjustment among Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health , 43, 565-569.

Haas, J. S., Earle, C. C., Orav, J. E., Brawarsky, P., Keohane, M., Neville, B. A., & Williams, D. R. (2008). Racial segregation and disparities in breast cancer care and mortality. Cancer , 113 (8), 2166-2172.

Kaminer, D., Grimsrud, A., Myer, L., Stein, D. J., & Williams, D. R. (2008). Risk for post-traumatic stress disorder associated with different forms of interpersonal violence in South Africa. Social Science and Medicine , 67 (10), 1589-95.

Suliman, S., Stein, D. J., Williams, D. R., & Seedat, S. (2008). DSM-IV Personality Disorders and their Axis 1 Correlates in the South African Population. Psychopathology , 41 (6), 356-64.

Gupta, J., Silverman, J., Hemenway, D., Acevedo-Garcia, D., Stein, D., & Williams, D. (2008). Physical Violence against intimate partners and related exposures to violence among South African men. Canadian Medical Association Journal , 179 (6), 535-541.

Haas, J. S., Earle, C. C., Orav, J. E., Brawarsky, P., Neville, B. A., & Williams, D. R. (2008). Racial segregation and disparities in cancer stage for seniors. Journal of General Internal Medicine , 23 (5), 699-705.

Ormel, J., Petukhova, M., Chatterji, S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Bromet, E., et al. (2008). Disability and treatment of specific mental and physical disorders across the world: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. British Journal of Psychiatry , 192 (5), 368-375.

Stein, D., Seedat, S., Kaminer, D., Moomal, H., Herman, A., Sonnega, J., & Williams, D. R. (2008). The Impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Psychological Distress and Forgiveness in South Africa. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 43, 462-468.

Miranda, J., McGuire, T., Williams, D. R., & Wang, P. (2008). Mental Health in the Context of Health Disparities. American Journal of Psychiatry , 165 (9), 1102-1108.

Joe, S. S., Seedat, S., Herman, A., & Williams, D. R. (2008). Non-fatal Suicidal Behavior among South Africans: Results from the South Africa Stress and Health Study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology , 43, 454-461.

Toussaint, L. L., Williams, D. R., Musick, M. A., & Everson-Rose, S. A. (2008). Why forgiveness may protect against depression: Hopelessness as an explanatory mechanism. Personality and Mental Health , 2, 89-103.

Joe, S., Stein, J. S., Seedat, S., Herman, A., & Williams, D. R. (2008). Prevalence and correlates of non-fatal suicidal behavior among South Africans. The British Journal of Psychiatry , 192, 310-311.

Myer, L., Stein, D. J., Grimsrud, A., Seedat, S., & Williams, D. R. (2008). Social determinants of psychological distress in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults. Social Science and Medicine , 66, 1828-1840.

Nock, M. K., Guilherme, B., Bromet, E. J., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Beautrais, A., Bruffaerts, R., et al. (2008). Cross-national prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation, plans and attempts. British Journal of Psychiatry , 92, 98-105.

Acevedo-Garcia, D., Ospuk, T., McArdle, N., & Williams, D. R. (2008). Toward a Policy Relevant Analysis of Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities. Health Affairs , 27 (2), 321-333.

Stein, D. J., Seedat, S., Herman, A., Moomal, H., Heeringa, S.G., H., Kessler, R. C., & Williams, D. R. (2008). Lifetime Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in South Africa. British Journal of Psychiatry , 192, 112-117

Williams, D. R., Allen, S., & Padian, N. (2008). Project Eban: A Giant Step Forward. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , 49 (Supplement 1), S1-S2.

Williams, D. R., Costa, M. V., Odunlami, A. O., & Mohammed, S. A. (2008). Moving Upstream: How Interventions that Address the Social Determinants of Health can Improve Health and Reduce Disparities. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice , 14 (Supplement), S8-S17.

Williams, D. R., González, H. M., Williams, S., Mohammed, S. A., Moomal, H., & Stein, D. J. (2008). Perceived Discrimination, Race and Health in South Africa: Findings from the South Africa Stress and Health Study. Social Science and Medicine , 67, 441-452.

Williams, D. R., Herman, A., Stein, D. J., Heeringa, S. G., Jackson, P. B., Moomal, H., & Kessler, R. C. (2008). Twelve-month mental disorders in South Africa: prevalence, service use and demographic correlates in the population-based South African Stress and Health Study. Psychological Medicine , 38, 211-220.

2007

Borrell, L. N., Jacobs, D. R. J., Williams, D. R., Pletcher, M. J., & Houston, T. K. (2007). Self-Reported Racial Discrimination and Substance Use in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Adults Study. American Journal of Epidemiology , 199 (9), 1068-1079.

González, H. M., Whitfield, K., West, B., Williams, D. R., Lichtenberg, P., & Jackson, S. J. (2007). Modified-Symbol Digit Modalities Test for African Americans, Caribbean Black Americans and Non-Latino Whites: Nationally Representative Normative Data from the National Survey of American Life. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology , 22 (5), 605-13.

Richman, L. S., Kohn-Wood, L. P., & Williams, D. R. (2007). The Role of Discrimination and Racial Identity for Mental Health Service Utilization. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology , 26 (8), 960-981.

deFur, P. L., Evans, G. W., Cohen Hubal, E. A., Kyle, A. D., Morello-Frosch, R. A., & Williams, D. R. (2007). Vulnerability as a Function of Individual and Group Resources in Cumulative Risk Assessment. Environmental Health Perspectives , 115 (5), 817-824.

Williams, S. L., Williams, D. R., Stein, D. J., Seedat, S., Jackson, P. B., & Moomal, H. (2007). Multiple Traumatic Events and Psychological Distress: The South African Stress and Health Study. Journal of Traumatic Stress , 20 (5), 845-855.

Morenoff, J. D., House, J. S., Hansen, B. B., Williams, D. R., Kaplan, G. A., & Hunte, H.E. (2007). Understanding social disparities in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control: The role of neighborhood context. Social Science & Medicine , 65, 1853-1866.

Ahmed, A., Mohammed, S., & Williams, D. R. (2007). Racial discrimination & health: Pathways & evidence. Indian Journal of Medical Research , 126, 21-30.

