Williams Research Group
Dr. David R. Williams is the Norman Professor of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology at Harvard. His research focuses on the ways in which race, socioeconomic status, racism, stress, health behaviors and religious involvement can affect health. The Everyday Discrimination Scale that he developed is the most widely used measure of discrimination in health studies.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
677 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Kresge Building, Room 615
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COMMENTARY
Profile of David R. Williams in Lancet (a British Medical Journal) November 2022
JAMA: COVID-19 and Health Equity—A New Kind of “Herd Immunity” May 11, 2020
The Hill: Strengthening immunity against racism through solidarity April 22, 2020
Interview with Every Child Thrives, the Kellogg Foundation April 29, 2020
PODCASTS
University of Iowa College of Public Health. From the Front Row Student Run Podcast. November 2022
“Why the coronavirus is so deadly for black America” The Ezra Klein Show May 11, 2020
NPR Short Wave: Coronavirus and Racism Are Dual Public Health Emergencies June 5, 2020
Radio New Zealand: The Health Impacts of Racism. August 29, 2020
VIDEOS
Media Interviews
James S. Jackson And The Program For Research On Black Americans, December 2023
Insights from ECD LEAD Latin America, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University. June 2023
W.K. Kellogg Foundation. David R. Williams on Solidarity: All of Us Can Win. January 2023
60 Minutes “Black Americans more prone to health issues because of racism” April 19, 2021
60 Minutes “Police shootings and the mental health of Black communities” April 18, 2021
CNN Interviewed by Fareed Zakaria On GPS: Why COVID-19 hit black Americans so hard June 7, 2020
MSNBC Morning Joe: How racism impacts the health of Black Americans June 10, 2020
ABC News Primetime Special: America In Pain June 2, 2020
Glad You Asked, Vox, “Is Racism Making People Sick?” April 3, 2021
JAMA: Structural Racism in Medicine and Health Care. March 16, 2021
PBS NewsHour: How COVID-19 is highlighting racial disparities in Americans’ health. July 16, 2020
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Interview, The Drum April 16, 2020
W.K. Kellogg Foundation: Healing in Action 2020. June 25, 2020
W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Day of Racial Healing 2022
Empower Hour Episode 3, April 9th
Lectures
Unequal Treatment at 20: Accelerating Progress toward Health Care Equity March, 21, 2023
Kimball Lecture, American Board of Internal Medicine: Covid-19 and Community of Color. July 2020
Glasgow Centre for Population Health – How racism shapes our health. May 12, 2021
Virginia Tech Seminar. “Society Inequities and Health: What Each One of Us Can Do?” Sept 2021
The 5th Cutter Symposium: Epidemiology and Racism. May 14, 2021
Harvard FXB Center Anti-Racism in Public Health Policies, Practice & Research Sept 21, 2021
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University Naming Racism June 5, 2020
QUOTED IN NEWS ARTICLES
NPR: “Education Usually Improves Health. But Racism Sabotages Benefits For Black Men” May 18, 2021
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. July 21, 2020
Chicago Sun Times article April 19, 2020
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel April 3, 2020
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) April 16, 2020
Harvard Gazette April 14, 2020
MDEdge/Psychiatry April 16, 2020