Faculty
Core Faculty
jfbell@u.washington.edu; 206-685-4979
Assistant Professor of Health Services,
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Research and teaching interests:
- Childhood obesity
- Social determinants of maternal and child health
- Health geography
- Disparities in maternal and child health
- Health services research
- Secondary analysis of large survey datasets
colleenh@u.washington.edu; 206-685-9852
Associate Professor of Health Services,
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor, Family and Child Nursing, School of Nursing
Adjunct Associate Professor, Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry
Research and teaching interests:
- Social basis of language
- Cognitive, and emotional development in normal and at-risk children
- Epidemiology of early developmental problems
- Preventive intervention
- Program evaluation
Affiliations: Center on Human Development and Disability; Institute on Learning and Brain Sciences; Center for Infant Mental Health; Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative
jrees@u.washington.edu; 206-616-9309
Lecturer in Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Adjunct Lecturer of Health Services,
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Adolescent Nutrition
Information about adolescent eating disorders, including a description of the various disorders, and their development, complications, and treatments.
Research and teaching interests:
- Weight gain in pregnant adolescents and optimal birth weight of their infants
- Nutrition education
- Adolescent health
- Prevention of adolescent pregnancy
mschiff@u.washington.edu; 206-744-9436
Associate Professor of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Research and teaching interests:
- Perinatal and reproductive epidemiology
- Injury during pregnancy
- Maternal mortality
- American Indian women's health
Affiliations: Harborview Injury Prevention Center
solorio@u.washington.edu; (206) 543-9773
Assistant Professor of Health Services,
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Research and teaching interests:
- Adolescent health promotion
- Latino racial/ethnic health disparities
- Prevention of HIV and other STDs
- Access to care and health policy
Marcia F. Williams, PhD, MPH, PT
marwill@u.washington.edu; 206-685-0481
Senior Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine
Research and teaching interests:
- Etiology of cerebral palsy in low birth weight infants
- Effects of prenatal exposure to methamphetamine on the developmental outcome of children
- Risk factors for clubfoot deformity in infants
Affiliations: Center on Human Development and Disability
Michelle Williams, ScD, SM, MS
mwilliam@u.washington.edu; 206-543-8225
Professor of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Research and teaching interests:
- Reproductive and perinatal epidemiology
- Clinical markers of placental pathology and how they relate to potentially modifiable exogenous risk factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes
- Evaluation of prenatal screening protocols for Down Syndrome
- Cancer epidemiology
- Quantitative methods for evaluation measurement error
Affiliations: Co-Director, Center for Perinatal Studies at Swedish Medical Center, Director, Multidisciplinary International Research Training (MIRT) Program