Haas, J., Earle, C., Orav, Brawarsky, P., Neville, B., Acevedo-Garcia, D., & Williams, D. R. (2007). Lower Use of Hospice by Cancer Patients Who Live in Minority Versus White Areas. Journal of General Internal Medicine , 22, 396-399.

Woolford, S. J., Clark, S. J., Lumeng, J. C., Williams, D. R., & Davis, M. M. (2007). Maternal Perspectives on Growth and Nutrition Counseling Provided at Preschool Well-Child Visits. Maternal Perspectives on Growth and Nutrition Counseling Provided at Preschool Well-Child Visits , 99 (2), 153-158.

Williams, D. R., & Mohammed, S. A. (2007). Racial Harassment/Discrimination. In G. Fink (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Stress, 2nd Edition, volume 3 (pp. 321-326). Oxford, Academic Press.

Oyserman, D., Uskul, A. K., Yoder, N., Nesse, R. M., & Williams, D. R. (2007). Unfair Treatment and Self-Regulatory Focus. Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology , 43, 505-512.

Siefert, K., Williams, D. R., Finalyson, T. L., Delva, J., & Ismail, A. I. (2007). Modifiable Risk and Protective Factors for Depressive Symptoms in Low-Income African American Mothers. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 77 (1), 113-123.

Neighbors, H. W., Caldwell, C., Williams, D. R., Nesse, R., Taylor, R. J., Bullard, K. M., Torres, M., et al. (2007). Race, Ethnicity, and the Use of Services for Mental Disorders: Results from the National Survey of American Life. Archives of General Psychiatry , 64 (4), 485-494.

Jackson, J. S., Neighbors, H. W., Torres, M. M., Williams, D. R., & Baser, R. (2007). Use of Mental Health Services Subjective Satisfaction with Treatment among Black Caribbean Immigrants: Results from the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). American Journal of Public Health , 97 (1), 60-67.

Takeuchi, D. T., Alegria, M., Jackson, J. S., & Williams, D. R. (2007). Immigration and Mental Health: Diverse Findings in Asian, Black, and Latino Populations. American Journal of Public Health , 97 (1), 11-12.

Williams, D. R., & Earl, T. R. (2007). Commentary: Race and mental health—more questions than answers. International Journal of Epidemiology , 36 (4), 768-760.

Williams, D. R., González, H. M., Neighbors, H., Nesse, R., Abelson, J. M., Sweetman, J., & Jackson, J. (2007). Prevalence and Distribution of Major Depressive Disorder in African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites. Archives of General Psychiatry , 64 (3), 305-315.

2006

Thomson, G. E., Mitchell, F., & Williams, M. B. (eds.) (2006). Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health: Unfinished Business. Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press.

Delva, J., Tellez, M., Finlayson, T. L., Gretebeck, K., Siefert, K., Williams, D. R., & Ismail, A. I. (2006). Correlates of Cigarette Smoking Among Low-Income African American Women. Ethnicity & Disease , 16 (Spring), 527-533.

Jackson, P. B., & D.R. Williams, D. R. (2006). Culture, Race/Ethnicity, and Depression. In C. L. M. Keyes & S. H. Goodman (Ed.), Women and Depression (pp. 328-359). New York, Cambridge University Press.

Williams, D. R., Neighbors, H. W., Stein, D. J., Kupfer, D. J., & Schatzberg, A. F. (2006). Social Perspectives on Mood Disorders. In Textbook of Mood Disorders (pp. 145-158). Arlington, VA, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Nazroo, J. Y., Williams, D. R., Marmot, M., & Wilkinson, R. G. (2006). The Social Determination of Ethnic/Racial Inequalities in Health. In Social Determinants of Health, 2nd edition. Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxford University Press.

Jackson, P. B., & Williams, D. R. (2006). The Intersection of Race, Gender, and SES: Health Paradoxes. In A. Shulz & L. Mullings (Ed.), Gender, Race, Class and Health (pp.131-162). San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.

Bonney, L. E., Lally, M., Williams, D. R., Stein, M., & Flanigan, T. (2006). An Urgent Call: Where to Begin Human Papillomavirus Vaccination. The Lancet: Infectious Diseases , 6 (7), 389-90.

Borrell, L. N., Kiefe, C. I., Williams, D. R., Diez-Roux, A. V., & Gordon-Larsen, P. (2006). Self-Reported Health, Perceived Racial Discrimination, and Skin Color in African Americans in the CARDIA Study. Social Science and Medicine , 63, 1415-27.

Breslau, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Kendler, K. S., Su, M., Williams, D. R., & Kessler, R. C. (2006). Specifying Race-Ethnic Differences in Risk for Psychiatric Disorder in a U.S. National Sample. Psychological Medicine , 36, 57-68.

Schulz, A. J., Gravlee, C. C., Williams, D. R., Israel, B., Mentz, G., & Rowe, Z. (2006). Discrimination, Symptoms of Depression, and Self-rated General Health among African American Women in Detroit: Longitudinal Results from Eastside Village Health Worker Partnership. American Journal of Public Health , 96 (7), 1265-1270.

James, S. A., Van Hoewk, J., Belli, R. F., Strogatz, D. S., Williams, D. R., & Raghunathan, T. E. (2006). Life-course Socioeconomic Position and Hypertension in African American Men: The Pitt County Study. American Journal of Public Health , 96 (5), 812-817.

2005

Williams, D.R., and Lardner, J.  “Cold Truths about Class, Race, and Health.”  Pp. 1002-114 in J. Lardner and D.A. Smith (Eds.), Inequality Matters.  New York, NY:  The New Press.

Williams, D. R., Mechanic, D., Rogut, L. B., Colby, D. C., & Knickman, J. R. (2005). Patterns and Causes of Disparities in Health. In Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care . New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press.

Delva, J., Tellez, M., Finlayson, T. L., Gretebeck, K. A., Siefert, K., Williams, D. R., & Ismail, A. I. (2005). Cigarette Smoking among Low-Income African Americans: A Serious Public Health Problem. American Journal of Preventive Medicine , 29 (3), 218-220.

Heflin, C. M., Siefert, K., & Williams, D. R. (2005). Food Insufficiency and Mental Health: Findings from a Three Year Panel of Welfare Recipients. Social Science and Medicine , 61 (9), 1971-1982.

