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Anne Williams
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Adjunct or Visiting, Global Health
PhD, Nutritional Biology, Emphasis in International and Community Nutrition, University of California, Davis, 2015
MPH, Master of Public Health, University of California, Davis, 2010
BS, Aquatic and Fishery Science, MInor in Quantitative Science, University of Washington, Seattle, 2003
Areas of Interest
- Assessment
- Biomarkers
- Climate and Health
- Evaluation
- Maternal and Child Health
- Nutrition
Affiliations & Activities
My research focuses on optimizing nutritional assessment and improving maternal nutrition. My work in Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi and Rwanda focuses on improving nutritional outcomes for women and children. In Bangladesh, my experience has served to improve nutritional status and school attendance for adolescent females through an integrated health program that includes WASH and menstrual hygiene. I am exploring spatial analysis to improve guidance to reduce multiple forms of malnutrition simultaneously using nationally representative data sets that measured multiple micronutrients, anthropometry and NCD risk factors at the individual level.
Publications
- Namaste SML, Ou J, Williams AM, Young MF, Yu EX, Suchdev PS, 2020, Adjusting iron and vitamin A status in settings of inflammation: a sensitivity analysis of the BRINDA approach, Am J Clin Nutr, 112, 485S-467S
- Yu EX, Addo OY, Williams AM, Engle-Stone R, Ou J, Huang W, Guo J, Suchdev PS, Young MF, 2020, Association between anemia and household water source or sanitation in preschool children: the Biomarkers Reflecting Inflammation and Nutritional Determinants of Anemia (BRINDA) project, Am J Clin Nutr, 112, 488S-497S
- Hruschka DJ, Williams AM, Mei Z, Leidman E, Suchdev PS, Young MF, Namaste SLM, 2020, Comparing hemoglobin distributions between population-based surveys matched by country and time, BMC Public Health, 20, 422
- Engle-Stone R, Guo J, Ismaily S, Addo OY, Ahmed T, Oaks B, Suchdev PS, Flores-Ayala R, Williams AM, 2020, Intraindividual double burden of overweight and micronutrient deficiencies or anemia among preschool children, Am J Clin Nutr, 112, 478S-487S
- Williams AM, Guo J, Addo OY, Ismaily S, Namaste SML, Oaks BM, Rohner F, Suchdev PS, Young MF, Flores-Ayala R, Engle-Stone R, 2020, Intraindividual double burden of overweight or obesity and micronutrient deficiencies or anemia among women of reproductive age in 17 population-based surveys, Am J Clin Nutr, 112, 468S-477S
- Rhodes EC, Suchdev PS, K.M. Narayan KMV, Cunningham S, Weber MB, Tripp K, Mapango C, Ramakrishnan U, Hennink M, Williams AM, 2020, The Co-Occurrence of Overweight and Micronutrient Deficiencies or Anemia among Women of Reproductive Age in Malawi, J Nutr, 150, 1554-1565
- Williams AM, Ladva CN, Leon JS, Lopman BA, Tangpricha V, et al., 2019, Biomarkers of inflammation and micronutrient concentrations in response to a norovirus immunologic challenge, Am J Clin Nutr, 110, 1456-1464
- Williams AM, Addo OY, Grosse SD, Kassebaum N, Rankin Z, Ballesteros KE, Olsen HE, Sharma A, Jefferd ME, Mei Z, 2019, Data needed to respond to anemia when it is a national public health problem, Ann NY Acad Sci, 1450, 268-280
- Rhodes E, Hennink M, Jefferds MEJ, Williams AM, Suchdev PS, Nyirenda E, Mshali G, Tripp K, 2019, Integrating micronutrient status assessment into the 2015-16 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey: a qualitative evaluation, Matern Child Nutr, 15, 1-9
- Byrd K, Dentz H, Williams AM, Kiprotich M, Omondi R, Kwena O, Rao G, Arnold CD, Arnold BF, Dewey KG, Colford JM, Null CA, Stewart CP, 2018, A behavior change intervention with lipid-based nutrient supplements had little impact on young child feeding indicators in rural Kenya, Matern Child Nutr, 15, 1-11
- Geubbels EL, Williams AM, Ramaiya AK, Shemdoe AI, Tancredi DJ, Young SL, Chantry CJ, 2018, HIV status disclosure among postpartum women in rural Tanzania: predictors, experiences and uptake of a nurse-facilitated disclosure intervention, AIDS Care, 30, 417-425
- Williams AM, Stewart CP, Shahab-Ferdows A, Hampel D, Kiprotich M, Achando B, Lin A, Null C, Allen LH, Chantry CJ, 2018, Infant serum and maternal milk vitamin B-12 are positively correlated in Kenyan infant-mother dyads at 1-6 months postpartum, irrespective of infant feeding practice, J Nutr, 148, 86-93
- McGann PT, Williams AM, Ellis G, McElhinney KE, Romano L, Woodall J, Howard TA, Tegha G, Krysiak R, Lark RM, Ander EL, et al., 2018, Prevalence of inherited blood disorders and associations with malaria and anemia in Malawian children, Blood Adv, 2, 3035-3044
- Namaste SML, Rohner F, Huang J, Bhushan NL, Flores-Ayala R, Kupka R, Mei ZX, Rawat R, Williams AM, Raiten DJ, Northrop-Clewes CA, Suchdev PS, 2017, Adjusting ferritin concentrations for inflammation: BRINDA project, Am J Clin Nutr, 106, 359S-371S
- Larson LM, Namaste SML, Williams AM, Engle-Stone R, Addo OY, Suchdev PS, Wirth JP, Temple V, Serdula M, Northrop-Clewes CA, 2017, Adjusting retinol binding protein concentrations for inflammation: BRINDA project, Am J Clin Nutr, 106, 390S-401S
- Williams AM, Suchdev PS, 2017, Assessing and improving childhood nutrition and growth globally, Pediatr Clin North Am, 64, 755-768
- Suchdev PS, Williams AM, Mei ZX, Flores-Ayala R, Pasricha S-R, Rogers L, Namaste SML, 2017, Assessment of iron status in settings of inflammation: Challenges and potential approaches, Am J Clin Nutr, 106, 1626S-1633S
- Engle-Stone R, Aaron GJ, Huang J, Wirth JP, Namaste SML, Williams AM, Peerson JM, Rohner F, Varadhan R, Addo YA, et al., 2017, Predictors of anemia among preschool children: BRINDA project, Am J Clin Nutr, 106, 402S-415S
- Williams AM, Chantry CJ, Geubbels EL, Ramaiya AK, Shemdoe AI, Tancredi DJ, Young SL, 2016, Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Practices among HIV-exposed Infants in Coastal Tanzania, J Human Lactation, 32, 112-122
- Williams AM, Chantry CJ, Young SL, Achando BS, Allen LH, Arnold BF, Colford JM, Dentz HN, Hampel D, Kiprotich M, Lin A, Null CA, Nyambane GM, Shahab-Ferdows S, Stewart CP, 2016, Breastmilk vitamin B-12 concentrations are low and are not associated with reported household hunger, recent animal source food or vitamin B-12 intake among lactating women in rural Kenya, J Nutr, 146, 1125-1131