Office of Research Team
A PART OF OFFICE OF RESEARCH PATIENT CARE SERVICES
The Office of Research Patient Care Services (ORPCS) is a department within Stanford Health Care Patient Care Services (PCS) that provides research support to nurses, interdisciplinary professionals, and clinical trials teams. ORPCS consists of an executive director leading a team of nurse and research scientists, business analysists, and administrative professionals who provide consultations on PCS research studies from start to finish.
Michelle Y. Williams
PhD, RN
Executive Director, Research & Health Equity,
Stanford Health Care
Section Chief, Nursing & Clinical Assistant Professor,
Division of Primary Care & Population Health,
Department of Medicine,
Stanford University School of Medicine
Michelle Y. Williams, PhD, RN serves as the Executive Director, Health Equity and Research at Stanford Health Care (SHC), Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Primary Care Population Health, Department of Medicine, at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Williams is the founding president of the Stanford Medicine Black Nurses Association Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association. She has over 30 years of executive, research and leadership experience as a chief nurse executive, director of maternal child health, director of mental health and forensic psychiatry, director of nursing administration and operations, director of quality assurance performance improvement, director of nursing academic and grant-funded programs, regional senior health plan director, and national director of technology innovation and research, among others. In her current role as Executive Director, Health Equity and Research at SHC, Dr. Williams founded and leads six divisions, including Clinical Trials Research Operations & Practice and Enterprise Expansion; Academic Nursing and Patient Care Research; Health Equity Research; Research Operations and Strategy; Research Quality and Compliance; and Nurse and Research Scientist Faculty Appointments.
Dr. Williams holds dual appointments at Stanford University School of Medicine as faculty and Executive Director of Nursing Research within the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health. Williams earned her bachelors and master’s degrees in nursing from the Holy Names University, Oakland, California, and a Ph.D. in nursing science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and is a Fellow of the Advisory Board, Washington, D.C. Her doctoral dissertation was a secondary analysis of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) at Stanford University School of Medicine.
A longstanding health policy and systems scientist, Dr. Williams has advanced research, catalyzed transformation, and empowered stakeholders at complex health care organizations, to advance actionable research to strengthen health systems—for resilience, responsiveness and readiness in fostering personalized medicine, care delivery excellence, and equity to all populations.
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Michelle Y. Williams
PhD, RN
Executive Director, Research & Health Equity,
Stanford Health Care
Section Chief, Nursing & Clinical Assistant Professor,
Division of Primary Care & Population Health,
Department of Medicine,
Stanford University School of Medicine
Michelle Y. Williams, PhD, RN serves as the Executive Director, Health Equity and Research at Stanford Health Care (SHC), Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Primary Care Population Health, Department of Medicine, at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Williams is the founding president of the Stanford Medicine Black Nurses Association Chapter of the National Black Nurses Association. She has over 30 years of executive, research and leadership experience as a chief nurse executive, director of maternal child health, director of mental health and forensic psychiatry, director of nursing administration and operations, director of quality assurance performance improvement, director of nursing academic and grant-funded programs, regional senior health plan director, and national director of technology innovation and research, among others. In her current role as Executive Director, Health Equity and Research at SHC, Dr. Williams founded and leads six divisions, including Clinical Trials Research Operations & Practice and Enterprise Expansion; Academic Nursing and Patient Care Research; Health Equity Research; Research Operations and Strategy; Research Quality and Compliance; and Nurse and Research Scientist Faculty Appointments.
Dr. Williams holds dual appointments at Stanford University School of Medicine as faculty and Executive Director of Nursing Research within the Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health. Williams earned her bachelors and master’s degrees in nursing from the Holy Names University, Oakland, California, and a Ph.D. in nursing science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and is a Fellow of the Advisory Board, Washington, D.C. Her doctoral dissertation was a secondary analysis of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) at Stanford University School of Medicine.
A longstanding health policy and systems scientist, Dr. Williams has advanced research, catalyzed transformation, and empowered stakeholders at complex health care organizations, to advance actionable research to strengthen health systems—for resilience, responsiveness and readiness in fostering personalized medicine, care delivery excellence, and equity to all populations.
Stanford Profiles. Michelle Y. Williams PhD, RN's Profile | Stanford Profiles