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Curriculum Vitae
David R. Williams
(Abbreviated, June 2013)
Office Address Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Harvard School of Public Health
677 Huntington Ave., Room 615
Boston, MA 02115-6096
Phone: 617-432-6807
Fax: 617-432-3755
E-mail: [email protected]
WORK EXPERIENCE
2006- Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health,
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health;
Professor of African and African-American Studies and Professor of Sociology,
Harvard University
2002-2006 Harold W. Cruse Collegiate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
1998-2006 Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology; Senior Research Scientist/ Research
Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of
Michigan
1992 - 1998 Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology; Associate Research
Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of
Michigan
2003-2006 Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health,
University of Michigan
2004 - 2005 Director, South Africa Initiatives Office, Center for Afroamerican and African
Studies (CAAS), University of Michigan
1992 - 2006 Faculty Associate, CAAS, University of Michigan
1992 - Faculty Associate, Program for Research on Black Americans, Research Center for
Group Dynamics, ISR, University of Michigan
1999 - 2006 Co-Director, Research Center on Religion, Race, and Health; Survey Research Center,
University of Michigan
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1991 – 1992 Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Yale University;
Associate Professor of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health,
Yale School of Medicine
1986 – 1991 Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Health, Yale University
1989 – 1990 Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Yale University
1983 – 1986 Research Assistant to Study Manager/Field Coordinator, University of Michigan
1984 – 1985 Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan, Detroit Area Study (graduate practicum
in Survey Research), Principles of Sociology
1980 – 1982 Health Educator, Battle Creek Adventist Hospital, Battle Creek, Michigan
1971 – 1972 High School Teacher, St. Lucia S.D.A. Academy, Castries, St. Lucia
EDUCATION
B. Th., honours, University of the Southern Caribbean (formerly Caribbean Union College),
Trinidad, 1976
M.Div., cum laude, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, 1979
M.P.H., Health Education, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 1981
M.A., Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1984
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1986
Major examination field: Social Psychology
Minor Fields: Social Structure & Personality; Intergroup Attitudes & Group Consciousness
Dissertation: Socioeconomic Differentials in Health: The Role of Psychosocial Factors
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
University of Michigan Minority Fellowship, 1982-1984
ICPSR Minority Fellowship, summer 1983
American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship, 1984-85
U.S. Public Health Service Predoctoral Fellowship, 1985-86
Eita Krom Scholar, University of Michigan, 1986
Junior Faculty Fellowship, Yale University, 1990-91
Senior Faculty Fellowship, Yale University, 1992-93 (Declined)
1993 Honored Alumnus Award, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University
1994 Alumnus of the Year Award for Excellence in Scholarship, School of Public Health, Loma
Linda University
Student Award “David Williams Award for Excellence,” named in honor, Caribbean Union College,
Trinidad, 1994
High Honors List of Instructors, Michigan Student Assembly, 1993 (Teaching ranked in top 5% of
over 2,300 courses evaluated)
Robert Wood Johnson Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, 1995-96
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Fellow, International Society of Hypertension in Blacks, 1996
Faculty Recognition Award, University of Michigan, 1997
Harold R. Johnson Diversity Award, University of Michigan, 1998
Elected Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 2001
Collegiate Chair, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan, 2002-2006
Decade of Behavior Research Award, 2004
Doctor of Science, honoris causea, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, 2004
Ranked as one of the Top Ten Most Cited Researchers in the Social Sciences in the past decade (Jan.
1, 1995 to Aug. 31, 2005), ISI Essential Science Indicators
University Alumnus of the Year Award, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 2005
Ranked as 2nd
Most Cited Black Scholar in the Social Sciences in 2006, The Journal of Black Issues
in Higher Education, 2007
Ranked as 2nd
Most Cited Black Scholar in the Social Sciences in 2007, The Journal of Black Issues
in Higher Education, 2008
Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
Honorary Professor, College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, 2009
William A. Hinton Award, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2009
Ranked as the Most Cited Black Scholar in the Social Sciences in 2008, The Journal of Black Issues
in Higher Education, 2009
Leo G. Reeder Award for Distinguished Contributions to Medical Sociology, American Sociological
Association, 2011
Honorary Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town,
Rodenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa, 2012- 2017
Visiting Professorships
Bohan Visiting Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Preventive Medicine,
Kansas City, 2002
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2003
Visiting Professor, University of Tennessee Medical School, Memphis, TN, 2004
Visiting Professor, Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis,
MN, 2005
Distinguished Scholar in Residence, University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, 2011
Visiting Professor, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, 2012
SPECIAL TRAINING
Predoctoral Trainee, NIMH training program in Psychosocial Factors in Mental Health and Mental
Illness, directed by James S. House and Ronald C. Kessler, 1982-86
Certificate in Survey Sampling, Intensive Sampling Workshop, Survey Research Center, University
of Michigan, directed by Leslie Kish and Graham Kalton, summer 1983
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
American Public Health Association
American Psychological Association
Association of Black Sociologists
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Caribbean Studies Association
International Society of Hypertension in Blacks
New York Academy of Sciences
Society for Epidemiological Research
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
COMMITTEES AND BOARDS
Current:
Member, National Advisory Council for the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI),
National Institutes of Health, 2010-2013
Member, Health Disparities Subcommittee, Advisory Committee to the Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 2005-
Member, NHGRI Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health Working Group, 2008-
Member, National Advisory Committee for County Health Roadmaps (formerly Mobilizing Action
Toward Community Health (MATCH), 2011-2014
Member, National Advisory Committee, Howard University Cardiovascular Division, 2012-
Member, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials-United Health Foundation (ASTHO-
UHF) Health Ranking Expert Panel, 2012-
Member, Racialization and Health Inequalities in Toronto Project Advisory Committee. 2012-
Member, National Advisory Panel for National Association of City and County Health Officials
(NACCHO) Health Inequity & Social Justice Initiative, 2011-2013
Member, Advisory Committee on Public Issues, the Advertising Council, 2008-
Member, CDC Community Guide Equity Review Coordinating Committee, 2009-
Member, Board of Trustees, Loma Linda University/Loma Linda University Adventist Health
Sciences Center/ Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, 2011-
Member, Social Science Advisory Board, Poverty and Race Research Action, 2010-
Member, National Advisory Committee, Health Policy Institute, Joint Center for Political and
Economic Studies, 2005-
Member, National Advisory Committee, Kellogg Health Scholars Program, 2005-
Member, External Advisory Committee, National Center for Primary Care and Center of Excellence
on Health Disparities, Morehouse School of Medicine, 2004-
Member, Coronary Artery Risk Development in (Young) Adults (CARDIA) Emerging Science
Committee, 1999–
Member, Board of Trustees, U.S. Dream Academy, 1999–
Member, Board of Trustees, Oakwood University (formerly Oakwood College), Huntsville, AL,
2006–
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Cross-University Brain and Behaviour Initiative, South Africa,
2005-
Former:
Staff Director, RWJF Commission to Build a Healthier America, 2006-2009
Member, Core Scientific Panel, MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Socioeconomic Status
and Health, 1997–2009
Member, Committee on the State of the USA Health Indicators, Institute of Medicine, 2008
Member, Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care,
Institute of Medicine/ The National Academy of Sciences, 2000-02
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Member, Center for Scientific Review Advisory Committee, National Institutes of Health, 2002–
2004
Member, Panel on Health Data for Measuring Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, National
Academy of Sciences, 2002-2004
Member, Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life, National Research Council/ The
National Academy of Sciences, 2001–2004
Member, Committee to Review the NIH’s Strategic Research Plan to Reduce and Ultimately
Eliminate Health Disparities. Institute of Medicine/The National Academy of Sciences, 2004-2006
Member, Committee on Future Research Directions for Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at
NIH, National Research Council/The National Academy of Sciences, 1999-2000
Member, Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs, National Academy of
Sciences/National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, 1993-95
Member, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (appointed by Secretary of Health and
Human Services), 1992-96
Member, Subcommittee on Mental Health
Chair, Subcommittee on Minority and Other Special Populations, 1994-96
Member, Social Science Panel on Race, Racism and Race Relations for President Clinton’s Initiative
on Race, White House Office of Science and Technology/American Sociological Association 1998-
1999
Member, United States/United Kingdom Minority Health Initiative, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, 1997–2001
Member, Panel on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Diagnosis and Treatment, Physicians for Human
Rights, 2000–2003
Member, Study Panel on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicare, National Academy of Social
Insurance, 2004-2006
Advisor and Resource Person, President Clinton’s Task Force on Health Care Reform, 1993
Member, AHRQ-NIMHD Health Disparity Population Definitions Committee, 2010-2011
Member, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Young Leaders Awards Panel, 2012
Member, NIH Health Disparities Strategic Planning FY 2014-2018 Priority Setting Working Group,
2012
Member, Steering Committee, Special Research Initiative, California Breast Cancer Research
Program, University of California, Office of the President, 2006-2008
Elected Member, Board of Trustees, Academy Health, 2001-2005
Member, Overseers’ Committee to Visit the Department of African and African-American Studies,
Harvard University, 2005
Member, National Advisory Committee, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in
Health Policy Research, 1999-2001
Member, National Science Foundation Board of Overseers for NORC’s General Social Survey, 1993-
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Member, Social and Group Processes Grant Review Panel, National Institute of Mental Health,
1996–99
Member, National Institute of Health Social Sciences, Nursing, Epidemiology, and Methods
Scientific Review Panel, 1999
Member, Board of Overseers, Museum of Science, Boston, MA, 2007-2009
Member, Board of Trustees, Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, MA, 1991–2008
Member, National Advisory Committee, Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization
Initiative, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1997–2002
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Member, NHLBI Data and Safety Monitoring Board for the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
(MESA), 1999–2005
Member, American Sociological Association, Minority Fellowship Program Advisory committee,
1999-2000
Member, Task Force for an American Sociological Association Statement on Race, 2001-2003
Member, Scientific Directions Committee, Jackson Heart Study, (Large NHLBI-funded prospective
study), 1998-2003
Member, Advisory Committee, International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality,
Rockville, MD, 2001-2003
Member, Planning Committee for Sixteenth Annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health
Policy: Reducing Disparities: Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Minorities and Mental Health, 2000
Member, Advisory Board, Children, Youth and Families Initiative, Prison Fellowship Ministries,
1998–1999
Member, Research Advisors Group, Grand Rapids African American Health Institute, 2005-2006
Member, Search Committee for the Director of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for
Health Statistics, 1997-98
Member, Working Group on Social Inequalities in Health, Harvard University, 1997-98
Member, National Institute on Aging/The Fetzer Institute Committee on Measuring Religiosity in
Later Life, 1996–1999
Member, National Institute for Healthcare Research/Templeton Foundation Committee on Scientific
Progress in Spiritual Research, 1996-97
Member, Advisory Board, Research Project on Financing Historical Black Churches,
Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA., 1996-98
Member, Advisory Committee, Picker-Commonwealth Scholars Program, 1993-94
Member, Steering Committee, Human Services Research Institute, 1993-94
Member, Health Services Research and Development Service Advisory Committee for Multicultural
Studies in Health Care, Department of Veterans’ Affairs, 1995
Member, Planning Committee, National Conference on Mental Health Statistics, NIMH, 1992
Member, Planning Committee for National Conference on “Interaction of Race, Ethnicity and
Socioeconomic Status in Cancer Epidemiology Studies,” National Cancer Institute and Michigan
Cancer Foundation, 1995
Member, Advisory Board, Center for Aging in Diverse Communities, University of California, San
Francisco, 1998-2003
Offices Held in Professional Organizations:
Secretary-Treasurer, Medical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association, 1995-97
Member, Nominations Committee, American Sociological Association, 1997-98
Member, Dubois-Johnson-Frazier Award Selection Committee, American Sociological Association,
1994-96
Member, Nominations Committee, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association,
1987-88
Member, Publications Committee, Association of Black Sociologists, 1995-1996
Member, Program Planning Committee, American Public Health Association, 1999-2000
OTHER PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Grant Reviewer for:
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Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of
Mental Health, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Dental Research, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Spencer Foundation, Danish
Social Science Research Council, Israel Science Foundation, The Wellcome Trust, Health Research
Board of Ireland
Reviewer for:
Socioeconomic Status and Health Chartbook. Published with Health United States, 1998. U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, 1998.
Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity. A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the
Surgeon General. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001
Measuring Housing Discrimination in a National Study: Summary of a Workshop. National Research
Council, National Academy of Sciences Press, 2001
Health Outcomes for Uninsured Adults, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences Press,
2002
Editorial Boards:
Member, Editorial Board, American Sociological Review, 2000-2002
Member, Editorial Board, Ethnicity and Disease, 1993-2001
Member, Editorial Board, Health Services Research, 2006-2009
Member, Editorial Board, Social Problems, 1996-2002
Member, Editorial Board, Ethnicity and Health, 1997 –
Member, Editorial Board, The Milbank Quarterly, 2000 –
Member, Editorial Board, Contexts, 2000-2002
Member, Editorial Board, Social Psychology Quarterly, 1997-1999, 2003-2006
Member, Editorial Board, Contemporary Sociology, 1991-1992
Member, Editorial Board, Atlas of American Children, 2002-2003
Member, Editorial Board, Psychosomatic Medicine, 2004-
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents and
Children, 2004-2008
Member, Editorial Board, Society and Mental Health, 2010-2011
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2011-
Editorial Reviewer:
American Sociological Review American J of Epidemiology JAMA
American J of Sociology American J of Public Health New England J of Medicine
Social Forces Public Health Reports Lancet
Social Problems
Demography
Annals of Epidemiology
J Epid & Community Hlth
J General Internal Medicine
J of National Medical Assoc.