Payne, T. J., Wyatt, S. B., Mosley, T. H., Dubbert, P. M., Guiterrez-Mohammed, M. L., Calvin, R. L., Taylor Jr., H. A., et al. (2005). Sociocultural Methods in the Jackson Heart Study: Conceptual and Descriptive Overview. Ethnicity and Disease , 15 (S6), 38-48.

Lantz, P. M., House, J. S., Mero, R. P., & Williams, D. R. (2005). Stress, Life Events and Socioeconomic Disparities in Health: Results from the Americans’ Changing Lives Study. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 46 (3), 274-288.

Henderson, C., Diez-Roux, A., Jacobs, D. R., Kiefe, C., West, D., & Williams, D. R. (2005). Neighborhood Characteristics, individual-level socioeconomic factors, and depressive symptoms in young adults: the CARDIA Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health , 59 (4), 322-328.

Karlamangla, A. S., Singer, B. H., Williams, D. R., Schwartz, J. E., Matthews, K. A., Kiefe, C. I., & Seeman, T. E. (2005). Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Longitudinal Accumulation of Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adults: The CARDIA Study. Social Science and Medicine , 60, 999-1015.

Williams, D. R., & Jackson, P. B. (2005). Social Sources of Racial Disparities in Health. Health Affairs , 24 (2), 325-334.

Reprinted in Hofrichter, Richard (ed.), Tackling Health Inequities Through Public Health Practice: A Handbook for Action, pp. 234-244. Washington, D.C., National Association of City and County Health Officials, 2006.

Reprinted in Hofrichter, Richard and Bhatia, Rajiv (eds.), Tackling Health Inequities through Public Health Practice: Theory to Action, pp. 166-178. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2010.

Williams, D. R. (2005). The Health of U.S. Racial and Ethnic Populations. Journal of Gerontology: Series B , 60B (Special Issue II), 53-62.

2004

Bulatao, R., & Anderson, N. B. (2004). Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life: A Research Agenda . Washington, D.C. National Academies Press.

Ploeg, M. V., & Perrin, E. (2004). Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement and Data Needs . Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press.

Williams, D. R., & Whitfield, K. E. (2004). Racism and Health. In Closing the Gap: Improving the Health of Minority Elders in the New Millennium.  Washington, DC, The Gerontological Society of America.

Jackson, J.S., and Williams, D.R.  “Surveying the Black American Population.”  Pp. 393-438 in House, James S., Juster, F. Thomas, Kahn, Robert L., Schuman, Howard, and Singer, Eleanor (eds.), A Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Rubio, M., Williams, D. R., Beech, B. M., & Goodman, M. (2004). The Social Dimension of Race. In Race and Research: Perspectives on Minority Participation in Health Studies (pp. 1-25) . Washington, D.C. American Public Health Association.

Williams, D. R., & Anderson, N. B. (2004). Discrimination and Health. In Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior, Vol. 1 (pp. 254-259) . Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications.

Williams, D. R. (2004). Health and the Quality of Life Among African Americans. In The State of Black America 2004: The Complexity of Black Progress (pp. 115-138) . New York, The National Urban League.

Wilson, C., Williams, D. R., & Livingston, I. L. (2004). Mental Health of African Americans. In Praeger Handbook of Black American Health: Policies and Issues Behind Disparities in Health, vol.1 (pp. 369-382) . Westport, CT, Praeger Publishers.

Seedat, S., Pienaar, W. P., Williams, D. R., & Stein, D. J. (2004). Ethics of Research on Survivors of Trauma. Current Psychiatry Reports , 6 (4), 262-267.

Operario, D., Adler, N. E., & Williams, D. R. (2004). Subjective Social Status: Reliability and Predictive Utility for Global Health. Psychology and Health , 19 (2), 237-246.

Moore, P. J., Sickel, A. E., Adler, N. E., Malat, J., Williams, D. R., & Jackson, J. S. (2004). Psychosocial Factors in Medical and Psychological Treatment Avoidance: The Role of the Doctor-Patient Relationship. Journal of Health Psychology , 9 (3), 421-33.

Jackson, J. S., Torres, M., Caldwell, C. H., Neighbors, H. W., Nesse, R. M., Taylor, R. J., Trierweiler, S. J., et al. (2004). The National Survey of American Life: A Study of Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Influences on Mental Disorders and Mental Health. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research , 13 (4), 196-207.

Fiscella, K., & Williams, D. R. (2004). Health Disparities Based on Socioeconomic Inequities: Implications for Urban Health Care. Academic Medicine , 79 (12), 1139-1147.

Travassos, C., & Williams, D. R. (2004). The Concept and Measurement of Race and Their Relationship to Public Health: A Review Focused on Brazil and the United States. Reports in Public Health , 20 (3), 660-678.

Matthews, K., Katholi, C., McCreath, H., Whooley, M., Williams, D., & Markovitz, J. (2004). Blood Pressure Reactivity to Psychological Stress Predicts Hypertension in the CARDIA Study. Circulation , 110 (1), 74-78.

Musick, M. A., House, J. S., & Williams, D. R. (2004). Attendance at Religious Services and Mortality in a National Sample. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 45 (2), 198-213.

Herring, P., Montgomery, S., Yancey, A., Williams, D. R., & Fraser, G. (2004). Understanding the Challenges in Recruiting Blacks to a Longitudinal Cohort Study: The Adventist Health Study. Ethnicity & Disease , 14, 423-430.

Siefert, K., Heflin, C. M., Corcoran, M. E., & Williams, D. R. (2004). Food Insufficiency and Physical and Mental Health in a Longitudinal Survey of Welfare Recipients. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 45 (2), 171-186.

Williams, D. R., Herman, A., Kessler, R. C., Sonnega, J., Seedat, S., Stein, D. J., Moomal, H., et al. (2004). The South Africa Stress and Health Study: Rationale and Design. Metabolic Brain Disease , 19, 135-147.

Williams, D. R., & Collins, C. (2004). Reparations: A Viable Strategy to Address the Enigma of African-American Health. American Behavioral Scientist , 47 (4), 977-1000.

2003

Smedley, B. D., Stith, A. Y., & Nelson, A. R. (2003). Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care . Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press.

