Joni S. Williams, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Locations
- General Internal Medicine
Contact Information
Biography
In Dr. Williams' opinion, service is the most satisfying aspect of working in healthcare. Being able to educate patients is a rewarding experience, especially when patients understand the message, partner with you to adopt healthier lifestyles, become empowered and resilient, and translate their newfound knowledge and abilities to others. Equally as important, however, is establishing safeguards that ensure quality and equitable care for everyone. Dr. Williams believes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best: "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." We must do our parts to reduce and eliminate health disparities that affect our nation today!
Dr. Williams earned a Master in Public Health with a concentration in Community Health and Prevention from Drexel University and became a Doctor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). After medical school, Dr. Williams completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Health Disparities at the Center for Health Disparities Research at MUSC.
Research Interests
Publications
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Patient safety superheroes in training: using a comic book to teach patient safety to residents.
(Maatman TC, Prigmore H, Williams JS, Fletcher KE.) BMJ Qual Saf. 2019 11;28(11):934-938 PMID: 31201227 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85067345511 06/16/2019
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Quality of Diabetes Care Among Recent Immigrants to the USA.
(Srivastava R, Bishu KG, Walker RJ, Williams JS, Egede LE.) J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2019 06;6(3):457-462 PMID: 30430462 PMCID: PMC6500477 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85056737262 11/16/2018
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Assessing the relationship between food insecurity and mortality among U.S. adults.
(Walker RJ, Chawla A, Garacci E, Williams JS, Mendez C, Ozieh MN, Egede LE.) Ann Epidemiol. 2019 04;32:43-48 PMID: 30799207 PMCID: PMC6441375 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061809553 02/26/2019
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(Mosley-Johnson E, Garacci E, Wagner N, Mendez C, Williams JS, Egede LE.) Qual Life Res. 2019 Apr;28(4):907-914 PMID: 30467779 PMCID: PMC6459973 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85057087418 11/24/2018
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Out-of-Pocket Expenses among Adults with Diabetes.
(Simmons M, Bishu KG, Williams JS, Walker RJ, Dawson AZ, Egede LE.) J Natl Med Assoc. 2019 Feb;111(1):28-36 PMID: 30129486 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85047274908 08/22/2018
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Pathways between food insecurity and glycaemic control in individuals with type 2 diabetes.
(Walker RJ, Williams JS, Egede LE.) Public Health Nutr. 2018 12;21(17):3237-3244 PMID: 30088467 PMCID: PMC6258341 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85052695790 08/09/2018
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Perspectives of Fear as a Barrier to Self-Management in Non-Hispanic Black Men With Type 2 Diabetes.
(Sherman LD, Williams JS.) Health Educ Behav. 2018 12;45(6):987-996 PMID: 29614881 04/05/2018
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(Asan O, Cooper Ii F, Nagavally S, Walker RJ, Williams JS, Ozieh MN, Egede LE.) J Med Internet Res. 2018 10 18;20(10):e277 PMID: 30341048 PMCID: PMC6245956 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85055072369 10/21/2018
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(Restifo D, Williams JS, Garacci E, Walker RJ, Ozieh MN, Egede LE.) J Diabetes Complications. 2018 Sep;32(9):819-823 PMID: 30099983 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85049446030 08/14/2018
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(Egede LE, Williams JS, Voronca DC, Knapp RG, Fernandes JK.) Diabetes Technol Ther. 2017 08;19(8):476-482 PMID: 28581821 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85027875160 06/06/2017
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(Williams JS, Bishu KG, St Germain A, Egede LE.) BMC Endocr Disord. 2017 Jun 06;17(1):31 PMID: 28587646 PMCID: PMC5461701 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85020315784 06/08/2017
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(Palatnik A, Garacci E, Walker RJ, Ozieh MN, Williams JS, Egede LE.) Am J Perinatol. 2019 Dec 13 PMID: 31858501 12/21/2019