Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Global Health and Population
Global Health and Population
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Professor of Public Policy
Faculty Members
Harvard Kennedy School
Michelle A. Williams, SM ’88, ScD ’91, is a renowned epidemiologist, an award-winning educator, and a widely recognized academic leader. She recently stepped down as Dean of the Faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health after seven years, and is currently spending a sabbatical year as a Visiting Professor at Stanford University. Following her sabbatical, she will return to the Harvard Chan School as the Joan and Julius Jacobson Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health. Prior to becoming Dean, she was Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard Chan School and Program Leader of the Population Health and Health Disparities Research Programs at Harvard’s Clinical and Translational Sciences Center.
Dr. Williams previously had a distinguished career at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Her research places special emphasis in the areas of reproductive, perinatal, pediatric, and molecular epidemiology. Dr. Williams has published more than 520 scientific articles and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2016. In 2020, she was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and recognized by PR Week as one of the top 50 health influencers of the year. Dr. Williams has an undergraduate degree in biology and genetics from Princeton University, a master’s in civil engineering from Tufts University, and master’s and doctoral degrees in epidemiology from the Harvard Chan School.
Li H, Gibson EA, Jukic AMZ, Baird DD, Wilcox AJ, Curry CL, Fischer-Colbrie T, Onnela JP, Williams MA, Hauser R, Coull BA, Mahalingaiah S.
NPJ Digit Med. 2023 May 29. 6(1):100. PMID: 37248288
Menkhorst E, Santos LL, Zhou W, Yang G, Winship AL, Rainczuk KE, Nguyen P, Zhang JG, Moore P, Williams M, Lê Cao KA, Mansell A, Dimitriadis E.
Front Immunol. 2023. 14:1175926. PMID: 37292200
Juvinao-Quintero DL, Larrabure-Torrealva GT, Sanchez SE, Kirschbaum C, Williams MA, Gelaye B.
Ann Epidemiol. 2023 05. 81:14-23.e8. PMID: 36841381
Castro N, Zieff G, Bates LC, Pagan Lassalle P, Higgins S, Faulkner J, Lark S, Skidmore P, Hamlin MJ, Signal TL, Williams MA, Stoner L.
Children (Basel). 2023 Feb 09. 10(2). PMID: 36832464
Vélez JC, Kovasala M, Collado MD, Friedman LE, Juvinao-Quintero DL, Araya L, Castillo J, Williams MA, Gelaye B.
BMC Psychiatry. 2022 Dec 06. 22(1):766. PMID: 36471330
Gibson EA, Li H, Fruh V, Gabra M, Asokan G, Jukic AMZ, Baird DD, Curry CL, Fischer-Colbrie T, Onnela JP, Williams MA, Hauser R, Coull BA, Mahalingaiah S.
NPJ Digit Med. 2022 Nov 02. 5(1):165. PMID: 36323769
Zhang CY, Li H, Zhang S, Suharwardy S, Chaturvedi U, Fischer-Colbrie T, Maratta LA, Onnela JP, Coull BA, Hauser R, Williams MA, Baird DD, Jukic AMZ, Mahalingaiah S, Curry CL.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2023 02. 228(2):213.e1-213.e22. PMID: 36414993
Castro N, Bates LC, Zieff G, Pagan Lassalle P, Faulkner J, Lark S, Hamlin M, Skidmore P, Signal TL, Williams MA, Higgins S, Stoner L.
PLoS One. 2022. 17(10):e0275982. PMID: 36288267
Zavala VA, Casavilca-Zambrano S, Navarro-Vásquez J, Castañeda CA, Valencia G, Morante Z, Calderón M, Abugattas JE, Gómez H, Fuentes HA, Liendo-Picoaga R, Cotrina JM, Monge C, Neciosup SP, Huntsman S, Hu D, Sánchez SE, Williams MA, Núñez-Marrero A, Godoy L, Hechmer A, Olshen AB, Dutil J, Ziv E, Zabaleta J, Gelaye B, Vásquez J, Gálvez-Nino M, Enriquez-Vera D, Vidaurre T, Fejerman L.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 08 02. 31(8):1602-1609. PMID: 35654312
Gibson EA, Li H, Fruh V, Gabra M, Asokan G, Jukic AMZ, Baird DD, Curry CL, Fischer-Colbrie T, Onnela JP, Williams MA, Hauser R, Coull BA, Mahalingaiah S.
medRxiv. 2022 Jul 10. PMID: 35860226
The wide-ranging health impacts of climate change, including food insecurity, migration, war, and the spread of infectious diseases—and practical solutions to address these problems—were the focus of a half-day symposium hosted by Harvard Chan School.
The Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health will launch April 26 at the Harvard Chan School. The Center’s mission is to empower people around the globe to live with purpose, equanimity, and joy through the…
Briana Acosta, MPH ’23, and Yvette Cho, MPH ’24, are working to address longstanding health inequities affecting communities of color and other historically marginalized groups in roles at the Health Equity Compact, a coalition of more than 65…
Linda Alexander of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health urged schools of public health to work on dismantling systemic racism in their own communities and in society in general at Harvard Chan School's Yerby Lecture.
Amanda Yarnell, new senior director of the School’s Center for Health Communication, is refocusing the center on defining, teaching, and sharing best practices for communicating health information in a world that’s increasingly skeptical and fragmented.
