A certified family nurse practitioner, Ann Williams, EdD, RNC, FAAN, received her diploma in nursing from Chicago’s Illinois Masonic Medical Center School of Nursing. After earning a degree in history from Roosevelt University in Chicago, she received her Master of Science in Nursing from the Yale School of Nursing and a doctorate in Adult Education from Columbia University. Her postdoctoral Fellowship in Research and Epidemiology was completed at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Williams currently serves as a professor at the Yale School of Nursing and is a Fellow at the University’s Saybrook College. For over 2 decades, she has worked as a nurse practitioner caring for persons with AIDS in New Haven, Connecticut, San Francisco, California, and abroad. Her program of research is a direct outgrowth of that clinical work. She designed and conducted some of the earliest studies of AIDS among drug users. Her work tested interventions to decrease HIV transmission, improve gynecologic care of women living with HIV, and increase patient adherence to antiretroviral medication. She currently serves as trustee and secretary of the Yale-China Association. Her work in China, Vietnam, Thailand, and Poland supports the international effort to limit the spread of HIV and improve the care of those already infected.
An accomplished author and researcher, Dr. Williams has been honored many times for her work. Her book, HIV Nursing and Symptom Management, was named one of the Best Books of 1998 by The Nurse Practitioner. That same year, she received the Women’s Health Research Award from the National Center for Excellence in Women’s Health. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nurses.
Disclosure:
Ann Williams, EdD, RNC, FAAN, has no significant financial relationships to disclose.