Hants Williams, PhD, RN, PHN

Hants A. Williams is a multi-talented healthcare professional with extensive expertise in clinical research, data engineering, and mentoring. Dr. Williams holds a Ph.D. in nursing from Duke University, where he also worked as a research assistant and nurse scientist. He has a background in experimental psychology and a double major in behavioral science and psychology from San Jose State University. His passion lies in chronic disease management and behavioral health. Dr. Williams has authored numerous peer-reviewed research publications related to behavioral change strategies in chronically ill populations. His pioneering work includes one of the first online mindfulness-based stress reduction programs for people living with Sickle Cell Disease in North Carolina.

Moreover, Dr. Williams is a program director of Applied Health Informatics and a Clinical Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University. He has provided clinical operations and strategic advisory at a variety of organizations, including Options MD, inRecovery - Addiction Recovery, Nex Cubed, Parsley Health, VirtualHealth, and pulseData. He also founded BioVirtua, where he created clinical workflows and innovations to enrich care delivery and enhance outcomes for high-risk patients. Dr. Williams has received multiple federal grant mechanisms, including the F31 and R01 Supplement awards from the National Institutes of Health.