J of Health & Social Behavior American Psychologist Am. J of Preventive Medicine
Social Science & Medicine Health Services Research Preventive Medicine
Social Psychology Quarterly Ethnicity and Disease Am J of Orthopsychiatry
Contexts Psychological Bulletin Journal of Gerontology
Sociological Forum J Clin Child Adolescent Psych Medical Journal of Australia
Sociological Quarterly Soc Psych & Psychiatric Epid Psychosomatic Medicine
Sociological Focus Journal of Health Psychology Org Behav & Human Decision
Sociological Perspectives Health Inter J of Behavioral Medicine
International J of Hlth Services J Consulting & Clinical Psych Environ. Health Perspective
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Milbank Quarterly J Social and Clinical Psych J Hlth Care Poor Underserved
J Personality & Social Psych
Social Science Research
J Marriage and Family
Law and Society Review
J Res Crime & Delinquency
Society & Mental Health
J Gerontology: Social Sciences
Social and Economic Studies
J Applied Social Psychology
J Applied Biobehavioral
Research
Health Education Quarterly
Women’s Health Issues
Journal of Personality
Cult Diver & Ethnic Min Psych
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Women’s Health & Urban Life
Medical Sci Monitor
J HIV/AIDS Preven. & Educ
for Adolescent & Child
Arch Ped & Adol Medicine
J Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndromes
J Behavioral Medicine
Ethnicity and Health Int J Environ Res Public Health
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Member, Doctoral Admissions Committee, 2007–2008
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, 2008–2012
Harvard University, Department of African and African American Studies
Member, Social Engagement Committee, 2007–
University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research/Survey Research Center
Member, Recruitment Committee, 1992–1994; 2000-2002
Elected Member, Senior Staff Advisory Committee, 1993-1995
Chair, Scholarly Review Committee for a Member of the Primary Research Staff, 1994
Member, Social Environment and Health Program Search Committee, 1994-1996, 1999-2001
Member, Staff Development and Training Committee, 1995-1996
Chair, Staff Development and Training Committee, 1996-1998
Member, Internal Review Committee, 1996
Member, Task Force on Racial/Ethnic Diversity, 1997
Member, Council on Institute for Social Research Initiatives, 1997–1999
Member, Institute for Social Research Director Search Committee, 2004-2005
University of Michigan, Department of Sociology
Student Representative, Personnel Committee, 1985-1986
Member, Health and Aging Program Committee, 1992-1994, 2000-2001, 2004-2005 (chair)
Member, Task Force on Diversity and Discrimination, 1993-1994
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, 1993-1994
Ombudsperson, Sociology Department, 1993-1994
Member, Detroit Area Study Committee, 1994-1995
Chair, Health and Aging Program Committee, winter 1995
Sexual Harassment Resource Liaison, 1995-
Elected Member, Executive Committee, 1995-1997, 2001-2003
Member, Internal Review Committee, 1996-97
Member, Personnel Committee, 1997-1998; 1999-2000; 2000-2001 (Chair); 2005-2006
Member, Race and Ethnicity Program Committee, 1999-2000
Member, Admissions Committee, 2004-2005
Member, Social Psychology Program Committee, 2004-2005
Chair, Health, Aging and Lifecourse Program Committee, 2005-2006
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Yale University, Department of Sociology
Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee, 1986-1987
Chair, Social Psychology Comprehensive Exam Committee, 1986-1992
Member, Medical Sociology Comprehensive Exam Committee, 1986-1992
Member, Personnel Committee, 1987-1989
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Student Concerns, 1988-1989
Member, Social Science Library Committee, 1988-1989
Chair, Undergraduate Affairs Committee, 1989-1990
Member, Steering Committee, 1989-1990
Member, Graduate Affairs Committee, 1991-1992
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Harvard University
Member, School of Public Health’s Dean’s Search Advisory Committee, 2007-2008
Member, Coordinating Committee, The Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University
Fellowship, 2009-
Member, Harvard Catalyst Health Disparities Research Program, Faculty Advisory
Committee, 2009-
Co-director, Cancer Risk Reduction and Disparities Program, Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer
Center
Member, Standing Committee on Global Health and Health Policy, Faculty of Arts and
Sciences, 2010 - 2012
University of Michigan
Member, Health Services Research Initiative Task Force, 1996
Member, Meister Child Health Policy Committee, 1997–2000
Member, Advisory Board, Center on Poverty, Risk and Mental Health, 1997–2006
Member, Advisory Council, South Africa Initiative Office, 1998-2000
Member, Center for Afro-American and African Studies Committee on Health, Public Policy,
and Communities in the African Diaspora, 1998-1999
Member, Rackham Divisional Board, Rackham Grant and Fellowship Program, 2001-2003
Member, Executive Committee, Center for Afroamerican & African Studies, 2004-2005
Member, Health Behavior Health Education, Search Committee on Reducing Health
Disparities, Public Health, 2004-2005
Member, The President’s Healthy Community Initiatives Task Force, 2005-2006
Yale University
Member, Search Committee for Assistant Dean/Director of Afro-American Cultural Center,
1991-1992
Member, Selection Committee for Minority Summer Research Exchange Program, 1991-1992
Member, Yale College Undergraduate Admissions Committee, 1991-1992
MAJOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Race and SES Differences in Health Medical Sociology
Racism and Health Social Psychology
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Religion/Spirituality and Health Survey Research Methods
Dissertation Advising
Chair/Co-Chair, Completed Dissertations: Chiquita Collins, Tony Brown, Shelly Brown, Ivan de la
Rosa, Michelle Harris-Reid, Kristy McNamara, Charlea McNeal, Hyun Joo Oh, Toni Rucker, Sherrill
Sellers, Sabrina Tyuse, Niki Dickerson, Jennifer Malat, Mercedes Rubio, Shirley Thomas, Colwick
Wilson, Angel Harris, Deborah Willis, Amanda K. Toler, Adebola Odunlami, Jesse Hood
Committee Member, Completed Dissertations: Russell Adair, Sarah Avellar, An-Me Chung,
Sharon Bryant, Nina Kontos, Ursula Bauer, Terry Schmidt, Ching-Chu Liang, Jennifer Lyle, William
Magee, Jacqueline Newsome, Michelle Gilliard, Megan Beckett, Angela Haddad, Marianne
Hillemeier, Pat Pastor, Mark Wilson, Juliana van Olphen, Hernan Hammerly, Diane Quinn, Juanita
Bogart, Karen Lincoln, Deanna Cooke, Heather Wathington, Darryl Wout, James Lee, Carl Hill,
Shawn Boykin, Haslyn Hunte, Enrique Neblett, Mahasin Mujahid, Anika Ball-Anthony, Rashid Njai,
Michelle Sternthal, Rahwa Haile, Lorraine Dean, Natalie Slopen, Meghan Woo, Amenah A.
Agunwamba
External Reader, Dissertation Committee:
Yin C. Paradies, Dept. of Public Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Geoffrey R. Browne, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Lena Caesar, College of Health and Human Services, Western Michigan University, MI
Sarah Hill, Dept. of Public Health, University of Otago, New Zealand
Carrington Clifford Joseph Shepherd, Curtin University, Australia
PUBLICATIONS
1982 Williams, D.R. “Weight Management Program Promises and Delivers.” Michigan Hospitals,
18:15-17.
1985a House, J. and Kahn, R., with the assistance of McLeod, J. and Williams, D. “Measuring
Social Support.” S. Cohen and L. Syme (eds.), Social Support and Health. New York: Academic
Press. Pp. 93-108.
1985b Williams, D. and House, J. “Social Support and Stress Reduction.” C.L. Cooper and M. Smith
(eds.), Job Stress and Blue Collar Work. London: John Wiley and Sons. Pp. 207-224.
1986 House, J.S., Williams, D.R., and Kessler, R.C. “Unemployment, Social Support and Health.”
S. Isacsson and L. Janzon (eds.), Social Support -- Health and Disease. Stockholm: Almqvist and
Wiksell. Pp.93-111.
1987 Williams, D.R. “Socioeconomic Differentials in Mortality: The Role of Psychosocial
Factors.” Proceedings of the 1987 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. DHHS Pub.
No. (PHS) 88-1214:317-332.
1989 Williams, D.R. and Bryant, S. “Race Differences in Hypertension: Identifying the
Determinants.” Proceedings of the 1989 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics. DHHS
Pub. No. (PHS) 90-1214:422-427
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1990a Williams, D.R. “Socioeconomic Differentials in Health: A Review and Redirection.” Social
Psychology Quarterly, 53:81-99.
1990b Williams, D.R. “Social Structure and the Health Status of Black Males.” Challenge: A Journal
of Research on Black Men, 1:25-46.
1991a Williams, D.R., D. Larson, R. Buckler, R. Heckmann, and C. Pyle. “Religion and
Psychological Distress in a Community Sample.” Social Science and Medicine 32:1257-1262.
1991b Takeuchi, D., Williams, D.R., and Adair, R.K. “Economic Stress in the Family and Children’s
Emotional and Behavioral Problems.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 53:1031-1041.
1991c Williams, D.R. and House, J.S. “Stress, Social Support, Control and Coping: A Social
Epidemiologic View.” B. Badura and I. Kickbusch (eds.), Health Promotion Research: Towards a
New Social Epidemiology. Copenhagen: World Health Organization. Pp. 147-172.
1992a Williams, D.R., “Black-White Differences in Blood Pressure: The Role of Social Factors.”
Ethnicity and Disease 2:126-141.
1992b Williams, D.R., Takeuchi, D., and Adair, R. “Marital Status and Psychiatric Disorders Among
Blacks and Whites.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 33:140-157.
1992c Wilson, L., Williams, D.R., and Wilkins, K. “Family Structure and Mental Health in Urban
Guyana.” Central Issues in Anthropology, 10:117-126.
1992d Williams, D.R., Takeuchi, D., and Adair, R. “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.
1992e Williams, D.R. “Social Structure and the Health Behaviors of Blacks.” K. Schaie, J. House,
and D. Blazer, (eds.) Aging, Health Behaviors and Health Status. Erlbaum. Pp. 59-64.
1992f Williams, D. and Lepkowski, J. “Poverty and Health: A National Study of the Determinants
of Excess Mortality.” Proceedings of the 1991 Public Health Conference on Records and Statistics.
DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 92-1214:217-222.
1993a Williams, D.R., Wilson, L., and Chung, A. “Socioeconomic Status, Psychosocial Factors and
Health in Urban Guyana.” Sociological Focus. 25(4):279-294.
1993b Wagener, D.K. and Williams, D.R. with contributions from Wilson, P.M. “Equity in
Environmental Health: Data Collection and Interpretation Issues.” Toxicology and Industrial Health
9(5):775-795.
1994a Williams, D.R. “The Concept of Race in Health Services Research, 1966-1990.” Health
Services Research. 29(3):261-274.
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1994b Williams, D.R., Lavizzo-Mourey, R., and Warren, R.C. “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.
1994c Chang, P., Williams, D.R., Griffith, E., and Young, J.L. “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.
1994d Williams, D.R. “The Measurement of Religion in Epidemiologic Studies: Problems and
Prospects.” J.S. Levin (ed.), Religious Factors in Aging and Health: Theoretical Foundations and
Methodological Frontiers. Sage. Pp. 125-148.
1994e Williams, D.R. and Fenton, B. “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.
1994f Notes and Comments. “Census Undercount and the Quality of Health Data for Racial and
Ethnic Populations.” Ethnicity and Disease. 4(1):89-1000.
1995a Williams, D.R. and Collins, C. “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, 2008.
1995b Johnson, K.W., Anderson, N.B., Bastida, E., Kramer, B.J., Williams, D.R., and Wong, M.
“Macrosocial and Environmental Influences on Minority Health.” Health Psychology. 14:601-612.
1995c King, G. and Williams, D.R. “Race and Health: A Multidimensional Approach to African
American Health.” Benjamin C. Amick, Sol Levin, Diana Chapman Walsh, and Alvin R. Tarlov
(eds.), Society and Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 93-130.
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1995d Kessler, R.C., House, J.S., Anspach, R., and Williams, D.R. “Social Psychology and Health.”
Karen Cook, Gary Fine, and James S. House (eds.), Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology.
Allyn and Bacon. Pp. 548-570.
1995e Williams, D.R. and Dickerson, N. “Conclusion” Diane Adams (ed.), Women of Color: A
Cultural Diversity Health Perspective. Sage. Pp. 239-247
1995f 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.
1995g Collins, C. and Williams, D.R. “Examining the Black-White Adult Mortality Disparity: The
Role of Residential Segregation.” Proceedings of the 1995 Public Health Conference on Records and
Statistics. DHHS pub. No. (PHS) 96-1214:320-325.
1996a Jackson, J.S. Brown, T.N., Williams, D.R., Torres, M., Sellers, S.L., and Brown, K. “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.
1996b Williams, D.R. “Racism and Health: A Research Agenda.” Ethnicity and Disease, 6(1,2):1-6.
1996c Williams, D.R. “Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status: Measurement and Methodological
Issues.” International Journal of Health Services. 26(3):483-505.
1996d Le, N. and Williams, D.R. “Social Factors and Knowledge of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam.”
Janardan Subedi and Eugene Gallagher (eds.), Culture, Society, and Disease: International
Perspectives of Illness Behavior. Prentice-Hall. Pp. 244-261.
1996e Williams, D.R. “The Health of the African American Population.” Silvia Pedraza and Ruben
G. Rumbaut (eds.), Origins and Destinies: Immigration, Race and Ethnicity in America. Wadsworth.
Pp. 404-416.
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.
1996f Williams, D.R. and Rucker, T. “Socioeconomic Status and the Health of Racial Minority
Populations.” Traci Mann and Pamela Kato (eds.), Handbook of Diversity Issues in Health
Psychology. New York: Plenum Press. Pp. 407-423.
1996g House, J.S. and Williams, D.R. “Psychosocial Pathways Linking SES and CVD.” National
Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Report of the Conference on
Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Health and Disease. November 6-7, 1995. Pp. 119-124.
