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Emily C. Williams

Professor, Health Systems and Population Health

206-685-5048 | emwilli@uw.edu

Office HRC 443
Box 351621
3980 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195

Research Interests

Implementing evidence-based management of unhealthy alcohol use in medical settings; decision-making in health and health care (patient, provider, and system-level decision making); stigmatized chronic conditions (e.g., unhealthy alcohol use, HIV); social and cultural determinants of health and healthcare

Bio

Emily Williams is an addictions health services and disparities researcher and an implementation scientist. She serves as Professor of Health Systems and Population Health and Director of the Doctoral Program in Health Services at the University of Washington. She also has affiliate appointments at the Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered Value-Driven Care at VA Puget Sound Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) and Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. She is interested in the influence of contextual mechanisms on health behavior, health care, health outcomes, and health disparities, particularly with regard to vulnerable populations with stigmatized conditions. Her research focuses on increasing access to needed prevention and treatment for stigmatized conditions, including unhealthy alcohol, opioid, and other substance use, hepatitis C, HIV, as well as 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 on tailoring and testing practice facilitation to implement evidence-based alcohol-related care in liver clinics and increasing access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorders in primary care.

Education

PhD Health Services, University of Washington, 2009
MPH Health Policy, Health Law, Boston University, 2003
BA Political Science, Lewis And Clark College, 1998

Academic Programs and Affiliations

Recent Publications (PubMed)

The impact of military sexual trauma and gender on receipt of evidence-based medication treatment among veterans with opioid use disorder.
PubMed
Beckman KL, Williams EC, Hebert P, Hawkins EJ, Littman AJ, Lehavot K. The impact of military sexual trauma and gender on receipt of evidence-based medication treatment among veterans with opioid use disorder. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Mar 18:108775. doi:
Patient-centered primary care and receipt of evidence-based alcohol-related care in the national Veterans Health Administration
PubMed
Edmonds AT, Rhew IC, Jones-Smith J, Chan KCG, Nelson K, Williams EC. Patient-centered primary care and receipt of evidence-based alcohol-related care in the national Veterans Health Administration. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Jul;138:108709. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108709. Epub 2022 Feb 2. PMID: 35277305.
Patient-centered primary care and receipt of evidence-based alcohol-related care in the national Veterans Health Administration.
PubMed
Edmonds AT, Rhew IC, Jones-Smith J, Chan KCG, Nelson K, Williams EC. Patient-centered primary care and receipt of evidence-based alcohol-related care in the national Veterans Health Administration. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 Jul;138:108709. doi: 10.1016/j.
Help-Seeking Patterns and Barriers to Care Among Latino Immigrant Men with Unhealthy Alcohol Use.
PubMed
Carey CM, Williams EC, Torres VN, Ornelas IJ. Help-Seeking Patterns and Barriers to Care Among Latino Immigrant Men with Unhealthy Alcohol Use. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2022 Jun;9(3):1003-1011. doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-01039-y. Epub 2021 Apr 8.
Discrimination, acculturative stress, alcohol use and their associations with alcohol-related consequences among Latino immigrant men.
PubMed
Torres VN, Williams EC, Ceballos RM, Donovan DM, Ornelas IJ. Discrimination, acculturative stress, alcohol use and their associations with alcohol-related consequences among Latino immigrant men. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2022 May 28:1-16. doi: 10.1080/15332640
Integrating Routine Screening for Opioid Use Disorder into Primary Care Settings: Experiences from a National Cohort of Clinics.
PubMed
Austin EJ, Briggs ES, Ferro L, Barry P, Heald A, Curran GM, Saxon AJ, Fortney J, Ratzliff AD, Williams EC. Integrating Routine Screening for Opioid Use Disorder into Primary Care Settings: Experiences from a National Cohort of Clinics. J Gen Intern Med. 2
Impact of a resilience and wellbeing program: A longitudinal cohort study of student dietitians.
PubMed
Ross LJ, Mitchell LJ, Williams EC, Lynch PJ, Munro JP, Williams LT. Impact of a Resilience and Wellbeing Program: a longitudinal cohort study of student dietitians. Nurs Health Sci. 2022 May 20. doi: 10.1111/nhs.12957. [Epub ahead of print]
Patient-Reported Bothersome Symptoms Attributed to Alcohol Use Among People With and Without HIV.
PubMed
Gordon KS, Becker WC, Bryant KJ, Crystal S, Maisto SA, Marshall BDL, McInnes DK, Satre DD, Williams EC, Edelman EJ, Justice AC. Patient-Reported Bothersome Symptoms Attributed to Alcohol Use Among People With and Without HIV. AIDS Behav. 2022 May 13. doi:
Longitudinal analysis of the prevalence and correlates of heavy episodic drinking and self-reported opioid use among a national cohort of patients with HIV.
PubMed
Oldfield BJ, Li Y, Vickers-Smith R, Barry DT, Crystal S, Gordon KS, Kerns RD, Williams EC, Marshall BDL, Edelman EJ. Longitudinal analysis of the prevalence and correlates of heavy episodic drinking and self-reported opioid use among a national cohort of
Using practice facilitation to improve alcohol-related care in primary care: a mixed-methods pilot study protocol.
PubMed
Bachrach RL, Chinman M, Rodriguez KL, Mor MK, Kraemer KL, Garfunkel CE, Williams EC. Using practice facilitation to improve alcohol-related care in primary care: a mixed-methods pilot study protocol. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2022 Mar 14;17(1):19. doi: 10.11

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