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Awards

  • Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine (formerly, Institute of Medicine), 2001
  • Decade of Behavior Research Award, 2004
  • Doctor of Science, honoris causa, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, 2004
  • Ranked as one of the Top Ten Most Cited Researchers in the Social Sciences in the past decade (Jan. 1, 1995 to Aug. 31, 2005), ISI Essential Science Indicators, 2005
  • Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007
  • Ranked as the Most Cited Black Scholar in the Social Sciences in 2008, The Journal of Black Issues in Higher Education, 2009
  • Leo G. Reeder Award for Distinguished Contributions to Medical Sociology, American Sociological Association, 2011
  • Stephen Smith Award for Distinguished Contributions in Public Health, New York Academy of Medicine, 2013
  • Top Blacks in Healthcare, BlackDoctor.org and Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions, 2014
  • Lemuel Shattuck Award for Significant Contributions to the Field of Public Health, Massachusetts Public Health Association, 2014
  • Ranked as one of the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds (in two fields: Psychiatry/Psychology and Social Sciences, General), based on articles published between 2002 and 2012, Thomson Reuters, 2014
  • Distinguished Leadership in Psychology Award, Committee on Socioeconomic Status, American Psychological Association, 2015
  • Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health, American Sociological Association, 2017
  • Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2019
  • St. Lucia Medal of Merit (Gold), Government of St. Lucia, 2020
  • Goodwill Ambassador, Government of St Lucia, 2020-2023
  • Elected Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, England, 2022
  • William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research, Association of University Programs in Health Administration and Baxter International Foundation, 2022
  • Doctor of Science, honoris causa, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2023
  • Ranked number one in citations in African and African American Studies, ScholarGPS, 2023

News Coverage about Awards

David R. Williams receives 2017 Leonard I Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions

David R. Williams is winnner of the 2011 Leo G. Reeder Award

St Lucian scholar ranked number one in the World among Black Scholar Scientists, 2009

U-M professor urges black Americans to fight for equal health care, 2004