William Brown III

William Brown III is an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine with appointments in the Department of Biomedical Informatics. His career spans roles in the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Division of Prevention Science, and Bakar Computational Health Science Institute.

• PhD in Biomedical Informatics (Columbia University, 2016)
• DrPH in Public Health (UC Berkeley, 2010)
• MA in Human Sexuality Studies (San Francisco State University, 2006)
• Dual BA in Sociology and African American Studies (UC Davis, 2004)

His research focuses on biomedical informatics and HIV clinical/behavioral research, particularly addressing health disparities in African American, LGBT, and youth populations. He develops Learning Health Systems and mHealth technologies for HIV prevention, PrEP adherence, and chronic disease management. Key methods include NLP for social determinants of health, semantic harmonization, and community-based participatory research.

His 15 most recent articles (2019-2024) span medical informatics, public health, and clinical research, with a focus on social determinants of health, chronic disease equity, and mHealth solutions for safety-net populations. Topics include opioid use disorder risk assessment, EHR data integration, and community resource mapping.

Scientific recognitions include

• Kaiser Foundation Academic Grant
• NIH NIMH Loan Repayment Awards (2012, 2015)
• AMIA Symposium Paper Competition Finalist

He has mentored numerous studies on HIV prevention in men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women, exploring social media-based recruitment, privacy in mHealth, and data visualization for low-health-literacy populations.