Venice Williams

About Venice Williams

o Mixed-methods health services researcher focused on understanding how cross-sector collaboration affects maternal-child health outcomeso Experience in project and program management, community and family engagement, grant-writing, program planning, program and policy evaluation, rapid cycle evaluation, and implementation science researcho Passion for advancing evidence-based policy change and integrating rigorous research findings into public health and home visiting practice o Focused on improving the health of populations with greatest needsAs Margaret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it\'s the only thing that ever has.”

Experience

1. Assistant Professor

   University of Colorado Anschutz

   Jan 2021 — Present

   I serve as a Principal Investigator at the Prevention Research Center for Family & Child Health (PRC). The PRC is a section in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine committed to improving maternal and child health in populations facing adversities. The PRC is affiliated with the Adult & Child Center for Outcomes Research & Delivery Science (ACCORDS). My research focuses on how the health care delivery system can be transformed to better address social determinants of health and improve short and long-term outcomes for families facing adversity engaged in preventive home visiting services. My main responsibilities in this role include:o Securing external funding related to cross-sector collaboration, implementation science and related researcho Presenting and publishing research findingso Serving as a co-investigator on other research studies at the PRC or elsewhere related to home visiting innovations, health system transformation and cross-sector collaborationo Providing leadership and mentorship to the qualitative and mixed-methods research team at the PRC

Education

• UCLA

  MPH, Community Health Sciences

  2011 — 2013

• Colorado School of Public Health

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Health Services Research

  2015 — 2019

• Seycove Secondary School

  High School Diploma

  2002 — 2007

• The University of British Columbia

  B.A., Psychology, Sociology

  2007 — 2011

Skills

• Health Education
• Grant Writing
• Event Planning
• Research
• Program Evaluation
• Social Media
• Microsoft Office
• Grants
• Community Health
• Research Design
• Data Analysis
• Spss
• Team Building
• Leadership
• Nvivo
• Health Program Planning
• Curriculum Development
• Data Collection
• Stata
• Atlas.ti
• Nonprofits
• Public Speaking
• Community Outreach