Takeuchi, D.T., Williams, D.R.  “Race, Ethnicity and Mental Health:  Introduction to the Special Issue.”  Journal of Health and Social Behavior 44:233-236.

Takeuchi, D.T. and Williams, D.R. (Guest Editors), Special Issue: “Race, Ethnicity, and Mental Health in Society.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 44 (3), 2003.

Van Olphen, J., Schulz, A., Israel, B., Chatters, L., Klem, L., Parker, E., & Williams, D. (2003). Religious Involvement, Social Support, and Health Among African-American Women on the East Side of Detroit. Journal of General Internal Medicine , 18, 549-557.

Wyatt, S. B., Williams, D. R., Calvin, R., Henderson, F., Walker, E., & Winters, K. (2003). Racism and Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans: Evidence and Implications for the Jackson Heart Study. American Journal of Medical Sciences , 325 (6), 315-331.

Takeuchi, D. T., & Williams, D. R. (2003). Race, Ethnicity and Mental Health: Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 44, 233-236.

Idler, E. L., Musick, M. A., Ellison, C. G., George, L. K., Krause, N., Ory, M. G., Pargament, K. I., et al. (2003). Measuring multiple dimensions of religion and spirituality for health research: Conceptual background and findings from the 1998 General Social Survey. Research on Aging , 25 (4), 327-35.

Young, J. L., Griffith, E. E. H., & Williams, D. R. (2003). The integral role of pastoral counseling by African-American clergy in community mental health. Psychiatric Services , 54, 688-692.

Rosen, D., Spencer, M., Tolman, R., Williams, D. R., & Jackson, J. (2003). Psychiatric Disorders and Substance Dependence Among Unmarried Low-Income Mothers. Health and Social Work , 28 (2), 157-165.

Williams, D. R. (2003). Race, Health, and Health Care. St. Louis University Law Journal , 48 (1), 13-35.

Williams, D. R. (2003). The Health of Men: Structured Inequalities and Opportunities. American Journal of Public Health , 93 (5), 724-731.

Reprinted in American Journal of Public Health. 98 (9, Suppl): S150-7, 2008.

Williams, D. R., Neighbors, H. W., & Jackson, J. S. (2003). Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Health: Findings from Community Studies. American Journal of Public Health , 93 (2), 200-208.

Reprinted in American Journal of Public Health. 98 (9, Suppl): S29-37, 2008.

2002

Jackson, J. S., Williams, D. R., & Torres, M. (2002). Perceptions of Discrimination, Health and Mental Health: The Social Stress Process. Socioeconomic Conditions, Stress and Mental Disorders: Toward a New Synthesis of Research and Public Policy. Online.

Williams, D. R. (2002). Ethnicity, Race, and Health. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Baltes (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (pp. 4831-4838). Oxford, United Kingdom, Elsevier Science Ltd.

Stein, D. J., & Williams, D. R. (2002). Cultural and Social Aspects of Anxiety Disorders. In D. J. Stein & E. Hollander (Ed.), Textbook of Anxiety Disorders (pp. 463-474) . Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.

Reprinted and updated. American Psychiatric Publishing Inc., Arlington, VA. Pp. 717-729, 2010.

Schulz, A. J., Williams, D. R., Israel, B. L., & Lempert, L. B. (2002). Racial and Spacial Relations as Fundamental Determinants of Health in Detroit. Milbank Quarterly , 80 (4), 677-707.

Guthrie, B. J., Young, A. M., Williams, D. R., Boyd, C. J., & Kintner, E. K. (2002). African American Girls’ Smoking Habits and Day-to-Day Experience with Racial Discrimination. Nursing Research , 51 (3), 183-190.

Shahabi, L., Powell, L. H., Musick, M. A., Pargament, K. I., Thoresen, C. E., Williams, D. R., Underwood, L., et al. (2002). Correlates of Self-Perceptions of Spirituality in American Adults. Annals of Behavioral Medicine , 24 (1), 59-68.

Whooley, M. A., Boyd, A. L., Gardin, J. M., & Williams, D. R. (2002). Religious Involvement and Cigarette Smoking in Young Adults: The CARDIA Study. Archives of Internal Medicine , 162, 1604-1610.

Moore, P. J., Adler, N. E., Williams, D. R., & Jackson, J. S. (2002). Socioeconomic Status & Health: The Role of Sleep. Psychosomatic Medicine , 64, 337-344.

Caesar, L. G., & Williams, D. R. (2002). Socioculture and the Delivery of Health Care: Who Gets What and Why. The ASHA Leader , 7 (6), 6-8.

Daly, M. C., Duncan, G., McDonough, P., & Williams, D. R. (2002). Optimal Indicators of Socioeconomic Status for Health Research. American Journal of Public Health , 92 (7), 1151-1157.

Williams, D. R. (2002). Racial/Ethnic Variations in Women’s Health: the Social Embeddedness of Health. American Journal of Public Health , 92 (4), 588-597.

Reprinted in American Journal of Public Health. 98 (9, Suppl): S38-S47, 2008.

2001

Singer, B. H., & Ryff, C. D. (2001). New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach . Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press.

Williams, D. R., Wilson, C., Binstock, R. H., & George, L. K. (2001). Race, Ethnicity, and Aging. In Handbook of Aging and Social Sciences, 5th Edition (pp. 160-178) . San Diego, CA, Academic Press.

Neighbors, H., Williams, D. R., Braithwaite, R. L., & Taylor, S. E. (2001). The Epidemiology of Mental Disorder: 1985-2000. In Health Issues in the Black Community (pp. 99-128). San Francisco, Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Williams, D. R., Auerbach, J. A., & Krimgold, B. K. (2001). Race and Health: Trends and Policy Implications. In Income, Socioeconomic Status, and Health: Exploring the Relationships (pp. 67-85). Washington, D.C. National Policy Association, Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy.

Williams, D. R., Smelser, N., Wilson, W. J., & Mitchell, F. (2001). Racial Variations in Adult Health Status: Patterns, Paradoxes and Prospects. In America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences, Volume II. (pp. 371-410). Washington, D.C. National Academy of Sciences Press.

Williams, D. R., & Neighbors, H. (2001). Racism, Discrimination & Hypertension: Evidence & Needed Research. Ethnicity & Disease , 11, 800-816.

