She received a PhD in nursing from Georgia Regents University in 2011. Dr. Williams’ dissertation examined diabetes predictors among African-Americans in a faith-based setting. Her research focuses on delivering interventions to reduce health disparities among minority and medically-underserved populations. She utilizes community based participatory research methods to train the trainer on the delivery of behavioral interventions. She is nationally-recognized for recruiting minorities and medically underserved populations and developing culturally-adapted interventions for implementation by community health workers, primarily in African American churches.