1997a Krieger, N., Williams, D.R., and Moss, N. “Measuring Social Class in U.S. Public Health
Research: Concepts, Methodologies, and Guidelines.” Annual Review of Public Health. 18:341-378.
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Reprinted in Jessie P.H. Poon, Kenneth Button and Peter Nijkamp (eds.), Social Planning.
Cheltenham, U.K.: Elgar Publishing.
1997b Williams, D.R., Yu, Y., Jackson, J.S., and Anderson, N.B. “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, 2009.
1997c Williams, D.R. “Race and Health: Basic Questions, Emerging Directions.” Annals of
Epidemiology. 7(5):322-333.
1997d Williams, D.R. “Missed Opportunities in Monitoring Socioeconomic Status.” Public Health
Reports. 112:492-494.
1997e McDonough, P., Duncan, G.J. Williams, D.R., and House, J.S. “Income Dynamics and Adult
Mortality in the U.S., 1972-1989.” American Journal of Public Health. 87(9):1476-1483.
1997f Wallace, Jr., J.M. and Williams, D.R., “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.
1997g Forman, T.A., Williams, D.R., and Jackson, J.S. “Race, Place, and Discrimination.” in Carol
Gardner (ed.), Perspectives on Social Problems. JAI Press. 9:231-261.
1998a Lantz, P.M., House, J.S., Lepskowski, J. M., Williams, D.R., Mero, R. P., and Chen J.
“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.
1998b Williams, D.R. “African American Health: The Role of the Social Environment.” Journal of
Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 75: 300-321.
1998c Neighbors, H.W., Musick, M.A., and Williams, D.R. “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.
1998d Wilson, L. and Williams, D.R. “Issues in the Quality of Data on Minority Groups.” Vonnie
McLoyd and Laurence Steinberg (eds.), Studying Minority Adolescents: Conceptual,
Methodological, and Theoretical Issues. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Pp. 237-250.
1998e 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.
1998f Jackson, J.S., Williams, D.R., and Gomberg, E.S. “Aging and Alcohol Use and Abuse Among
African Americans: A Life-Course Perspective.” In E.S.L. Gomberg, A.M. Hegedus, and R.A.
Zucker (eds.), Alcohol Problems and Aging, NIAAA Research Monograph 33. NIH Publication
Number 98-4163. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Pp 63-87.
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1999a Williams, D.R., Jackson, J.S. Brown, T.N. Forman, T., Torres, M., and Brown, K.
“Traditional and Contemporary Prejudice and Urban Whites’ Support for Affirmative Action and
Government Help.” Social Problems. 46(4):503-527.
1999b McDonough, P., Williams, David R., House, J.S., and Duncan, G.J. “Gender and the
Socioeconomic Gradient in Mortality.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 40:17-31.
1999c Williams, D.R., Griffith, E.E.H., Young, J., Collins, C., and Dodson, J. “Structure and
Provision of Services in New Haven Black Churches.” Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority
Psychology. 5(2):118-133.
1999d Ren, X.S., Amick, B., Williams, D.R. “Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health: The Interplay
Between Discrimination and Socioeconomic Status.” Ethnicity and Disease. 9(2):151-165.
1999e Kessler, R.C., Mickelson, K., and Williams, D.R. “The Prevalence, Distribution, and Mental
Health Correlates of Perceived Discrimination in the United States.” Journal of Health and Social
Behavior. 40(3):208-230.
1999f Collins, C., and Williams, D.R. “Segregation and Mortality: The Deadly Effects of Racism.”
Sociological Forum. 14(3):495-523.
1999g Clark, R., Anderson, N.B., Clark, V.R., and Williams, D.R. “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.
1999h Williams, D.R. “The Monitoring of Racial/Ethnic Status in the USA: Data Quality Issues.”
Ethnicity and Health. 4(3): 121-137.
1999i Williams, D.R. “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
1999j Kaplan, G.A. and Williams, D.R.. Editorial: “Rising Tides, Falling Fortunes.” Annals of
Epidemiology. 9 (8):461-463, 1999.
1999k Williams, D.R., Spencer, M., and Jackson, J.S. “Race Stress and Physical Health: The Role of
Group Identity” R.J. Contrada and R.D. Ashmore (eds.), Self, Social Identity and Physical Health:
Interdisciplinary Explorations. New York: Oxford University Press. Pp. 71-100.
1999l Williams, D.R., and Harris-Reid, M. “Race and Mental Health: Emerging Patterns and
Promising Approaches.” Allan V. Horwitz and Teresa L. Scheid (eds.) A Handbook for the Study of
Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems. New York: Cambridge University Press. Pp.
295-314.
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1999m Yu, Y. and Williams, D.R. “Socioeconomic Status and Mental Health.” J. Phelan and C.
Aneshensel (eds.) Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health. New York Plenum Publishers. Pp.
151-166.
1999n Sickel, A.E., Moore, P.J., Adler, N.E., Williams, D.R., and Jackson, J. S. “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.
2000a Schulz, A., Williams, D., Israel, B., Becker, A., Parker, E., James, S., and Jackson, J. “Unfair
Treatment, Neighborhood Effects, and Mental Health in the Detroit Metropolitan Area”. Journal of
Health and Social Behavior. 41:314-332.
2000b Williams, D.R. and Jackson, J.S. “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.
2000c Schulz, A., Israel, B., Williams, D., Parker, E., Becker, A., James, S. “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.
2000d Brown, T.N., Williams, D.R., Jackson, J.S., Neighbors, H.W., Torres, M., Sellers, S.L., and
Brown, K.T. “Being Black and Feeling Blue: The Mental Health Consequences of Racial
Discrimination”. Race & Society. 2:117-131.
2000e Williams, D.R., and Rucker, T.D. “Understanding and Addressing Racial Disparities in
Health Care.” Health Care Financing Review. 21:75-90.
2000f Williams, D.R., and Williams-Morris, R. “Racism and Mental Health: The African American
Experience.” Ethnicity and Health. 5: 243-268
2000g Siefert, K., Bowman, P., Heflin, C., Danziger, S., and Williams, D. “Social and
Environmental Predictors of Maternal Depression in Current and Recent Welfare Recipients.”
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 70(4):510-522
2000h House, J.S., Lepkowski, J.M., Williams, D.R., Mero, R.P., Lantz, P.M., Robert, S.A., and
Chen, J. “Excess Mortality Among Urban Residents: How Much for Whom and Why?” American
Journal of Public Health. 90:1989-1904.
2000i Williams, D.R. “Race, Stress, and Mental Health: Findings from the Commonwealth Minority
Health Survey.” In C. Hogue, M.A. Hargraves and K.S. Collins (eds.), Minority Health in America:
Findings and Policy Implication From the Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Survey. Johns-
Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. Pp. 209-243.
2000j McDonough, P, Duncan, G.J., Williams, D.R. and House, J.S. “The Impact of Income
Dynamics on Mortality in the United States” In Cornia, G.A. and Paniccia, R (eds), The Mortality
Crisis In Transitional Economies. Oxford University Press, New York. Pp. 392-419.
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2000k Williams, D.R. “Race and Health in Kansas: Data, Issues and Directions”. In Alvin R Tarlov
and Robert F. St. Peter (eds.) The Society and Population Health Reader. Volume II: A State and
Community Perspective. The New Press, New York. Pp. 236-258.
2000l House, J., and Williams, D.R. “Understanding and Reducing Socioeconomic and
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health” In B.D. Smedley and S. L. Syme (eds) Promoting Health:
Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research. National Academy Press Washington,
D.C. Pp. 81-124.
Reprinted in Richard Hofrichter (ed.) Health and Social Justice: Politics, Ideology, and
Inequity in the Distribution of Disease. Jossey-Bass, pp. 89-131, 2003.
2000m Stein, D.J., Herman, A., Kaminer, D., Rataemane, S., Seedat, S., Kessler, R.C., and Williams,
D.R. “Ethical Aspects of Research on Psychological Trauma.” Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience
2(1):31-36.
2001a Brown, T.N., Wallace, J.M., and Williams, D.R. “Race-Related Correlates of Young Adults’
Subjective Well-Being.” Social Indicators. 53:97-116.
2001b Lantz, P.M., Lynch, J.W., House, J.S., Lepkowski, J.M., Mero, R.P., Musick, M. and
Williams, D.R. “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.
2001c Boardman, J. D., Finch, B.K., Ellison, C.G., Williams, D.R. and Jackson, J.S. “Neighborhood
Disadvantage, Stress, and Drug Abuse Among Adults” Journal of Health & Social Behavior. 42:151-
165.
2001d Krieger, N. and Williams, D.R. “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.
2001e Siefert, K., Heflin, C.M., Corcoran, M., and Williams, D. “Food Insufficiency and the
Physical and Mental Health of Low-Income Women”. Women and Health. 32:159-177.
2001f Ellison, C.G., Boardman, J.D., Williams, D.R., and Jackson, J.S. “Religious Involvement,
Stress and Mental Health: Findings from the 1995 Detroit Area Study”. Social Forces. 80(1):215-
249.
2001g Williams, D.R. & Collins, C. "Racial Residential Segregation: A Fundamental Cause of
Racial Disparities in Health." Public Health Reports. 116 (September/October 2001): 404-416.
Reprinted in Thomas A. LaVeist (ed.), Race, Ethnicity, and Health. Jossey Bass, 2002.
2001h Toussaint, L.L., Williams, D.R., Musick, M.A., Everson, S.A., “Forgiveness and Health:
Age Difference in a U.S. Probability Sample”. Journal of Adult Development. 8(4):249-257.
2001i Williams, D.R. and Neighbors, H., "Racism, Discrimination & Hypertension: Evidence &
Needed Research", Ethnicity & Disease. 11:800-816.
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2001j Williams, D.R. “Racial Variations in Adult Health Status: Patterns, Paradoxes and Prospects.”
In Neil Smelser, William Julius Wilson, and Faith Mitchell (eds.) America Becoming: Racial Trends
and Their Consequences, Volume II. National Academy of Sciences Press. Washington, D.C. Pp.
371-410.
2001k Williams, D.R. “Race and Health: Trends and Policy Implications.” In J.A. Auerbach and
B.K. Krimgold (eds.) Income, Socioeconomic Status, and Health: Exploring the Relationships.
National Policy Association, Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy. Washington,
D.C. Pp. 67-85.
2001l Neighbors, H. and Williams, D.R. “The Epidemiology of Mental Disorder: 1985-2000.” In
R.L. Braithwaite, and S.E. Taylor (eds.) Health Issues in the Black Community. Jossey-Bass
Publishers, San Francisco. Pp. 99-128.
2001m Williams, D.R. and Wilson, C. “Race, Ethnicity, and Aging.” In R.H. Binstock and L.K.
George (eds.) Handbook of Aging and Social Sciences, 5th
Edition. Academic Press, San Diego CA.
Pp. 160-178.
2002a Williams, D.R., "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.
2002b Daly, M.C., Duncan, G., McDonough, P., and Williams, D.R. "Optimal Indicators of
Socioeconomic Status for Health Research." American Journal of Public Health. 92(7): 1151-1157.
2002c Caesar, L.G. and Williams, D.R. "Socioculture and the Delivery of Health Care: Who Gets
What and Why" The ASHA Leader. 7(6):6-8
2002d Moore, P. J., Adler, N.E., Williams, D.R. and Jackson, J.S. "Socioeconomic Status & Health:
The Role of Sleep." Psychosomatic Medicine. 64:337-344.
2002e Whooley, M.A., Boyd, A.L., Gardin, J.M., and Williams, D.R. “Religious Involvement and
Cigarette Smoking in Young Adults: The CARDIA Study.” Archives of Internal Medicine,
162:1604-1610.
2002f Shahabi, L., Powell, L.H., Musick, M.A., Pargament, K.I., Thoresen, C.E., Williams, D.R.,
Underwood, L., Ory, M.A. “Correlates of Self-Perceptions of Spirituality in American Adults.”
Annals of Behavioral Medicine 24(1): 59-68.
2002g Guthrie, B.J., Young, A.M., Williams, D.R., Boyd, C.J., and Kintner, E.K., “African
American Girls’ Smoking Habits and Day-to-Day Experience with Racial Discrimination. Nursing
Research 51(3): 183-190.
2002h Schulz, A.J., Williams, D.R., Israel, B.L., and Lempert, L.B. “Racial and Spatial Relations as
Fundamental Determinants of Health in Detroit.” Milbank Quarterly 80(4): 677-707.
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2002i Stein, D.J. and Williams, D.R. "Cultural and Social Aspects of Anxiety Disorders". In Dan J.
Stein and Eric Hollander (eds) Textbook of Anxiety Disorders. American Psychiatric Publishing
Inc., Washington, DC. Pp 463-474.
Reprinted and updated. Textbook of Anxiety Disorders, 2nd
Edition. American Psychiatric
Publishing Inc., Arlington, VA. Pp. 717-729, 2010.
2002j Williams, D.R. “Ethnicity, Race, and Health.” In N.J. Smelser, and Paul B. Baltes (eds.)
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford,
United Kingdom. Pp. 4831-4838.
2002k Jackson, J.S., Williams, D.R., and Torres, M. “Perceptions of Discrimination, Health and
Mental Health: The Social Stress Process.” Socioeconomic Conditions, Stress and Mental
Disorders: Toward a New Syn of Research and Public Policy. Online. Internet. Available:
http://www.mhsip.org
2003a Williams, D.R., Neighbors, H.W., and Jackson, J.S. “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.
2003b Williams, D.R. “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.
2003c Williams, D.R. “Race, Health, and Health Care.” St. Louis University Law Journal, 48(1):
13-35.
2003d Rosen, D., Spencer, M., Tolman, R., Williams, D.R., and Jackson, J. “Psychiatric Disorders
and Substance Dependence Among Unmarried Low-Income Mothers.” Health and Social Work,
28(2):157-165.