Toussaint, L. L., Williams, D. R., Musick, M. A., & Everson, S. A. (2001). Forgiveness and Health: Age Difference in a U.S. Probability Sample. Journal of Adult Development , 8 (4), 249-257.

Williams, D. R., & Collins, C. (2001). Racial Residential Segregation: A Fundamental Cause of Racial Disparities in Health. Public Health Reports , 116 (September/October), 404-416.

Reprinted in Thomas A. LaVeist (ed.), Race, Ethnicity, and Health. Jossey Bass, 2002.

Ellison, C. G., Boardman, J. D., Williams, D. R., & Jackson, J. S. (2001). Religious Involvement, Stress and Mental Health: Findings from the 1995 Detroit Area Study. Social Forces , 80 (1), 215-249.

Siefert, K., Heflin, C. M., Corcoran, M., & Williams, D. R. (2001). Food Insufficiency and the Physical and Mental Health of Low-Income Women. Women and Health , 32, 159-177.

Kreiger, N., & Williams, D. R. (2001). Changing to the 2000 Standard Million: Are Declining Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health Real Progress or Statistical Illusion? American Journal of Public Health , 91, 1209-1213.

Boardman, J. D., Finch, B. K., Ellison, C. G., Williams, D. R., & Jackson, J. S. (2001). Neighborhood Disadvantage, Stress, and Drug Abuse Among Adults. Journal of Health & Social Behavior , 42, 151-165.

Lantz, P. M., Lynch, J. W., House, J. S., Lepkowski, J. M., Mero, R. P., Musick, M., & Williams, D. R. (2001). Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Change in a Longitudinal Study of U.S. Adults: The Role of Health Risk Behaviors. Social Science and Medicine , 53, 29-40.

Brown, T. N., Wallace, Jr., J. M., & Williams, D. R. (2001). Race-Related Correlates of Young Adults’ Subjective Well. Social Indicators , 53, 97-116.

2000

Stein, D. J., Herman, A., Kaminer, D., Rataemane, S., Seedat, S., Kessler, R. C., & Williams, D. R. (2000). Ethical Aspects of Research on Psychological Trauma. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience , 2 (1), 31-36.

House, J., & Williams, D. R. (2000). Understanding and Reducing Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health. In B. D. Smedley & S. L. Syme (Ed.), Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research (pp. 81-124). Washington, D.C. National Academy Press.

Reprinted in Richard Hofrichter (ed.) Health and Social Justice: Politics, Ideology, and Inequity in the Distribution of Disease. Jossey-Bass, pp. 89-131, 2003.

Williams, D. R. (2000). Race and Health in Kansas: Data, Issues and Directions. In Alvin. R. Tarlov & Robert. F. St. Peter (Eds.), The Society and Population Health Reader. Volume II: A State and Community Perspective (pp. 236-258). New York, The New Press.

McDonough, P., Duncan, G. J., Williams, D. R., & House, J. S. (2000). The Impact of Income Dynamics on Mortality in the United States. In G. A. Cornia & R. Paniccia (Ed.), The Mortality Crisis In Transitional Economies (pp. 392-419). New York, Oxford University Press.

Williams, D. R. (2000). Race, Stress, and Mental Health: Findings from the Commonwealth Minority Health Survey. In C. Hogue, M. A. Hargraves, & K. S. Collins (Ed.), Minority Health in America: Findings and Policy Implication From the Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Survey (pp. 209-243). Baltimore, MD, Johns-Hopkins University Press.

House, J. S., Lepkowski, J. M., Williams, D. R., Mero, R. P., Lantz, P. M., Robert, S. A., & Chen, J. (2000). Excess Mortality Among Urban Residents: How Much for Whom and Why. American Journal of Public Health , 90, 1989-1904.

Siefert, K., Bowman, P., Heflin, C., Danziger, S., & Williams, D. (2000). Social and Environmental Predictors of Maternal Depression in Current and Recent Welfare Recipients. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry , 70 (4), 510-522.

Williams, D. R., & Williams-Morris, R. (2000). Racism and Mental Health: The African American Experience. Ethnicity and Health , 5 243-268.

Williams, D. R., & Rucker, T. D. (2000). Understanding and Addressing Racial Disparities in Health. Health Care Financing Review , 21, 75-90.

Brown, T. N., Williams, D. R., Jackson, J. S., Neighbors, H. W., Torres, M., Sellers, S. L., & Brown, K. T. (2000). Being Black and Feeling Blue: The Mental Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination. Race & Society , 2 117-131.

Schulz, A., Israeli, B., Williams, D., Parker, E., Becker, A., & James, S. (2000). Social Inequalities, Stressors and Self Reported Health Status Among African American and White Women in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Social Science & Medicine , 51, 1639-1653.

Williams, D. R., & Jackson, J. S. (2000). Race/Ethnicity and the 2000 Census: Recommendations for African American and Other Black Populations in the United States. American Journal of Public Health , 90, 1728-1730.

Schulz, A., Williams, D. R., Israel, B., Becker, A., Parker, E., James, S., & Jackson, J. (2000). Unfair Treatment, Neighborhood Effects, and Mental Health in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Unfair Treatment, Neighborhood Effects, and Mental Health in the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 41, 314-332.

1999

Sickel, A. E., Moore, P. J., Adler, N. E., Williams, D. R., & Jackson, J. S. (1999). The Differential Effects of Sleep Quality and Quantity on the Relationship Between SES and Health. Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences , 896, 431-434.

Yu, Y., & Williams, D. R. (1999). Socioeconomic Status and Mental Health. In J. Phelan & C. Aneshensel (Ed.), Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health (pp. 151-166). New York Plenum Publishers.

Williams, D. R., & Harris-Reid, M. (1999). Race and Mental Health: Emerging Patterns and Promising Approaches. In Allan V. Horwitz & Teresa L. Scheid (Ed.), A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems (pp. 295-314). New York, Cambridge University Press.

Williams, D. R., Spencer, M., & Jackson, J. S. (1999). Race Stress and Physical Health: The Role of Group Identity. In R. J. Contrada & R. D. Ashmore (Ed.), Self, Social Identity and Physical Health: Interdisciplinary Explorations (pp. 71-100). New York, Oxford University Press.

