Emily C. Williams

Education
PhD University of Washington, 2009 (Health Services)MPH Boston University, 2003 (Health Policy, Health Law)
BA Lewis And Clark College, 1998 (Political Science)
Contact Info
email: emwilli@uw.eduaddress:
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
1660 S Columbian Way (S-152)
Seattle, WA 98108
campus box: 358280 (152)
voice: 206-277-6133
fax: 206-764-2935
About
Emily Williams is an addictions health services and disparities researcher and an implementation scientist. She holds a joint appointment as an Associate Professor of Health Services and Director of the Doctoral Program in Health Services at the University of Washington and a core investigator and co-director of the post-doctoral fellowship at the Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered Value-Driven Care at VA Puget Sound Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D). She has longstanding interests in health behavior and the mechanisms (both societal- and healthcare-level) that help drive behavior change, particularly as these relate to vulnerable populations and stigmatized conditions. Her research is specifically focused on increasing access to evidence-based treatments for unhealthy alcohol and other substance use in diverse medical settings, including understanding and promoting equity in this care for vulnerable patient subpopulations (e.g., those with HIV and HCV, racial/ethnic minorities, persons living in rural areas, transgender patients, and women). She currently leads research focused on understanding patterns of alcohol use and care across transgender status, tailoring and testing practice facilitation to implement evidence-based alcohol-related care in hepatology clinics, and increasing access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders in primary care.
Satre DD, Parthasarathy S, Silverberg MJ, Horberg M, Young-Wolff KC, Williams EC, Volberding P, Campbell CI. Health care utilization and HIV clinical outcomes among newly enrolled patients following Affordable Care Act implementation in a California integrated health system: a longitudinal study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Nov 11;20(1):1030. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05856-5. PMID: 33176760 PMCID: PMC7656679
Glass JE, Williams EC, Oh H. Racial/ethnic discrimination and alcohol use disorder severity among United States adults. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 Nov 1;216:108203. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108203. Epub 2020 Aug 10. PMID: 32810836
Torres VN, Williams EC, Ceballos RM, Donovan DM, Duran B, Ornelas IJ. Participant engagement in a community based participatory research study to reduce alcohol use among Latino immigrant men. Health Educ Res. 2020 Oct 7. pii: cyaa039. doi: 10.1093/her/cyaa039. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 33025021
Mancenido A, Williams EC, Hajat A. Examining Psychological Distress Across Intersections of Immigrant Generational Status, Race, Poverty, and Gender. Community Ment Health J. 2020 Feb 19. doi: 10.1007/s10597-020-00584-w. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 32076903
PI: Fortney Dates: 10/1/2019 - 9/30/2024
PI: Tsui Dates: 9/1/2019 - 8/31/2020
PI: Tsui Dates: 7/1/2019 - 6/30/2022
PI: Williams Dates: 4/1/2018 - 3/31/2020