2003e Young, J.L., Griffith, E.E.H., Williams, D.R. “The integral role of pastoral counseling by
African-American clergy in community mental health. Psychiatric Services 54:688-692.
2003f Idler, E.L., Musick, M.A., Ellison, C.G., George, L.K., Krause, N., Ory, M.G., Pargament,
K.I., Powell, L.H., Underwood, L.G., Williams, D.R. “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.
2003g 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.
2003h Wyatt, S.B., Williams, D.R., Calvin, R., Henderson, F., Walker, E., and Winters, K. Racism
and Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans: Evidence and Implications for the Jackson Heart
Study. American Journal of Medical Sciences 325(6):315-331.
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2003i van Olphen, J., Schulz, A., Israel, B., Chatters, L., Klem, L., Parker, E., Williams, D.
“Religious Involvement, Social Support, and Health Among African-American Women on the East
Side of Detroit.” Journal of General Internal Medicine, 18:549-557.
2004a Williams, D.R., and Collins, C. “Reparations: A Viable Strategy to Address the Enigma of
African-American Health.” American Behavioral Scientist, 47 (7):977-1000.
2004b Williams, D.R., Herman, A., Kessler, R.C., Sonnega, J., Seedat, S., Stein, D.J., Moomal, H.,
Wilson, C.M. “The South Africa Stress and Health Study: Rationale and Design.” Metabolic Brain
Disease, 19:135-147. PMID: 15214513.
2004c Siefert, K., Heflin, C.M., Corcoran, M.E., and Williams, D.R. “Food Insufficiency and
Physical and Mental Health in a Longitudinal Survey of Welfare Recipients.” Journal of Health and
Social Behavior, 45(2):171-186. PMID:15305758.
2004d Herring, P., Montgomery, S., Yancey, A., Williams, D.R., Fraser, G. “Understanding the
Challenges in Recruiting Blacks to a Longitudinal Cohort Study: The Adventist Health Study.”
Ethnicity & Disease, 14:423-430. PMID: 15328945.
2004e Musick, M.A., House, J.S., and Williams, D.R. “Attendance at Religious Services and
Mortality in a National Sample.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 45(2):198-213. PMID:
15305760.
2004f Matthews, K., Katholi, C., McCreath, H., Whooley, M., Williams, D., Markovitz, J. “Blood
Pressure Reactivity to Psychological Stress Predicts Hypertension in the CARDIA Study.”
Circulation, 110(1): 74-78. PMID: 15210592.
2004g Travassos, C., and Williams, D.R. “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. PMID: 15263977.
2004h Fiscella, K., and Williams, D.R. “Health Disparities Based on Socioeconomic Inequities:
Implications for Urban Health Care.” Academic Medicine, 79(12):1139-1147. PMID: 15563647.
2004i Jackson, J.S., Torres, M., Caldwell, C.H., Neighbors, H.W., Nesse, R.M., Taylor, R.J.,
Trierweiler, S.J., and Williams, D.R. “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. PMID: 15719528.
2004j Moore, P.J., Sickel, A.E., Adler, N.E., Malat, J., Williams, D.R., Jackson, J.S. “Psychosocial
Factors in Medical and Psychological Treatment Avoidance: The Role of the Doctor-Patient
Relationship.” Journal of Health Psychology, 9(3):421-33. PMID: 15117541.
2004k Operario, D., Adler, N.E., and Williams, D.R. “Subjective Social Status: Reliability and
Predictive Utility for Global Health.” Psychology and Health, 19(2): 237-246.
2004l Seedat, S., Pienaar, W.P., Williams, D.R., Stein, D.J. “Ethics of Research on Survivors of
Trauma.” Current Psychiatry Reports, 6(4):262-267. PMID:15260941.
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2004m Wilson, C. and Williams, D.R. “Mental Health of African Americans.” In Ivor L. Livingston
(ed.), Praeger Handbook of Black American Health: Policies and Issues Behind Disparities in Health,
vol. 1: 369-382. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004.
2004n Williams, D.R. “Health and the Quality of Life Among African Americans.” Pp. 115-138 in
The State of Black America 2004: The Complexity of Black Progress, New York: The National
Urban League.
2004o Williams, D.R. “Discrimination and Health.” In Anderson, N.B. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of
Health and Behavior, Vol. 1, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 254-259.
2004p Rubio, M., and Williams, D.R. “The Social Dimension of Race.” In Beech, B.M., and
Goodman, M. (Eds.), Race and Research: Perspectives on Minority Participation in Health Studies.,
Washington, D.C.: American Public Health Association, pp. 1–25.
2004q 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.
2004r Williams, D.R., “Racism and Health.” Pp. 69-80 in Whitfield, Keith E., (ed.), Closing the
Gap: Improving the Health of Minority Elders in the New Millennium. Washington, D.C., The
Gerontological Society of America.
2005a Williams, D.R. “The Health of U.S. Racial and Ethnic Populations.” Journal of Gerontology:
Series B, 60B(Special Issue II):53-62. PMID: 16251591.
2005b Williams, D.R., and Jackson, P.B. “Social Sources of Racial Disparities in Health.” Health
Affairs, 24(2):325-334. PMID: 15757915.
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.
2005c Karlamangla, A.S., Singer, B.H., Williams, D.R., Schwartz, J.E., Matthews, K.A., Kiefe, C.I.,
and Seeman, T.E. “Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Longitudinal Accumulation of Cardiovascular
Risk in Young Adults: The CARDIA Study.” Social Science and Medicine, 60:999-1015. PMID:
15589670.
2005d Henderson C., Diez-Roux A., Jacobs D.R., Kiefe C., West D., and Williams D.R.
“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. PMID: 15767387. PMCID: PMC1733059.
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2005e Lantz, P.M., House, J.S., Mero, R.P., and Williams, D.R. “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. PMID: 16259149.
2005f Payne, T.J., Wyatt, S.B., Mosley, T.H., Dubbert, P.M., Guiterrez-Mohammed, M.L., Calvin,
R.L., Taylor Jr., H.A., Williams, D.R. “Sociocultural Methods in the Jackson Heart Study:
Conceptual and Descriptive Overview.” Ethnicity and Disease, 15(S6): 38-48. PMID: 16317984.
2005g Heflin, C.M., Siefert, K., and Williams, D.R. “Food Insufficiency and Mental Health:
Findings from a Three Year Panel of Welfare Recipients.” Social Science and Medicine, 61(9):1971-
1982. PMID: 15927331.
2005h Delva, J., Tellez, M., Finlayson, T.L., Gretebeck, K.A., Siefert, K., Williams, D.R., Ismail,
A.I. “Cigarette Smoking among Low-Income African Americans: A Serious Public Health Problem.”
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 29(3):218-220. PMID: 16168872. PMCID: PMC1817892.
2005i Williams, D.R. “Patterns and Causes of Disparities in Health.” Pp. 115-134 in Mechanic,
D., Rogut, L.B., Colby, D.C., and Knickman, J.R. (Eds.), Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
2005j 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.
2005k Breslau, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Kendler, K.S., Su, M., Williams, D.R., and Kessler, R.C.
“Specifying Race-Ethnic Differences in Risk for Psychiatric Disorder in a U.S. National Sample.”
Psychological Medicine, 36:57-68. PMID: 16202191. PMCID: PMC1924605.
2006a James, S.A., Van Hoewk, J., Belli, R.F., Strogatz, D.S., Williams, D.R., Raghunathan, T.E.
“Life-course Socioeconomic Position and Hypertension in African American Men: The Pitt County
Study.” American Journal of Public Health, 96(5):812-817. PMID: 16571689. PMCID:
PMC1470586.
2006b Schulz, A.J., Gravlee, C.C., Williams, D.R., Israel, B., Mentz, G., Rowe, Z. “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. PMID: 16735638. PMCID: PMC1483853.
2006c Borrell, L. N., Kiefe, C.I., Williams, D.R., Diez-Roux, A.V., Gordon-Larsen, P. “Self-
Reported Health, Perceived Racial Discrimination, and Skin Color in African Americans in the
CARDIA Study.” Social Science and Medicine, 63:1415-27. PMID: 16750286.
2006d Bonney, L.E., Lally, M., Williams, D.R., Stein, M., Flanigan, T. “Where to Begin Human
Papillomavirus Vaccination.” The Lancet: Infectious Diseases, 6(7):389-90. PMID: 16790378.
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2006e Jackson P. B. and Williams, D.R. “The Intersection of Race, Gender, and SES: Health
Paradoxes” Pp. 131-162 in Shulz, A., and Mullings, L. (Eds.), Gender, Race, Class and Health. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
2006f Nazroo, J.Y., and Williams, D.R. “The Social Determination of Ethnic/Racial Inequalities in
Health.” Pp. 238-266 in Marmot, M., and Wilkinson, R.G. (eds.), Social Determinants of Health, 2nd
edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom.
2006g Williams, D.R., and Neighbors, H.W. “Social Perspectives on Mood Disorders” Pp. 145-
158, in Stein, Dan J., Kupfer, David J., Schatzberg, Alan F. (Eds.), Textbook of Mood Disorders.
Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
2006h Jackson P. B. and Williams, D.R. “Culture, Race/Ethnicity, and Depression.” Pp. 328-359 in
Keyes, Corey L.M., and Goodman, Sherryl H. (Eds), Women and Depression, New York, Cambridge
University Press.
2006i Delva, J., Tellez, M., Finlayson, T.L, Gretebeck, K., Siefert, K., Williams, D.R., Ismail, A.I.
“Correlates of Cigarette Smoking Among Low-Income African American Women.” Ethnicity &
Disease, 16 (Spring):527-533. PMID: 17682259.
2006j Geiger, J.H., Betancourt, J.R., Williams, D.R. “Who is at Greatest Risk for Receiving Poor-
Quality Health Care?” New England Journal of Medicine, [Letter], 354(24): 2617-2618. PMID:
16775246.
2007a Williams, D.R., Haile, R., Gonzalez, H., Neighbors, H., Baser, R., and Jackson, J.S., “The
Mental Health of Black Caribbean Immigrants: Results from the National Survey of American Life
(NSAL).” American Journal of Public Health, 97(1):57-59. PMID: 17138909. PMCID:
PMC1716238.
2007b Williams, D.R., Jackson, J., González, H.M., Neighbors, H., Nesse, R., Abelson, J.M., and
Sweetman, J. “Prevalence and Distribution of Major Depressive Disorder in African Americans,
Caribbean Blacks, and Non-Hispanic Whites.” Archives of General Psychiatry, 64(3):305-315.
PMID: 17339519.
2007c Williams, D.R., and Sternthal, M. “Spirituality, Religion and Health: Evidence and Research
Directions.” Medical Journal of Australia, 186(10):47-50. PMID: 17516883.
2007d Williams, D.R., and Earl, T.R. “Commentary: Race and mental health—more questions than
answers.” International Journal of Epidemiology, 36(4)768-760. PMID: 17566003.
2007e Takeuchi, D.T., Alegria, M., Jackson, J.S., Williams, D.R. “Immigration and Mental Health:
Diverse Findings in Asian, Black, and Latino Populations.” American Journal of Public Health,
97(1):11-12. PMID: 17138903. PMCID: PMC1716240.
2007f Jackson, J.S., Neighbors, H.W., Torres, M. Martin, Williams, D.R., Baser R., “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. PMID: 17138907. PMCID: PMC1716231.
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2007g Neighbors, H.W., Caldwell, C., Williams, D.R., Nesse, R., Taylor, R.J., Bullard, K.M.,
Torres, M., and Jackson, J.S., “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. PMID: 17404125.
2007h Siefert, K., Williams, D.R., Finalyson, T.L., Delva, J., Ismail, A.I. “Modifiable Risk and
Protective Factors for Depressive Symptoms in Low-Income African American Mothers.” American
Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77(1):113-123. PMID: 17352592.
2007i Oyserman, D., Uskul, A.K., Yoder, N., Nesse, R.M., Williams, D.R., “Unfair Treatment
and Self-Regulatory Focus.” Journal of Experimental and Social Psychology, 43:505-512.
2007j Williams, D.R., and Mohammed, S.A. (2007). “Racial Harassment/Discrimination.” Pp.
321-326 in George Fink (ed.), Encyclopedia of Stress, 2nd
Edition, volume 3. Oxford, Academic
Press.
2007k Woolford, S.J., Clark, S.J., Lumeng, J.C., Williams, D.R., and Davis, M.M., “Maternal
Perspectives on Growth and Nutrition Counseling Provided at Preschool Well-Child Visits.” Journal
of the National Medical Association, 99(2):153-158. PMID: 17366952. PMCID: PMC2569431.
2007l Haas, J., Earle, C., Orav, Brawarsky, P., Neville, B., Acevedo-Garcia, D., Williams, D.R.,
“Lower Use of Hospice by Cancer Patients Who Live in Minority Versus White Areas.” Journal of
General Internal Medicine, 22:396-399. PMID: 17356975. PMCID: PMC1824733.
2007m Ahmed, A., Mohammed, S., Williams, D.R., “Racial discrimination & health: Pathways &
evidence.” Indian Journal of Medical Research, 126:21-30. PMID: 18032807.
2007n Morenoff, J.D., House, J.S., Hansen, B.B., Williams, D.R., Kaplan, G.A., Hunte, H.E.,
“Understanding social disparities in hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control: The
role of neighborhood context.” Social Science & Medicine, 65:1853-1866. PMID: 17640788.
PMCID: PMC2705439.
2007o Williams, S.L., Williams, D.R., Stein, D.J., Seedat, S., Jackson, P.B., Moomal, H. “Multiple
Traumatic Events and Psychological Distress: The South African Stress and Health Study.” Journal
of Traumatic Stress, 20(5):845-855. PMID: 17955545. PMCID: PMC3269889.
