Faculty and Staff Profile

Joel Williams

Educational Background

Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics
University of South Carolina 2008

Ph.D. Public Health
University of South Carolina 2004

MPH Public Health
University of South Carolina 2001

B.S. Exercise Studies
Lander University 1996

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Profile

Dr. Joel Williams is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences. His academic training is in the areas of exercise science, public health and applied evaluation. He also has clinical experience working in sports medicine and hospital settings. His area of expertise is implementation and evaluation of health promotion and disease prevention programs and interventions. Joel has worked on projects supported by a variety of funders, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, National Cancer Institute, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institute for Nursing Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, U.S. Department of Agriculture/National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Defense, and various state agencies and private foundations. Most of his work has involved health behavior measurement and interventions. Dr. Williams has developed study protocols and supervised teams collecting data for both community and clinical trials and has served as a methodologist and evaluator. His work has focused on obesity prevention and control in community and clinical settings, and the use of mobile technology for promoting chronic disease self-management.

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