Kaplan, G. A., & Williams, D. R. (1999). Rising Tides, Falling Fortunes. Annals of Epidemiology , 9 (8), 461-463.

Williams, D. R. (1999). Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health: The Added Effects of Racism and Discrimination. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences , 896, 173-188.

Reprinted in Phil Brown (ed.), Perspectives in Medical Sociology 3rd edition. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press. 21-39, 2000

Williams, D. R. (1999). The Monitoring of Racial/Ethnic Status in the USA: Data Quality Issues. Ethnicity and Health , 4 (3), 121-137.

Clark, R., Anderson, N. B., Clark, V. R., & Williams, D. R. (1999). Racism as a Stressor for African Americans: A Biopsychosocial Model. American Psychologist , 54, 805-816.

Reprinted in Thomas LaVeist (ed.), Race, Ethnicity, and Health: A Public Health Reader. Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Collins, C., & Williams, D. R. (1999). Segregation and Mortality: The Deadly Effects of Racism. Sociological Forum , 14 (3), 495-523.

Kessler, R. C., Mickelson, K., & Williams, D. R. (1999). The Prevalence, Distribution, and Mental Health Correlates of Perceived Discrimination in the United States. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 40 (3), 208-230.

Ren, X. S., Amick, B., & Williams, D. R. (1999). Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health: The Interplay Between Discrimination and Socioeconomic Status. Ethnicity and Disease , 9 (2), 151-165.

Williams, D. R., Griffith, E. E. H., Young, J., Collins, C., & Dodson, J. (1999). Structure and Provision of Services in New Haven Black Churches. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology , 5 (2), 118-133.

McDonough, P., Williams, D. R., House, J. S., & Duncan, G. J. (1999). Gender and the Socioeconomic Gradient in Mortality. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 40, 17-31.

Williams, D. R., Jackson, J. S., Brown, T. N., Forman, T., Torres, M., & Brown, K. (1999). Traditional and Contemporary Prejudice and Urban Whites’ Support for Affirmative Action and Government Help. Social Problems , 46 (4), 503-527.

1998

Jackson, J. S., Williams, D. R., & Gomberg, E. S. (1998). Aging and Alcohol Use and Abuse Among African Americans: A Life-Course Perspective. In E. S. L. Gomberg, A. M. Hegedus, & R. A. Zucker (Ed.), Alcohol Problems and Aging, NIAAA Research Monograph 33. NIH Publication Number 98-4163. (pp. 63-87) . Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office.

Williams, D.R., Yu, Y. and Jackson, J.S. “Discrimination, Race, and Health.” Proceedings of the Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics and Data User’s Conference, July 28-31, 1997, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., CD Rom #1.

Wilson, L., & Williams, D. R. (1998). Issues in the Quality of Data on Minority Groups. In V. McLoyd & L. Steinberg (Ed.), Studying Minority Adolescents: Conceptual, Methodological, and Theoretical Issues (pp. 237-250). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Neighbors, H. W., Musick, M. A., & Williams, D. R. (1998). The African American Minister as a Source of Help for Serious Personal Crises: Bridge or Barrier to Mental Health Care. Health Education and Behavior , 25 (6), 759-777.

Williams, D. R. (1998). African American Health: The Role of the Social Environment. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine , 300-321. 

Lantz, P.M., House, J.S., Lepskowski, J. M., Williams, D.R., Mero, R. P., and Chen J. (1998) “Socioeconomic Factors, Health Behaviors, and Mortality: Results from a Nationally Representative Prospective Study of U.S. Adults.” Journal of the American Medical Association. 279(1):1703-1708.

1997

Forman, T.A., Williams, D.R., and Jackson, J.S. (1997) “Race, Place, and Discrimination.” in Carol Gardner (ed.), Perspectives on Social Problems. JAI Press. 9:231-261.

Wallace, Jr., J.M. and Williams, D.R. (1997) “Religion and Adolescent Health-Compromising Behavior.” J. Schulenberg, J.L. Maggs, and K. Hurrelmann (eds.), Health Risks and Developmental Transitions During Adolescence. Cambridge University Press.  Pp. 444-468.

McDonough, P., Duncan, G. J., Williams, D. R., & House, J. S. (1997). Income Dynamics and Adult Mortality in the U.S., 1972-1989. American Journal of Public Health , 87 (9), 1476-1483.

Williams, D. R. (1997). Missed Opportunities in Monitoring Socioeconomic Status. Public Health Reports , 112, 492-494.

Williams, D. R. (1997). Race and Health: Basic Questions, Emerging Directions. Annals of Epidemiology , 7 (5), 322-333.

Williams, D. R., Yu, Y., Jackson, J. S., & Anderson, N. B. (1997). Racial Differences in Physical and Mental Health: Socioeconomic Status, Stress, and Discrimination. Journal of Health Psychology , 2 (3), 335-351.

Reprinted in Jane McLeod and Eric Wright (eds.), Sociology of Mental Illness, Sage

Krieger, N., Williams, D. R., & Moss, N. (1997). Measuring Social Class in U.S. Public Health Research: Concepts, Methodologies, and Guidelines. Annual Review of Public Health , 18, 341-378.

Reprinted in Jessie P.H. Poon, Kenneth Button and Peter Nijkamp (eds.), Social Planning. Cheltenham, U.K.: Elgar Publishing.

1996

Williams, D. R. (Guest Editor) (1996). Special issue on “Racism and Health. Ethnicity & Disease , 6 (1,2).

House, J. S., & Williams, D. R. (1996). Psychosocial Pathways Linking SES and CVD (pp. 119-124). National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Report of the Conference on Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Health and Disease. November 6-7, 1995.

Williams, D. R., & Rucker, T. (1996). Socioeconomic Status and the Health of Racial Minority Populations. In T. Mann & P. Kato (Eds.), Handbook of Diversity Issues in Health Psychology (pp. 407-423). New York, Plenum Press.

Williams, D. R. (1996). The Health of the African American Population. In S. Pedraza & R. G. Rumbaut (Ed.), Origins and Destinies: Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in America (pp. 404-416). Wadsworth.