2007p deFur, P.L., Evans, G.W., Cohen Hubal, E.A., Kyle, A.D., Morello-Frosch, R.A., Williams,
D.R. “Vulnerability as a Function of Individual and Group Resources in Cumulative Risk
Assessment.” Environmental Health Perspectives, 115(5): 817-824. PMID: 17520073. PMCID:
PMC1867984.
2007q Richman, L.S., Kohn-Wood, L.P., Williams, D.R., “The Role of Discrimination and Racial
Identity for Mental Health Service Utilization.” Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26(8):
960-981.
2007r González, H.M., Whitfield, K., West, B., Williams, D.R., Lichtenberg, P., Jackson, S.J.
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“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. PMID: 17493782. PMCID:
PMC2121620.
2008a Williams, D.R., Herman, A., Stein, D.J., Heeringa, S.G., Jackson, P.B., Moomal, H., Kessler,
R.C., “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. PMID: 17903333. PMCID: PMC2718686.
2008b Williams, D.R., González, H.M., Williams, S., Mohammed, S.A., Moomal, H, Stein,
D.J. “Perceived Discrimination, Race and Health in South Africa: Findings from the
South Africa Stress and Health Study.” Social Science and Medicine, 67: 441-452. PMID:
18486292. PMCID: PMC2643465.
2008c Williams, D.R., Costa, M.V., Odunlami, A.O. Mohammed, S.A. “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. PMID:
18843244. PMCID: PMC3431152.
2008d Williams, D.R., Allen, S., Padian, N. “Project Eban: A Giant Step Forward.” Journal of
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 49 (Supplement 1):S1-S2. PMID: 18724185.
2008e Stein, D.J., Seedat, S., Herman, A. Moomal, H., Heeringa, S.G., H., Kessler, R.C., Williams,
D.R. “Lifetime Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in South Africa” British Journal of Psychiatry,
192:112-117. PMID:18245026. PMCID: PMC2718689.
2008f Acevedo-Garcia, D., Ospuk, T., McArdle, N., and Williams, D.R. “Toward a Policy Relevant
Analysis of Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities.” Health Affairs, 27 (2):321-333.
PMID: 18332486.
2008g Nock, M.K., Guilherme, B., Bromet, E.J., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M., Beautrais, A.,
Bruffaerts, R., Chiu, W.T., de Girolamo, G., Gluzman, S., de Graaf, R., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M.,
Huang, Y., Karam, E., Kessler, R.C., Lepin, J.P., Levinson, D., Medina-mora, M.E., Ono, Y.,
Posada-Villa, J., Williams, D. “Cross-national prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation, plans
and attempts.” British Journal of Psychiatry, 92:98-105. PMID: 18245022. PMCID: PMC2259024.
2008h Myer, L., Stein, D.J., Grimsrud, A., Seedat, S., Williams, D.R. “Social determinants of
psychological distress in a nationally-representative sample of South African adults.” Social Science
and Medicine, 66:1828-1840. PMID: 18299167. PMCID: PMC3203636.
2008i Joe, S., Stein, J. S., Seedat, S., Herman, A., Williams, D.R. “Prevalence and correlates of non-
fatal suicidal behavior among South Africans.” The British Journal of Psychiatry, 192: 310-311.
PMID: 18378997. PMCID: PMC2701668.
2008j Toussaint, L.L., Williams, D.R., Musick, M.A., Everson-Rose, S.A. “Why forgiveness may
protect against depression: Hopelessness as an explanatory mechanism.” Personality and Mental
Health, 2:89-103.
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2008k Joe, S., Stein, J., S., Seedat, S., Herman, A., Williams, D.R. “Non-fatal Suicidal Behavior
among South Africans: Results from the South Africa Stress and Health Study.” Social Psychiatry
and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43: 454-461. PMID: 18473134. PMCID: PMC2754160.
2008l Miranda, J., McGuire, T., Williams, D.R., and Wang, P. “Mental Health in the Context of
Health Disparities”, American Journal of Psychiatry, 165:(9)1102-1108. PMID: 18765491.
2008m Stein, D., Seedat, S., Kaminer, D., Moomal, H., Herman, A., Sonnega, J., Williams, D.R.
“The Impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Psychological Distress and Forgiveness
in South Africa.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43: 462-468. PMID: 18438735.
PMCID: PMC3222912.
2008n Ormel, J., Petukhova, M., Chatterji, S., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M.,
Bromet, E., Burger, H., Demyttenaere, K., de Girolamo, G., Haro, J., Karam, E., Kawakami, N.,
Lepine, J., Medina-Mora, M.E., Posada-Villa, J., Scott, K., Ustun, T.B., Von Korff, M., Williams,
D.R., Zhang, M., Kessler, R. “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. PMID: 18450663. PMCID: PMC2681238.
2008o Haas, J.S., Earle, C.C., Orav, J.E., Brawarsky, P., Neville, B.A., Williams, D.R. “Racial
segregation and disparities in cancer stage for seniors.” Journal of General Internal Medicine,
23(5):699-705. PMID: 18338215. PMCID: PMC2324162.
2008p Gupta, J., Silverman, J., Hemenway, D., Acevedo-Garcia, D., Stein, D., Williams, D.
“Physical Violence against intimate partners and related exposures to violence among South African
men.” Canadian Medical Association Journal, 179(6): 535-541. PMID: 18779527. PMCID:
PMC2527375.
2008q Suliman, S., Stein D.J., Williams, D.R., Seedat, S. “DSM-IV Personality Disorders and their
Axis 1 Correlates in the South African Population.” Psychopathology, 41(6):356-64. PMID:
18765961.
2008r Kaminer D, Grimsrud A, Myer L, Stein DJ, Williams DR. “Risk for post-traumatic stress
disorder associated with different forms of interpersonal violence in South Africa.” Social Science
and Medicine, 67(10):1589-95. PMID: 18774211. PMCID: PMC2610682.
2008s Haas, J. S., Earle, C. C., Orav, J. E., Brawarsky, P., Keohane, M., Neville, B. A., Williams, D.
R. "Racial segregation and disparities in breast cancer care and mortality." Cancer, 113(8): 2166-
2172. PMID: 18798230. PMCID: PMC2575036.
2008t Tynes, B., Giang, M.T., Williams, D.R., and Thompson, G.N. “Online Racial Discrimination
and Psychological Adjustment among Adolescents.” Journal of Adolescent Health, 43:565-569.
PMID: 19027644.
2008u Williams, D.R., Mohammed, S.A. “Poverty, Migration, and Health.” Pp. 135-169 in Ann C.
Lin, and David R. Harris (Eds.), The Colors of Poverty, New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation.
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2008v Herman, A.A., Williams, D.R., Stein D. J., Seedat, S., Heeringa, S.G., Moomal, H. “The
South African Stress and Health Study (SASH): A Foundation for Improving Mental Health Care in
South Africa.” Pp. 238-239 in Ronald C. Kessler and T. Bedirhan Ustan (Eds). The WHO World
Mental Health Surveys: Global Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders, Cambridge,
UK: Cambridge University Press.
2008w Seedat, S., Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R., Herman, A., Kessler, R.C., Sonnega, J., Heeringa, S.,
Williams, S. “Twelve-Month Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: South African National
Probability Household Survey.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43(11):889-97.
PMID:18677573. PMCID: PMC3222914.
2008x Toussaint, L.L., Williams, D.R., Musick, M.A., Everson-Rose, S.A., “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.
2008y Gonzalez, H.M., Croghan, T.W., West, B.T., Tarraf, W., Williams, D.R., Underwood, W.,
Nesse, R., Taylor, R.J., Torres, M., Hanton, L., Neighbors, H.W., Jackson, J.S. “Antidepressant use
Among Blacks and Whites in the US.” Psychiatric Services. 59:1131-1138. PMID:18832498.
PMCID: PMC2582403.
2008z Paradies, Y. & D. R. Williams. “Racism and Health”. Pp. 474-483, vol. 5 in Kris
Heggenhougen and Stella Quah (eds.) Encyclopedia of Public Health. San Diego, CA: Academic
Press.
2008aa Toussaint, L.L., Williams, D.R. “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.
2009a Williams, D.R., Mohammed, S.A. “Discrimination and Racial Disparities in Health:
Evidence and Needed Research.” Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 32:20-47. PMID:19030981.
PMCID: PMC2821669.
2009b Williams, D.R., Sternthal, M., Wright, R.J. “Social Determinants: Taking the Social Context
of Asthma Seriously.” Pediatrics, 123:S174-S184. PMID: 19221161. PMCID: PMC3489274.
2009c Earl, T.R., Williams, D.R. “Black Americans and Mental Health Status: Complexities and
New Developments.” Pp. 335-350 in Helen A., Neville, Brendesha M., Tynes, Shawn O. , Utsey
(Eds), Handbook of African American Psychology, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
2009d Buck, A.C., Williams, D.R., Musick, M.A., Sternthal, M.A. “An Examination of
Mediators in the Relationship between Religiosity, Blood Pressure, and Hypertension.” Social
Science and Medicine, 68(2):314-22. PMID: 19019516. PMCID: PMC2654362.
2009e Fincham, D., Grimsrud, A., Corrigall, J., Williams, D., Seedat, S., Stein, D.J., & Myer, L.
“Intermittent Explosive Disorder in South Africa: Prevalence, Correlates, and the Role of Traumatic
Exposures.” Psychopathology, 42(2):92-8. PMID: 19225243. PMCID: PMC3237393.
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2009f Myer, L., Seedat, S., Stein, D.J., Moomal, H., Williams, D.R. “The mental health impact of
AIDS-related mortality in South Africa: A national study.” Journal of Epidemiology & Community
Health, 63(4):293-8. PMID: 19074926. PMCID: PMC3203694.
2009g Sims, M., Wyatt, S.B., Gutierrez, M.S., Taylor, H. S., Williams, D. R. “Development and
psychometric testing of a multidimensional instrument of perceived discrimination among African
Americans in the Jackson Heart Study.” Ethnicity & Disease, Winter;19(1):56-64. PMID: 19341164.
PMCID: PMC2724869.
2009h Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R., Kessler, R.C. “The South African Stress and Health (SASH)
study: A scientific base for mental health policy.” South African Medical Journal, 99(5):337-344.
PMID: 19588795.
2009i Herman, A.A., Williams, D.R., Stein, D.J., Seedat, S. Heeringa, S., Moomal, H. “The South
African Stress and Health Study (SASH).” South African Medical Journal, 99(5):339-344. PMID:
19588796. PMCID: PMC3191537.
2009j Seedat, S., Williams, D.R., Herman, A.A., Moomal, H., Williams, S.L., Jackson, P.B., Myer,
L., Stein, D.J. “Mental health service use among South Africans for mood, anxiety and substance use
disorders.” South African Medical Journal, 99(5):346-352. PMID: 19588797. PMCID:
PMC3192004.
2009k Myer, L., Stein, D.J., Jackson, P.B., Herman, A.A., Seedat, S., Williams, D.R. “Impact of
common mental disorders during childhood and adolescence on secondary school completion.”
South African Medical Journal, 99(5):354-356. PMID: 19588798. PMCID: PMC3203644.
2009l van Heerden, M.S., Grimsrud, A.T., Seedat, S., Myer, L., Williams, D.R., Stein, D.J.
“Patterns of substance use in South Africa: Results from the South African Stress and Health study.”
South African Medical Journal, 99(5):358-366. PMID: 19588799. PMCID: PMC3203645.
2009m Tomlinson, M. Grimsrud, A.T., Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R., Myer, L. “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. PMID: 19588800. PMCID: PMC3195337.
2009n Seedat, S., Stein, D.J., Jackson, P.B., Heeringa, S.G., Williams, D.R., Myer, L. “Life stress
and mental disorders in the South African Stress and Health study.” South African Medical Journal,
99(5):375-382. PMID: 19588801. PMCID: PMC3203647.
2009o Moomal, H., Jackson, P.B., Stein, D.J., Herman, A., Myer, L., Seedat, S., Madela-Mntla, E.,
Williams, D.R. “Perceived discrimination and mental health disorders: The South African Stress and
Health study.” South African Medical Journal, 99(5):383-389. PMID: 19588802. PMCID:
PMC3191948.
2009p Stein, D.J., Williams, S.L., Jackson, P.B., Seedat, S., Myer, L., Herman, A. Williams, D.R.
“Perpetration of gross human rights violations in South Africa: Association with psychiatric
disorders.” South African Medical Journal, 99(5):390-395. PMID: 19588803. PMCID:
PMC3191946.
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2009q Myer, L., Stein, D.J., Grimsrud, A.T., Herman, A., Seedat, S., Moomal, H., Williams, D.R.
“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. PMID: 19588804. PMCID: PMC3203648.
2009r Hunte, H., Williams, D.R. “The Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Obesity
in a Population Based Multiracial/Ethnic Adult Sample.” American Journal of Public Health,
99(7):1285-1292. PMID: 18923119. PMCID: PMC2696650.
2009s Lee, S., Tsang, A., Breslau, J., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Angermeyer, M., Borges, G., Bromet, E.,
Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., Fayyad, J., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Kawakami, N., Levinson, D.,
Browne, M.O., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J., Williams, D.R., Kessler, R. “Mental disorders and failure
of education in high-income and low- and middle-income countries: epidemiological study.” British
Journal of Psychiatry, 194:411-417. PMID: 19407270. PMCID: PMC2801820.
2009t Seedat, S., Scott, K,M., Angermeyer, M.C., Berglund, P., Bromet, E.J., Brugha, T.S.,
Demyttenaere, K., De Girolamo, G., Haro, J.M., Jin, R., Karam, E.G., Kovess-Masfety, V., Levinson,
D., Mora, M.E.M., Ono, Y., Ormel, J., Pennell, B.E., Posada-Villa, J., Sampson, N., Williams, D.R.,
and Kessler, R.C. “Cross-national associations between gender and mental disorders in the WHO
World Mental Health Surveys.” Archives of General Psychiatry, 66(7):785-789. PMID: 19581570.
