Michelle Williams, SM, ScD

Dean of the Faculty, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | Cambridge, MA

Michelle Williams, SM, ScD is dean of the faculty at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Angelopoulos professor in public health and international development. She is an internationally renowned epidemiologist and public health scientist, an award-winning educator, and a widely recognized academic leader. Prior to becoming dean, she was professor and chair of the department of epidemiology at the Harvard Chan School and program leader of the population health and health disparities research programs at Harvard’s Clinical and Translational Sciences Center. Her scientific work places special emphasis in the areas of reproductive, perinatal, pediatric, and molecular epidemiology. Dean Williams has published more than 500 scientific articles and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2016. The dean has an undergraduate degree in biology and genetics from Princeton University, a master’s in civil engineering from Tufts University, and master’s and doctoral degrees in epidemiology from the Harvard Chan School. (Cambridge, MA)