Reprinted as “Poverty, Racism and Migration: The Health of the African American Population,” in C.M. Henry (ed.), Race, Poverty, and Domestic Policy. New Haven: Yale University Press. Pp. 311-335, 2004.

Le, N., & Williams, D. R. (1996). Social Factors and Knowledge of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam. In J. Subedi & E. Gallagher (Ed.), Culture, Society, and Disease: International Perspectives of Illness Behavior (pp. 244-261). Prentice-Hall.

Williams, D. R. (1996). Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status: Measurement and Methodological Issues. International Journal of Health Services , 26 (3), 483-505.

Williams, D. R. (1996). Racism and Health: A Research Agenda. Ethnicity and Disease , 6 (1,2), 1-6.

Jackson, J. S., Brown, T. N., Williams, D. R., Torres, M., Sellers, S. L., & Brown, K. (1996). Racism and the Physical and Mental Health Status of African Americans: A Thirteen-Year National Panel Study. Ethnicity and Disease , 6 (1,2), 132-147.

1995

Normand, J., Vlahov, D., & Moses, L. (1995). Preventing HIV Transmission: The Role of Sterile Needles and Bleach. In Preventing HIV Transmission: The Role of Sterile Needles and Bleach . Washington, D.C. The National Academies Press.

Collins, C., & Williams, D. R. (1995). Examining the Black-White Adult Mortality Disparity: The Role of Residential Segregation. In Proceedings of the 1995 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. DHHS pub. No. (PHS) 96-1214:320-325.

Williams, D.R. “African American Mental Health: Persisting Questions and Paradoxical Findings.” Robert J. Taylor (ed.), African American Research Perspectives: An Occasional Report of the Program for Research on Black Americans, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. 2(1):8-16.

Williams, D. R., Dickerson, N., & Adams, D. (1995). Conclusion. In Women of Color: A Cultural Diversity Health Perspective (pp. 239-247) . Sage.

Kessler, R. C., House, J. S., Anspach, R., & Williams, D. R. (1995). Social Psychology and Health. In K. Cook, G. Fine, & J. S. House (Ed.), Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology (pp. 548-570). Allyn and Bacon.

King, G., Williams, D. R., & Amick, B. C. (1995). Race and Health: A Multidimensional Approach to African American Health. In S. Levin, D. C. Walsh, & A. R. Tarlov (Ed.), Society and Health (pp. 93-130). Oxford, Oxford University Press.

Johnson, K. W., Anderson, N. B., Bastida, E., Kramer, B. J., Williams, D. R., & Wong, M. (1995). Macrosocial and Environmental Influences on Minority Health. Health Psychology , 14, 601-612.

Williams, D. R., & Collins, C. (1995). U.S. Socioeconomic and Racial Differences in Health: Patterns and Explanations. Annual Review of Sociology , 21, 349-386.

Reprinted in Phil Brown (ed.), Perspectives in Medical Sociology 2nd edition. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1996.

Reprinted in Kathy Charmaz and Debora A. Paterniti (eds.), Health, Illness, and Aging: Society, Social Context, and Self. Los Angeles, CA: Roxbury Publishing Co., Pp. 349-376, 1998.

Reprinted in Thomas A. LaVeist (ed.), Race, Ethnicity, and Health, Jossey Bass, 2002.

Reprinted in Kate E Pickett and Richard G Wilkinson (eds.) Health and Inequality: Major Themes in Health and Social Welfare. Routledge, In Press

1994

Williams, D. R. (1994). Review of Suicide in the African-American Community by K.E. Early. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion , 33 (2), 201.

Notes and Comments. Census Undercount and the Quality of Health Data for Racial and Ethnic Populations. (1994) (Ethnicity and Disease , 4 (1), 89-1000.

Williams, D.R. and Fenton, B. (1994) The Mental Health of African Americans: Findings, Questions and Directions.” I.L. Livingston (ed.), Handbook of Black American Health: The Mosaic of Conditions, Issues, Policies and Prospects. Greenwood Publications. Pp. 253-268.

Williams, D.R. (1994) The Measurement of Religion in Epidemiologic Studies: Problems and Prospects.” In J.S. Levin (ed.), Religious Factors in Aging and Health: Theoretical Foundations and Methodological Frontiers (pp.125-148). Sage. Pp. 125-148.

Chang, P., Williams, D. R., Griffith, E., & Young, J. L. (1994). Church-Agency Relationships in the Black Community. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , 23 (2), 91-105.

Reprinted as “Church-Agency Relationships and Social Service Networks in the Black Community of New Haven,” in N.J. Demerath III, Peter Dobkin Hall, Terry Schmitt, and Rhys H. Williams (eds.), Sacred Companies: Organizational Aspects of Religion and Religious Aspects of Organizations, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Williams, D. R., Lavizzo-Mourey, R., & Warren, R. C. (1994). The Concept of Race and Health Status in America. Public Health Reports , 109 (1), 26-41.

Reprinted in George Henderson and Grace X. Ma (eds.), Rethinking Ethnicity and Health Care: A Sociocultural Perspective, Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Pp 23-51, 1999.

Williams, D. R. (1994). The Concept of Race in Health Services Research, 1966-1990. Health Services Research , 29 (3), 261-274.

1993

Williams, D. R. (1993). Review of Health Issues in the Black Community by R.L. Braithwaite and S. E. Tayler (eds.). Contemporary Sociology , 22 (5), 746-747.

Wagener, D. K., & Williams, D. R. with contributions from Wilson, P.M. (1993). Equity in Environmental Health: Data Collection and Interpretation Issues. Toxicology and Industrial Health , 9 (5), 775-795.

Williams, D. R., Wilson, L., & Chung, A. (1993). Socioeconomic Status, Psychosocial Factors and Health in Urban Guyana. Sociological Focus , 25 (4), 279-294.

1992

Williams, D. R., & Lepkowski, J. (1992). Poverty and Health: A National Study of the Determinants of Excess Mortality. In Proceedings of the 1991 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 92-1214:217-222.

Williams, D.R. (1992) Social Structure and the Health Behaviors of Blacks. In K. Schaie, J. House, and D. Blazer, (eds.) Aging, Health Behaviors and Health Status (pp. 59-64). Erlbaum.

Williams, D. R., Takeuchi, D., & Adair, R. (1992). Socioeconomic Status and Psychiatric Disorder Among Black and Whites. Social Forces , 71, 179-194.