PMCID: PMC2810067.
2009u Washington H.A., Baker, R.B., Olakanmi, O., Savitt, T.L., Jacobs, E.A., Hoover, E., Wynia,
M.K., Writing Group on the History of African Americans and the Medical Profession, Blanchard, J.,
Boulware, L.E., Braddock, C., Corbie-Smith, G., Crawley, L., LaVeist, T.A., Maxey, R., Mills, D.,
Moseley, K.L., Williams, D.R. “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. PMID:19585919.
2009v Baker, R.B., Washington H.A., Olakanmi, O., Savitt, T.L., Jacobs, E.A., Hoover, E., Wynia,
M.K., Writing Group on the History of African Americans and the Medical Profession, Blanchard, J.,
Boulware, L.E., Braddock, C., Corbie-Smith, G., Crawley, L., LaVeist, T.A., Maxey, R., Mills, D.,
Moseley, K.L., Williams, D.R. “Creating a segregated medical profession: African American
physicians and organized medicine, 1846-1910.” Journal of the National Medical Association,
101(6):501-12. PMID:19585918.
2009w Sorsdahl, K., Stein, D., Grimsrud, A., Seedat, S., Flisher, A., Williams, D. R., Myer L.,
“Traditional Healers in the Treatment of Common Mental Disorders in South Africa” Journal of
Nervous and Mental Disease, 197(6):434-41. PMID:19525744. PMCID: PMC3233225.
2009x Friedman, E.M., Williams, D.R., Singer, B.H., Ryff, C.D. “Chronic discrimination predicts
higher circulating levels of E-selectin in a national sample: the MIDUS study.” Brain Behavior and
Immunity, 23:684-692. PMID: 19171188. PMCID: PMC2745951.
2009y Krieger, N., Emmons, K.M., Williams, D.R. “Defining, Investigating and Addressing Cancer
Inequities: Critical Issues.” Pp. 3-29 in Howard K. Koh (ed.), Toward the Elimination of Cancer
Disparities. Springer Publishing, New York, NY.
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2009z Bruce, M.A., Beech, B.M., Sims, M., Brown T.N., Taylor H.A., Williams, D.R., Crook, E.
“Social Environment, Psychosocial Factors and Kidney Disease.” Journal of Investigative Medicine,
57(4):583-9. PMID: 19240646. PMCID: PMC2824501.
2009aa Boardman, J.D., Downey L., Jackson, J.S., Merrill J.B., Saint Onge, J.M., Williams, D.R.
“Proximate industrial activity and psychological distress.” Population and Environment, 30(1-2):3-
25. PMID:19444334. PMCID: PMC2681300.
2009bb Nock M.K., Hwang I., Sampson N., Kessler R.C., Angermeyer M., Beautrais A., Borges G.,
Bromet E., Bruffaerts R., de Girolamo G., de Graaf R., Florescu S., Gureje O., Haro J.M., Hu C,
Huang Y., Karam E.G., Kawakami N., Kovess V., Levinson D., Posada-Villa J., Sagar R., Tomov T.,
Viana M.C., Williams D.R. “Cross-national analysis of the associations among mental disorders and
suicidal behavior: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.” PLoS Med,
(8):e1000123. PMID: 19668361. PMCID: PMC2717212.
2009cc Shariff-Marco, S., Gee, G.C., Breen, N., Willis, G., Reeve, B.B., Grant, D., Ponce, N.A.,
Krieger, N., Landrine, H., Williams, D.R., Alegria, M., Mays, V.M., Johnson, T.P., Brown, E.R. “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. PMID: 20073147.
PMCID: PMC3474598.
2009dd Hart, J. and Williams, D.R. “Toward Health Equity – The Costs of U.S. Health Disparities.”
Altarum Institute Research Report 2009, 39-49.
2010a Williams, D.R., Mohammed, S.A., Leavell, J., Collins, C. "Race, Socioeconomic Status and
Health: Complexities, Ongoing Challenges and Research Opportunities.” Annals of the New York
Academy of Sciences, 1186:69-101. PMID: 20201869. PMCID: PMC3442603.
2010b Williams, D.R., McClellan, M.B., Rivlin, A.M., “Beyond the Affordable Care Act: Achieving
Real Improvements in Americans’ Health.” Health Affairs, 29(8):1481-1488. PMID: 20679651.
2010c Williams, D.R., Sternthal, M., “Understanding Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health:
Sociological Contributions.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51: 15-28. PMID: 20943580.
PMCID: PMC3468327.
2010d Williams, D.R., Costa, M., Leavell, J.P. “Race and Mental Health: Patterns and Challenges.”
Teresa L. Scheid and Tony N. Brown (eds.) A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health. New York:
Cambridge University Press. pp. 268-290.
2010e Williams, D. R. “Foreword.” Pp. xi-xii in Health Issues in Latino Males: A Social Structural
Approach, Marilyn Aguirre-Molina, Luisa N. Borrell and William Vega (eds.) Rutgers University
Press, Piscataway, NJ.
2010f Betancourt, TS, Agnew-Blais, J, Gilman, SE, Williams, DR, Ellis, BH. “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. PMID: 19875215.
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2010g Braveman, P., Cublin, C., Egerter, S., Williams, D.R., Pamuk, E. “Socioeconomic disparities
in health in the United States: what the patterns tell us.” American Journal of Public Health,
100(S1):S186-S196. PMID:20147693. PMCID: PMC2837459.
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.
2010h Finlayson, T.L., Williams, D.R., Siefert, K., Jackson, J.S., Nowjack-Raymer, R. “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. PMID: 20147685. PMCID:
PMC2837435.
2010i Stein, D.J., Ruscio, A.M., Lee, S., Petukhova, M., Alonso, J., Andrade, L.H.S.G., Benjet, C.,
Bromet, E., Demyttenaere, K., Florescu, S., de Girolamo, G., de Grafaf, R., Gureje, O., He, Y.,
Hinkov, H., Hu, C., Iwata, N., Karam, E.G., Lepine, J., Matschinger, H., Oakley Browne, M.E.,
Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R., Williams, D.R., Kessler, R.C. “Subtyping Social Anxiety Disorder in
Developed and Developing Countries.” Depression and Anxiety, 27(4):390–403. PMID: 20037919.
PMCID: PMC2851829.
2010j Surkan, P.J., Mukerjee, J.S., Williams, D.R., Eustache, E., Louis, E., Jean-Paul, T., Lambert.
W., Scanlan, F.C., Oswald, C.M. Smith Fawzi, M.C. “Perceived Discrimination and Stigma Towards
Children Affected by HIV/AIDS and Their HIV-Positive Caregivers in Central Haiti,” AIDS Care,
22(2):803-815. PMID: 20635244. PMCID: PMC3017757.
2010k Suliman, S., Seedat, S., Williams, D.R., Stein, D.J. “Predictors of Transitions across Stages
of Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders in South Africa.” Journal of Studies on Alcohol and
Drugs, 71(5):695-703. PMID: 20731974. PMCID: PMC2930499.
2010l Slopen, N., Lewis, T.T., Gruenewald, T.L., Mujahid, M.S., Ryff, C.D, Albert, M.A., Wiliams,
D.R. “Early Life Adversity and Inflammation in African Americans and Whites in the Midlife in the
United States Survey,” Psychosomatic Medicine, 72:694-701. PMID: 20595419. PMCID:
PMC2939196.
2010m Sternthal, M.J., Williams, D.R., Musick, M.A., Campbell, A. “Depression, Anxiety, and
Religious Life: A Search for Mediators.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 51:343-359.
PMID: 20943594.
2010n Gass, J.D., Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R., Seedat, S. “Intimate partner violence, health
behaviours, and chronic physical illness among South African women.” South African Medical
Journal, 100(9): 582-585. PMID: 20822646. PMCID: PMC3202430.
2010o Bruce, M.A., Beech, B.M., Crook, E.D., Sims, M., Wyatt, S.B., Flessner, M.F., Taylor, H.A.,
Williams, D.R., Akylbekova, E.L., Ikizler, T.A. “Association of Socioeconomic Status and Chronic
Kidney Disease among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study.” American Journal of Kidney
Diseases, 55(6): 1001-1008. PMID: 20381223. PMCID: PMC2876216.
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2010p Panapasa, S.V., Mau, M.K., Williams, D.R., McNally, J.W. “Mortality Patterns of Native
Hawaiians Across Their Lifespan: 1990-2000.” American Journal of Public Health, 100(11): 2304-
2310. PMID: 20864716. PMCID: PMC2951954.
2010q Kessler, R.C., McLaughlin, K.A., Greif Green, J., Gruber, M.J., Sampson, N.A.,
Zaslavsky, A.M., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Alhamzawi, A.O., Alonso, J., Angermeyer, M.,
Benjet, C., Bromet, E., Chatterji, S., de Girolamo, G., Demyttenaere, K., Fayyad, J., Florescu, S., Gal,
G., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Hu, C., Karam, E.G., Kawakami, N., Lee, S., Lepine, J.P., Ormel, J.,
Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R., Tsang, A., Ustun, T.B., Vassilev, S., Viana, M.C., Williams, D.R.
“Childhood Adversities and Adult Psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.”
The British Journal of Psychiatry, 197: 378–385. PMID: 21037215. PMCID: PMC2966503.
2010r Slopen, N., Williams, D.R. “Improving the Health of Young Men and Boys of Color.” Pp.
311-357 in Christopher Edley Jr. and Jorge Ruiz de Velasco (ed.), Changing Places: How
Communities Will Improve the Health of Boys of Color. University of California Press, Berkeley and
Los Angeles, CA.
2010s Boykin, S.D., Williams, D.R. “Race, Ethnicity, and Health in a Global Context.” Pp. 321-339
in Andrew Steptoe (ed.), Handbook of Behavioral Medicine: Methods and Applications. Springer
Science + Business Media, LLC, New York, NY.
2010t Jackson, P.B., Williams, D.R., Stein, D.J., Herman, A., Williams, S.L., Redmond, D.L. “Race
and Psychological Distress: The South African Stress and Health Study.” Journal of Health and
Science Behavior, 51(4): 458-477. PMID: 21131621. PMCID: PMC3307586.
2010u Borges, G, Nock, M.K., Kessler, R.C., Abad, J.M.H., Hwang, I., Sampson, N., Alonso, J.,
Andrade, L., Angermeyer, M., Beautrais, A., Bromet, E., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., Florescu,
S., Gureje, O., Hu, C., Karam, E.G., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lee, S., Levinson, D. Medina-Mora, M.E.,
Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J. Sagar, R., Tomov, T., Uda, H., Williams, D.R. “Twelve Month Prevalence
of and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.” Journal of
Clinical Psychiatry, 71(12): 1617-1628. PMID: 20816034. PMCID: PMC3000886.
2010v Levinson, D., Lakoma, M., Petukhova, M., Schoenbaum, M., Zaslavsky, A.M., A.M.,
Angermeyer, M., Borges, G., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M.,
Hu, C.Y., Karam, A.N., Kawakami, N., Lee, S., Lepine, J-P., Oakley Browne, M., Okoliyski, M.,
Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R., Viana, M.C., Williams, D.R., Kessler, R.C. “The Associations of Serious
Mental Illness with Earnings in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys.” British Journal of
Psychiatry, 197: 114-121. PMID: 20679263. PMCID: PMC2913273.
2010w Slopen, N., Williams, D.R., Seedat, S., Moomal, H., Herman, A., Stein, D.J. “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: 1847-1854. PMID: 20870332.
PMCID: PMC2967595.
2010x Bruffaerts, E., Demyttenaere, K., Borges, G., Haro, J.M., Chiu, W.T., Hwang, I., Karam,
E.G., Kessler, R.C., Sampson, N., Alonso, J., Andrade, L., Angermeyer, M., Benjet, C., Bromet, E.,
de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Horiguchi, I., Hu, C., Kovess, V., Levinson,
D., Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R., Scott, K., Tsang, A., Vassilev, S.M., Williams, D.R., Nock, M.K.
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“Childhood Adversities as Risk Factors for Onset and Persistence of Suicidal Behaviour.” The British
Journal of Psychiatry (197): 20-27. PMID: 20592429. PMCID: PMC2894980.
2010y Stein, D.J., Chiu, W.T., Hwang, I., Kessler, R.C., Sampson, N., Alonso, J., Borges, G.,
Bromet, E., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., He, Y., Kovess-Masfety,
Levinson, D., Matschinger, H., Mneimneh, Z., Nakamura, Y., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R.,
Scott, K.M., Tomov, T., Viana, M.C., Williams, D.R., Nock, M.K. “Cross-National Analysis of the
Associations between Traumatic Events and Suicidal Behavior: Findings from the WHO World
Mental Health Surveys.” PLoS ONE 5(5):e10574. PMID: 20485530. PMCID: PMC2869349.
2010z Tynes, B.M., Rose, C.A., Williams, D.R., “The Development and Validation of the Online
Victimization Scale for Adolescents.” Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on
Cyberspace, 4(2) 1-15.
2010aa Gonzalez, H., Vega, W., Williams, D.R., Neighbors, H., Tarraf, W, West, B. “Depression
Care in the United States: Too Little for Too Few.” Archives of General Psychiatry, 67(1): 37-46.
PMID: 20048221. PMCID: PMC2887749.
2010bb Suliman, S., Stein, D.J., Myer, L, Williams, D.R., Seedat, S. “Disability and Treatment of
Psychiatric and Physical Disorders in South Africa.” The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease,
198(1):8-15. PMID:20061863. PMCID: PMC3222919.
