Scott Williams

Scott Williams, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences and the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is also a Faculty member at the Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology. Dr. Williams is an internationally recognized population geneticist specializing in genetic susceptibility to complex diseases, host-pathogen co-evolution, and health disparities in global populations.

• PhD, Washington University (1981)
• BA, University of Chicago (1976)

His research focuses on gene-environment interactions, epistasis, and statistical genetics to understand disease risk in diverse populations. He has directed PhD programs at Vanderbilt, Dartmouth, and now leads the Epidemiology and Biostatistics PhD program at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Williams has published 265 papers with 9,708 citations (H-index: 47) and serves as Section Editor for PLOS Genetics and Current Genetics Medicine Reports.

Scientific Awards:

• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012)

Professional leadership includes Founding Member and Executive Committee of the African Society of Human Genetics, Chair of the Preterm Birth International Collaborative, and Organizing Committee member of the North American Branch International Congress of Human Genetics.