Reprinted in Bart Landry (Ed.), Race, Gender, and Class: Theory and Methods of Analysis. Prentice-Hall, 2004.

Wilson, L., Williams, D. R., & Wilkins, K. (1992). Family Structure and Mental Health in Urban Guyana. Central Issues in Anthropology , 10, 117-126.

Williams, D. R., Takeuchi, D., & Adair, R. (1992). Marital Status and Psychiatric Disorders Among Blacks and Whites. Journal of Health and Social Behavior , 33, 140-157.

Williams, D. R. (1992). Black-White Differences in Blood Pressure: The Role of Social Factors. Ethnicity and Disease , 2, 126-141.

1991

Williams, D. R., & House, J. S. (1991). Stress, Social Support, Control and Coping: A Social Epidemiologic View. In B. Badura & I. Kickbusch (Ed.), Health Promotion Research: Towards a New Social Epidemiology (pp. 147-172). Copenhagen, World Health Organization.

Takeuchi, D., Williams, D. R., & Adair, R.K. (1991). Economic Stress in the Family and Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems. Journal of Marriage and the Family , 53, 1031-1041.

Williams, D. R., Larson, D., Buckler, R., Heckmann, R., & Pyle, C. (1991). Religion and Psychological Distress in a Community Sample. Social Science and Medicine , 32, 1257-1262.

1990

Williams, D. R. (1990). Social Structure and the Health Status of Black Males. Challenge: A Journal of Research on Black Men , 1, 25-46.

Williams, D. R. (1990). Socioeconomic Differentials in Health: A Review and Redirection. Social Psychology Quarterly , 53, 81-99.

1989

Williams, D. R., & Bryant, S. (1989). Race Differences in Hypertension: Identifying the Determinants. In Proceedings of the 1989 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 90-1214:422-427

1987

Williams, D. R. (1987). Socioeconomic Differentials in Mortality: The Role of Psychosocial Factors. In Proceedings of the 1987 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 88-1214:317-332.

House, J.S., Williams, D.R., and Kessler, R.C. (1987) Unemployment, Social Support and Health. In S. Isacsson and L. Janzon (eds.), Social Support — Health and Disease (pp.93-111). Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksell.

1985

Williams, D., & House, J. (1985). Social Support and Stress Reduction. In C. L. Cooper & M. Smith (Ed.), Job Stress and Blue Collar Work (pp. 207-224). John Wiley and Sons.

1982

Williams, D. R. (1982). Weight Management Program Promises and Delivers. Michigan Hospitals, 18 (15-17).

HIGHLY CITED PUBLICATIONS

Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Health: Evidence and Needed Research

Prevalence and Distribution of Major Depressive Disorder in African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites

Measuring multiple dimensions of religion and spirituality for health research: Conceptual background and findings from the 1998 General Social Survey

Racial/Ethnic Variations in Women’s Health: the Social Embeddedness of Health

Religious Involvement, Stress and Mental Health: Findings from the 1995 Detroit Area Study

Racial Residential Segregation: A Fundamental Cause of Racial Disparities in Health

The Prevalence, Distribution, and Mental Health Correlates of Perceived Discrimination in the United States

Racism as a Stressor for African Americans: A Biopsychosocial Model

Race and Health: Basic Questions, Emerging Directions

Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health: The Added Effects of Racism and Discrimination

Measuring Social Class in U.S. Public Health Research: Concepts, Methodologies, and Guidelines

Racial Differences in Physical and Mental Health: Socioeconomic Status, Stress, and Discrimination

U.S. Socioeconomic and Racial Differences in Health: Patterns and Explanations

Religion and Psychological Distress in a Community Sample

Socioeconomic Differentials in Health: A Review and Redirection

Racism and Mental Health: The African American Experience

Understanding and Reducing Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health

Racial/Ethnic Discrimination and Health: Findings from Community Studies

The Health of Men: Structured Inequalities and Opportunities

Social Sources of Racial Disparities in Health

The Concept of Race and Health Status in America

Forgiveness and Health: Age Difference in a U.S. Probability Sample

The Social Determinants of Health: Coming of Age

Race, Socioeconomic Status and Health: Complexities, Ongoing Challenges and Research Opportunities

Socioeconomic disparities in health in the United States: what the patterns tell us

Dr. Williams’ Downloadable Publications pre-2006

http://www.isr.umich.edu/williams/

The South African Stress and Health Study (SASH)

The South Africa Stress and Health Study: Rationale and Design

Multiple Traumatic Events and Psychological Distress: The South African Stress and Health Study

Twelve-month mental disorders in South Africa: prevalence, service use and demographic correlates in the population-based South African Stress and Health Study

Perceived Discrimination, Race and Health in South Africa: Findings from the South Africa Stress and Health Study

Lifetime Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in South Africa

Social determinants of psychological distress in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults

Prevalence and correlates of non-fatal suicidal behavior among South Africans

Non-fatal Suicidal Behavior among South Africans: Results from the South Africa Stress and Health Study

The Impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Psychological Distress and Forgiveness in South Africa

Physical Violence against intimate partners and related exposures to violence among South African men

DSM-IV Personality Disorders and their Axis 1 Correlates in the South African Population

Risk for post-traumatic stress disorder associated with different forms of interpersonal violence in South Africa

The South African Stress and Health Study (SASH): A Foundation for Improving Mental Health Care in South Africa

Twelve-Month Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: South African National Probability Household Survey

Intermittent Explosive Disorder in South Africa: Prevalence, Correlates, and the Role of Traumatic Exposures

The mental health impact of AIDS-related mortality in South Africa: A national study

The South African Stress and Health (SASH) study: A scientific base for mental health policy

The South African Stress and Health Study (SASH)

Mental health service use among South Africans for mood, anxiety and substance use disorders

Patterns of substance use in South Africa: Results from the South African Stress and Health study

The epidemiology of major depression in South Africa: Results from the South African Stress and Health study

Life stress and mental disorders in the South African Stress and Health study

Race and Psychological Distress: The South African Stress and Health Study

Perpetration of gross human rights violations in South Africa: Association with psychiatric disorders

Perceived discrimination and mental health disorders: The South African Stress and Health study