Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare: The Impact of Algorithmic Bias on Health Disparities

Throughout her professional career, Dr. Williams has worked on public health issues focused on vulnerable populations including minority health, health disparities, prisoner reentry, and drug treatment courts. Her current research focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, algorithmic bias, and health disparities.

Dr. Williams received her doctorate in social policy, with a concentration in health services research, from Brandeis University, her juris doctor degree from George Mason School of Law, her master of laws degree in health law from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and her master’s degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She also has a bachelor’s degree in medical technology from the University of Maryland at Baltimore.

Dr. Williams was the A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Research Fellow in Social Justice at Harvard Law School and an H. Jack Geiger Congressional Fellow in Health Policy.