Samantha P. Williams, PhD

Research Psychologist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NCHHSTP/DSTDP/SBREB
1600 Clifton Rd
Mailstop: E-44
Atlanta, GA
USA 30333
stw8@cdc.gov

Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Williams is a Research Psychologist with CDC’s Division of STDs. Areas of scientific and programmatic contribution include: sexual health, public health and homelessness, corrections, at-risk populations, community-level prevention and health promotion, as well as mentoring junior public health and social science professionals. Community level contributions includes: utilizing community partnerships to build social capital and improve community health education, and serving on a local board of health as the City Council citizen appointee. Recent work: Avey, H, Fuller, E, Branscomb, J., Cheung, K., Jackson Reed, P., Wong, N., and Williams, S.P. Using a Health in All Policies Approach to Address Social Determinants of Sexually Transmitted Disease Inequities in the Context of Community Change and Redevelopment. Public Health Rep 2013;128:77-86. Williams SP, Kroeger K, Avey H, Branscomb J, Fuller EJ and Wong N. From Policy to Practice: Utilizing a Health in All Policies Approach to Enhance Public Health and Promote Sexual Health in Communities Affected by Structural Change and Redevelopment. Presented at the STI & AIDS World Congress 2013 in Vienna, July 2013. Kroeger K, Williams SP, Alexander-Pender C, Ford J and Vasani V. “Just one thing on the plate”—Views of community members and providers on sexual health services in the Fort McPherson area of southwest Atlanta: Findings from a rapid ethnographic assessment. Presented at the STI & AIDS World Congress 2013 in Vienna, July 2013. Wallace SA, Glasgow YM, Williams, SP, Cabezas D, Fullilove, RE, Chiron K. and the BEATS Community Advisory Board. It Takes a Village to Make it Work (Successfully): Using CBPR to inform an HIV prevention study of young Black men with a history of incarceration. Presented at the 6th Annual Academic and Health Policy Conference on Correctional Health, March 2013.