2011a Williams, D.R., Marks, J. “Community Development Efforts Offer a Major Opportunity to
Advance Americans’ Health.” Health Affairs, 30(11): 2052-5. PMID: 22068395.
2011b Williams, D.R. “Scientific Research on the Study of Religion/Spirituality and Mental Health:
Lessons, Positive Affirmations, and Disquieting Questions.” Carlos Fayard, Barbara Couden
Hernandez, Bruce Anderson, and George T. Harding IV (eds.), A Christian Worldview & Mental
Health. Berrien Springs: Andrews University Press. Pp. 185-208.
2011c Lavizzo-Mourey, R., Williams, D.R. “Strong Medicine for a Healthier America: Introduction”
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 40(Suppl 1): S1-S3. PMID: 21146775.
2011d Mujahid, M.S., Diez Roux A.V., Cooper, R.C., Shea, S., Williams, D.R. “Neighborhood
Stressors and Race/Ethnic Differences in Hypertension Prevalence (The Multi-Ethnic Study of
Atherosclerosis).” American Journal of Hypertension, 24(2): 187-193. PMID: 20847728. PMCID:
PMC3319083.
2011e Shariff-Marco, S., Breen, N., Landrine, H., Reeve, B.B., Krieger, N., Gee, G.C., Williams,
D.R., Mays, V.M., Ponce, N.A., Alegria, M. “Measuring Everyday Racial/Ethnic Discrimination in
Health Surveys.” Du Bois Review, 8(1): 159-177.
2011f Sternthal, M., Slopen, N., Williams, D.R. “Racial Disparities in Health: How Much Does
Stress Really Matter?” Du Bois Review, 8(1): 95-113.
2011g Braveman, P., Egerter, S., Williams. D.R., “The Social Determinants of Health: Coming of
Age.” Annual Review of Public Health, 32: 381-98. PMID: 21091195.
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2011h Takeuchi, D.T., Williams, D.R., “Past Insights, Future Promises: Race and Health in the
Twenty-First Century.” Du Bois Review, 8(1): 1-3.
2011i Woo, M., Austin, S.B., Williams, D.R., Bennett, G.G. “Reconceptualizing the Measurement
of Multiracial Status for Health Research in the United States.” Du Bois Review, 8(1): 25-36.
2011j Viruell-Fuentes, E.A., Morenoff, J.D., Williams, D.R., House, J.S. “Language of Interview,
Self-Rated Health, and the Other Latino Health Puzzle.” American Journal of Public Health, 101(7):
1306-1313. PMID: 21164101. PMCID: PMC3110226.
2011k Khasakhala, L., Sorsdahl, K.R., Harder, V.S., Williams, D.R., Stein, D.J., Ndetei, D.M.
“Lifetime Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behaviour in South Africa.” African Journal of Psychiatry,
14(2): 134-139. PMID: 21687912. PMCID: PMC3224178.
2011l Myers, B., van Heerden, M.S., Grimsrud, A., Myer, L., Williams, D.R., Stein, D.J.
“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. PMID: 21509404.
PMCID: PMC3290124.
2011m Albert, M.A., Williams, D.R., “Invited commentary: Discrimination: an emerging target for
reducing risk of cardiovascular disease?” American Journal of Epidemiology, 173(11): 1240-1243.
PMID: 21354989.
2011n Bruwer, B., Sorsdahl, K., Harrison, J., Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R., Seedat, S. “Barriers to
Mental Health Care and Predictors of Treatment Dropout in the South African Stress and Health
Study,” Psychiatric Services, 62(7): 774-781. PMID: 21724791. PMCID: PMC3448366.
2011o Moore, D.J., Williams, D.R. “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. PMID: 21441361.
2011p Slopen, N., Williams, D.R., Fitzmaurice, G.M., Gilman, S.E. “Sex, Stressful Life Events, and
Adult Onset Depression and Alcohol Dependence: Are Men and Women Equally Vulnerable?”
Social Science Medicine. 73(4):615-22. PMID: 21782304.
2011q Gass, J.D., Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R., Seedat, S. “Gender Differences in Risk for Intimate
Partner Violence Among South African Adults.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 26(14):2764-89.
PMID: 21156693. PMCID: PMC3281490.
2011r Bromet, E., Andrade, L.H., Hwang, I., Sampson, N.A., Alonso, J., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf,
R., Demyttenaere, K., Hu, C., Iwata, N., Karam, A.N., Kaur, J., Kostyuchenko, S., Lépine, J.P.,
Levinson, D., Matschinger, H., Mora, M.E., Browne, M.O., Posada-Villa, J., Viana, M.C., Williams,
D.R., Kessler, R.C. “Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode.” BMC
Medicine. 9:90. PMID: 21791035. PMCID: PMC3163615.
2011s Malat, J., Timberlake, J.M., Williams, D.R. “The Effects of Obama’s Political Success on the
Self-rated Health of Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites” Ethnicity and Disease. 21(3):349-355. PMID:
21942169.
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2011t Slopen, N., Fitzmaurice, G., Williams, D.R., Gilman, S.E. “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. PMID: 20431464.
2011u Temmingh, H., Stein, D.J., Seedat, S., Williams, D.R. “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. PMID: 21863206.
2011v Rooks, Ronica., Xu, Y., Holliman, B., Williams, D.R. “Discrimination and Mental Health
among Black and White Adults in the YES Health study.” Race and Social Problems, 3(3):182-196.
2011w Sorsdahl, K, Slopen, N, Siefert, K., Seedat, S., Stein, D.J., Williams, D. R. “Household Food
Insufficiency and Mental Health in South Africa.” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health,
65: 426-431. PMID: 20427548. PMCID: PMC3195371.
2011x Sorsdahl, K., Stein, D., Williams, D.R., Nock, M. “Associations Between Traumatic Events
and Suicidal Behavior in South Africa.” Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 199(12): 928–33.
PMID: 22134450.
2011y Krieger, N., Waterman, P.D., Kosheleva, A., Chen, J.T., Carney, D.R., Smith, K.W., Bennett,
G.G., Williams, D.R., Freeman, E., Russell, B., Thornhill, G., Mikolowsky, K., Rifkin, R., Samuel,
L. “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.
PMID: 22125618. PMCID: PMC3220691.
2011z Andersen, L.S., Grimsrud, A., Myer, L., Williams, D.R., Stein, D.J., Seedat, S. “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. PMID: 22113964.
2011aa Factor, R., Kawachi, I., Williams, D.R. “Understanding High-Risk Behavior among Non-
Dominant Minorities: A Social Resistance Framework.” Social Science & Medicine, 73(9) 1292-
1301. PMID: 21907476.
2011bb Miller, W.D., Pollack, C.E., Williams, D.R., “Healthy Homes and Communities:
Putting the Pieces Together.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 40(Suppl 1): S48-S57.
PMID: 21146779.
2011cc Earl, T., Williams, D.R., Anglade, S. “An Update on the Mental Health of Black Americans:
Puzzling Dilemmas and Needed Research.” Journal of Black Psychology, 37(4):485-498.
2011dd Reeve, B. B., Willis, G., Shariff-Marco, S. N., Breen, N., Williams, D. R., Gee, G. C.,
Alegría, M., Takeuchi, D. T., Stapleton, M. and Levin, K. Y. "Comparing Cognitive Interviewing and
Psychometric Methods to Evaluate a Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Scale." Field Methods 23(4): 397-
419.
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2011ee Alonso, J, Petukhova, M., Vilagut, G., Chatterji, S., Heeringa, S., Ustun, T.B., Alhamzawi,
A.O., Viana, M.C., Angermeyer, M., Bromet, E., Bruffaerts, R., de Girolamo, G., Florescu, S.,
Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., HInkov, H., Hu, C-y, Karam, E.G., KOvess, V., Levinson, D., Medina-Mora,
M.E., Nakamura, Y., Ormel, J., Posada-Villa, J., Sagar, R., Scott, K.M., Tsang, A., Williams, D.R.
and Kessler, R.C. “Days out of role due to common physical and mental conditions: results from the
WHO World Mental Health surveys.” Molecular Psychiatry 16(12):1234-1246.
2012a Williams, D.R. "Miles to go before we Sleep: Racial Inequities in Health." Journal of Health
and Social Behavior, 53(3): 279-295. PMID: 22940811.
2012b Williams, D.R., Haile, R., Mohammed, S.A., Herman, A., Sonnega, J., Jackson, J.S., Stein,
D.J. “Perceived Discrimination and Psychological Well-Being in the U.S. and South Africa.”
Ethnicity and Health. 17(1-2): 111-33. PMID: 22339224. PMCID: PMC3468317.
2012c Williams, D.R., Kontos, E.Z., Viswanath, K., Haas, J.S., Lathan, C.S., MacConaill, L.E.,
Chen, J., Ayanian, J.Z. “Integrating Multiple Social Statuses in Health Disparities Research: The
Case of Lung Cancer.” Health Services Research. 47(3 pt 2): 1255-77. PMID: 22568674. PMCID:
PMC3418828.
2012d Williams, D.R., John, D., Oyserman, D., Sonnega, J., Mohammed, S.A., Jackson, J.S.
“Research on Discrimination and Health: An Exploratory Study of Unresolved Conceptual and
Measurement Issues.” American Journal of Public Health. 102(5): 975-978. PMID: 22420798.
PMCID: PMC3329155.
2012e Williams, D. R. and Leavell, J. "The Social Context of Cardiovascular Disease: Challenges
and Opportunities for the Jackson Heart Study." Ethnicity and Disease 22(3) Supplement 1: S1-15-
21.
2012f Gupta, J., Reed, E. Kelly, J., Stein, D.J., Williams, D.R. “Men’s Exposure to Human Rights
Violations and Relations with Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa.” Journal of
Epidemiology and Community Health. 66(6): e2. PMID: 21148138. PMCID: PMC3341541.
doi:10.1136/jech.2010.112300.
2012g Dallo, F.J., Schwartz, K., Ruterbusch, J., Booza, J., Williams, D.R., “Mortality Rates among
Arab Americans in Michigan.” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 14(2): 236-41. PMID:
21318619.
2012h McLaughlin, K.A., Gadermann, A.M., Hwang, I., Sampson, N.A., Al-Hamzawi, A.,
Andrade, L.H., Angermeyer, M.C., Benjet, C., Bromet, E. J., Bruffaerts, R., Caldas-de-Almeida,
J.M., de Girolamo, G., de Graaf, R., Florescu, S., Gureje, O., Haro, J.M., Hinkov, H.R., Horiguchi, I.,
Hu, C., Karam, A.N., Kovess-Masfety, V., Lee, S., Murphy, S.D., Nizamie, S.H., Posada-Villa, J.,
Williams, D.R., Kessler, R.C. “Parent Psychopathology and Offspring Mental Disorders in the WHO
World Mental Health Surveys.” British Journal of Psychiatry. 200(4): 290-9. PMID: 22403085.
PMCID: PMC3317036.
2012i Sternthal, M.J., Williams, D.R., Musick, M.A., Buck, A.C, “Religious Practices, Beliefs, and
Mental Health: Variations across Race and Ethnicity.” Ethnicity and Health. 17(1-2): 171-85. PMID:
22296590. PMCID: PMC3319248.
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2012j van Pletzen, E., Stein, D., Seedat, S., Williams, D.R., Myer, L. “Recall of Early Non-Fatal
Suicidality in a Nationally Representative Sample of South Africans.” Ethnicity and Health. 17(1-2):
149-59. PMID: 22375906.
2012k Leung, C.W., Williams, D.R., Villamor, E. "Very Low Food Security Predicts Obesity
Predominantly in California Hispanic Men and Women." Public Health Nutrition. 2:1-9. PMID:
22463949.
2012l White, K., Haas, J., Williams, D. R. “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. PMID: 22515933. PMCID: PMC3417310.
2012m Subramanyam, M. A., Diez-Roux, A. V., Hickson, D. A., Sarpong, D. F., Sims, M., Taylor,
H. A., Jr., Williams, D.R., Wyatt, S. B. “Subjective Social Status and Psychosocial and Metabolic
Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study.”
Social Science and Medicine. 74(8): 1146-54. PMID: 22381684.
2012n Duncan, D. T., Aldstadt, J., Whalen, J., White, K., Castro, M. C. and Williams, D. R. "Space,
Race, and Poverty: Spatial Inequalities in Walkable Neighborhood Amenities?" Demographic
Research. 26(17): 409-448.
2012o Toussaint, L. L., Marschall, J. C., Williams, D. R. “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, vol. 2012,
Article ID 267820, 10 pages. PMID: 22675623. PMCID: PMC3364534.
2012p Sims, M., Diez-Roux, A. V., Dudley, A., Gebreab, S., Wyatt, S. B., Bruce, M. A., James, S.
A., Robinson, J. C., Williams, D. R. and Taylor, H. A. "Perceived Discrimination and Hypertension
among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study." American Journal of Public Health. 102:
Suppl 2: S258-265. PMID: 22401510.
2012q Slopen, N., Glynn, R. J., Buring, J. E., Lewis, T. T., Williams, D. R. and Albert, M. A. "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. PMID: 22815754. PMCID:
PMC3399852.
2012r Kim, S.S., Williams, D.R.” Perceived Discrimination and Self-Rated Health in South Korea:
A Nationally Representative Survey.” PLoS ONE. 7(1): e30501. PMID: 22272357. PMCID:
PMC3260296
2012s Lund, C., Myer, L., Stein, D., Williams, D. and Flisher, A. "Mental Illness and Lost Income
among Adult South Africans." Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology: 1-7. PMID:
23007296.
2012t Tafawa, A., Viswanath, K., Kawachi, I., Williams, D.R. “Mass Media Exposure, Social
Stratification and Tobacco Consumption Among Nigerian Adults.” Cancer Causes Control, 23(0):
45-55. PMID: 22350858.
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2012u Stewart, J. C., Zielke, D. J., Hawkins, M. A. W., Williams, D. R., Carnethon, M. R., Knox, S.
S. and Matthews, K. A. "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. PMID: 22711275. PMCID: PMC3422690.
2012v Kim, S.-S., Chung, Y., Subramanian, S. V. and Williams, D. R. "Measuring Discrimination in
South Korea: Underestimating the Prevalence of Discriminatory Experiences among Female and Less
Educated Workers?" PLoS ONE 7(3): e32872. PMID: 22427901. PMCID: PMC3299710.
2012w Slopen, N., Dutra, L., Williams, D. R., Mujahid, M., Lewis, T. T., Bennett, G. G., Ryff, C.,
Albert, M. A. "Psychosocial Stressors and Cigarette Smoking Among African American Adults in
Mid-life.” Nicotine & Tobacco Research 14(10), 1161-1169. PMID: 22367977. PMCID:
PMC3457711
2012x Slopen, N., Fitzmaurice, G., Williams, D.R., Gilman, S. “Common Patterns of Violence
Experiences and Depression and Anxiety among Adolescents.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric
Epidemiology 47(10): 1591-1605.
2013a Williams, D.R. "Pathways to Promote Racial Healing and Equity in the American South:
Opportunities for Community Philanthropy." Kelly, Paula J. (ed.), Pathways to Racial Healing and
Equity in the American South: A Community Philanthropy Strategy. Little Rock, AR: The University
of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. Pp 48-59.
2013b Boehm, J. K., Williams, D. R., Rimm, E. B., Ryff, C. and Kubzansky, L. D. "Association
between Optimism and Serum Antioxidants in the Midlife in the United States Study."
Psychosomatic Medicine 75(1): 2-10. PMID: 23257932. PMCID: PMC3539819.
2013c Boehm, J. K., Williams, D. R., Rimm, E. B., Ryff, C., Kubzansky, L. D., "Relation between
Optimism and Lipids in Midlife." American Journal of Cardiology 111(10):1425-31. PMID:
23433765. PMCID: PMC3644345.
2013d Hicken, M.T. Lee, H., Ailshire, J., Burgard, S.A., Williams D.R. ““Every Shut Eye, Ain’t
Sleep”: The Role of Racism-Related Vigilance in Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Sleep Difficulty.” Race
and Social Problems 5:100-112.
2013e Earnshaw, V. A., Bogart, L.M., Dovidio, J.F., Williams, D.R. “Stigma and Racial/Ethnic HIV
Disparities: Moving Toward Resilience.” American Psychologist. 68(4):225-236. PMID: 23688090.
In Press Williams, D.R., Chung, A. “Racism and Health.” In Rose Gibson and James S. Jackson
(eds.), Health in Black America. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publishing.
In Press Williams, D.R., Oh, H.J. “The Contribution of Race and SES to the Health of the Black
Elderly.” In James S. Jackson (ed.), African American Elderly: Current Research on Biological,
Social and Psychological Aging, 2nd
edition. Springer Publishing.
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In Press. Williams, D.R. and Leavell, J. “Discrimination in Health and Healthcare: Opportunities for
Legal Intervention?” In Wiener, R., Willis Esqueda, C., & Hope, D. (eds.) Evolving Issues in
Discrimination: Social Sciences and Legal Perspectives. New York, NY. Springer Press.
In Press Williams, D.R., Mohammed, S.A. “Racism and Health I: Pathways and Scientific
Evidence.” American Behavioral Scientist.
In Press Williams, D.R., Mohammed, S.A. “Racism and Health II: A Needed Research Agenda for
Effective Interventions.” American Behavioral Scientist.
In Press Borrell, L. N., Kiefe, C. I., Diez-Roux, A. V., Williams, D. R. and Gordon-Larsen, P. Racial
discrimination, racial/ethnic segregation and health behaviors in the CARDIA Study. Ethnicity and
Health. PMID: 22913715. PMCID: PMC3523091.
In Press Duncan, D., Kawachi, I., White, K. and Williams, D.R. "The Geography of Recreational
Open Space: Influence of Neighborhood Racial Composition and Neighborhood Poverty." Journal of
Urban Health. PMID: 23099625.
In Press Factor, R., Williams, D. R., Kawachi, I. “Social Resistance Framework for Understanding
High-Risk Behavior among Nondominant Minorities: Preliminary Evidence.” American Journal of
Public Health. PMID: 23597381.
In Press Factor, R., Kawachi, I., Williams, D. R. “Evaluation of the UNREST Questionnaire for
Testing the Social Resistance Framework.” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. PMID:
23386672.
In Press Factor, R., Mahalel, D., Rafaeli, A., Williams, D.R. “A Social Resistance Perspective for
Delinquent Behavior among Non-Dominant Minority Groups.” The British Journal of Criminology.
In Press John, D. A., Williams, D. R. “Mental Health Service Use from a Religious or Spiritual
Advisor Among Asian Americans.” Asian Journal of Psychiatry.
In Press Duncan, D.T., Kawachi, I., Kum, S., Aldstadt, J., Piras, G., Matthews, S.A., Arbia, G.,
Castro, M.C., White, K., Williams, D.R. “A spatially explicit approach to the study of socio-
demographic inequality in the spatial distribution of trees across Boston neighborhoods.” Spatial
Demography.
In Press Fuller-Rowell, T.E., Williams, D.R., Love, G.D., McKinley, P.S., Sloan, R.P., Ryff, C.D.
"Race Differences in Age-Trends of Autonomic Nervous System Functioning." Journal of Aging and
Health.
In Press Viruell-Fuentes, E.A., Williams, D.R., Morenoff, J.D., House, J.S. “Contextualizing
nativity status, ethnic enclaves, and social ties: Implications for understanding immigrant and Latino
health paradoxes.” Ethnicity and Health.
EDITED VOLUMES
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Williams, D.R. (Guest Editor), Special Issue: “Racism and Health.” Ethnicity & Disease. 6 (1,2),
1996.
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.
Williams, D.R., Allen, S., Padian, N. (Guest Editors), Supplement: “NIMH Multisite HIV/STS
Prevention Trial for African-American Couples.” Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndromes. 49 (Supplement 1), 2008.
Miller, W.D., Braveman, P.A., Williams, D.R., Kumanyika, S.K. (Guest Editors) Supplement:
“Strong Medicine for a Healthier America.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 40 (S1),
2011. PMID: 21146775.
Takeuchi, D.T. and Williams, D.R. (Guest Editors), Special Issue: "Racial Inequality and Health."
Du Bois Review, 8 (1), 2011.
PUBLICATIONS OF NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES/NATIONAL RESEARCH
COUNCIL/INSITITUTE OF MEDICINE COMMITTEES ON WHICH I SERVED
1995 Jacques Normand, David Vlahov, and Lincoln Moses (eds.), Preventing HIV Transmission:
The Role of Sterile Needles and Bleach. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
2001 Burton H. Singer and Carol D. Ryff (eds). New Horizons in Health: An Integrative Approach.
Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
2003 Brian D. Smedley, Adrienne Y. Stith, and Alan R. Nelson (eds) Unequal Treatment:
Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Washington, D.C.: The National
Academies Press.
2004 Michele Ver Ploeg and Edward Perrin (eds.) Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement
and Data Needs. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press.
2004 Rodolfo Bulatao and Norman B. Anderson (eds.) Understanding Racial and Ethnic
Differences in Health in Late Life: A Research Agenda. Washington, D.C.: National Academies
Press.
2006 Gerald E. Thomson, Faith Mitchell, Monique B. Williams (eds.) Examining the Health
Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health: Unfinished Business. Washington,
D.C.: The National Academies Press.
2009 Institute of Medicine. State of the USA Health Indicators: Letter Report. Washington, DC:
The National Academies Press.
BOOK REVIEWS
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1993 Williams, D.R. Review of Health Issues in the Black Community by R.L. Braithwaite and S.
E. Tayler (eds.) Contemporary Sociology 22(5): 746-747.
1994 Williams, D.R. Review of Suicide in the African-American Community by K.E. Early.
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 33(2): 201.
RESEARCH GRANTS
A. Funded Grants with David R. Williams as PI or Co-PI:
“Psychiatric Disorder and Helpseeking Among Blacks.” National Institute of Mental Health. 1989-
1990; $38,304
“Religion and Mental Health.” National Science Foundation. 1989-1990; $11,900
“The Clergy and Mental Health: A Study of the African American Clergy in New Haven.” Program
on Non-Profit Organizations, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University. Prime = Lily
Endowment. 1991-1992; $15,200
(With Sara Horwitz and Martha Bruce) “Training Program in Mental Health Service Systems
Research.” National Institute of Mental Health. 1991-1992
“SES Differences in Morbidity/Mortality in Mid/Late Life.” National Institute of Aging (FIRST
Award). Principal Investigator, 1990-1995; $515,951.
(With James S. Jackson and others) “African American Mental Health Research Center.” National
Institute of Mental Health. 1993-1996; $2,939,381
(With James Jackson) “Social Influences on Health: Stress, Racism, and Health Protective
Resources.” Detroit Area Study and Office of the Vice President for Research, University of
Michigan; National Institutes of Mental Health, MacArthur Foundation. 1994-1995; $430,000,
“Inequality and Health: Patterns and Dynamics.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 1995-1996;
$343,587.
(With Benjamin Amick and others) “Working Lives and Mortality in an Aging National Cohort.”
National Institute of Aging (via subcontract with New England Medical Center). 1996-1998;
$457,560.
“Race, Stress, and Mental Health.” National Institute of Mental Health. 1997-2000; 457,947 (Total).
Training Program in “Psychosocial Factors in Mental Health.” National Institute of Mental Health.
1997-2002; $1,084,060 (Total); 2003-2007, $1,678,100 (Total)
“Forgiveness and Health: A National Study.” John Templeton Foundation/Fetzer Institute. 1998-
2000; $218,590 (Total).
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“Torture and Mental Health in South Africa.” National Institute of Mental Health. 1998-2005;
$2,261,350 (Total).
(With James S. Jackson and others) “African American Mental Health Research Program.” National
Institute of Mental Health. 1998 - 2003; $2,523,849 (Total).
(With James S. Jackson and others) “National Survey of African American Mental Health.” National
Institute of Mental Health. 1999-2002; $4,500,000 (Total).
"Kellogg Minority Health Disparities Scholars Program" Kellogg Foundation (via sub-contract with
the Center for the Advancement of Health). 2001-2006: $340,000 (Total). Prime = Kellogg
Foundation
“Trauma, Stress and Mental Health in South Africa.” National Institute of Mental Health. 2005-
2007: $987,706 (Total).
“Supporting the Findings of the RWJF Commission on Health.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
2010-2010;
“Lung Cancer Disparities Center: Jointly Addressing Race and SES.” National Cancer Institute.
2010-2015; $8,942,550 (Total).
(With Michelle Albert and others) “Program to support and strengthen community-based efforts to
address the early roots of racial/ethnic disparities in health” Kellogg Foundation 2013-2014:
$200,000
B. Funded Grants with David R. Williams as Co-Investigator:
“Michigan Exploratory Center on Demography of Aging.” National Institute of Aging. 1994-1999.
(With George Kaplan, PI and others) “Michigan Interdisciplinary Center on Social Inequalities, Mind
and Body.” National Institute of Health. 1999-2005; $9,831,198 (Total)
(With Sherman James, PI and others) “Hypertension in Black Americans; A Life Course Approach.”
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. 2000-2004; $1,915,649 (Total).
(With James S. House, PI and others) “Understanding Social Disparities in Health and Aging”
Americans’ Changing Lives: National Institute of Aging. 2001- 2003; $1,751,368 (Total).
(With Gary Fraser, PI and others) “Cancer Epidemiology in Adventists: A Low Risk Group.”
National Cancer Institute (via sub-contract with Loma Linda University). 2001- 2002, $158,612
(Total).
(With James S. Jackson, PI and others) “African American Mental Health Research Program.”
National Institute of Mental Health. 2001-2006; $4,508,038 (Total).
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(With Catherine McLaughlin, PI) "Research Initiative on Health Insurance", Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, 2001-2004; $8,999,935 (Total).
(With George Kaplan, PI, and others) “Health and Society Scholars Program, Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, 2002-2007; $4,633,314 (Total)
(With Carol Ryff, PI, and others). “Integrative Pathways to Health and Illness.”National Institutes of
Health (via sub-contract with the University of Wisconsin, Madison), 2002-2009; $717,575 (Total).
(With Amid Ismail and others.) “Detroit Center for Research on Oral Health Disparities.”
NIDCR/NIH, 2001-2005, $6,900,000 (Total).
(With Wilhelmine Miller, PI, and others) “RWJF Commission on Health in America: Raising
Awareness, Stimulating Debate, Identifying Solutions.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (via
subcontract from George Washington University), 2006-2009; $690,543 (Total)
(With Nancy Krieger, PI, and others) “Racial Discrimination and Risk of Chronic Disease.” National
Institute of Health, 2007-2011.
(With Laura Kubzansky, PI, and others) “The Neurobiological of Resilience and Optimal Aging:
Oxytocin, Social Relationships Religious Involvement and Health.” John Templeton Foundation,
2009-2012.
(With Brendesha Tynes, PI, and others) “Racial Discrimination in Online Contexts: The Impact on
Adolescent Adjustment Over Time.” National Institute of Child Health and Development (via sub-
contract with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) 2010-2013.
(With Michelle A Albert, PI and others) “Cumulative Stress and CVD Risk in Middle-Aged and
Older Women.” National Institutes on Aging (via sub-contract with Brigham and Women's Hospital)
2011-2016 $2,978,347.
(With Carol D. Ryff, PI and others) “Integrative Pathways to Health and Illness.” National Institutes
on Aging (via sub-contract with the University of Wisconsin, Madison) 2011-2016 $16,426,599.