{"id":10303,"date":"2025-02-21T16:37:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/?p=10303"},"modified":"2025-02-21T21:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:31:41","slug":"williams-ariel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/2025\/02\/21\/williams-ariel\/","title":{"rendered":"Williams, Ariel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrap\">\n<div id=\"inner\">\n<div id=\"content-sidebar-wrap\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"hfeed\">\n<div class=\"post-271 page type-page status-publish hentry entry gs-1 gs-odd gs-featured-content-entry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10307 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/02\/Head_shot-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ariel Williams\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/02\/Head_shot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/02\/Head_shot-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/phs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2025\/02\/Head_shot.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Ariel Williams, PhD<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor, Biomedical Informatics Division<br \/>\nDepartment of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Contact Information:<\/strong><br \/>\nPhone: (434) 243-7250<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0wqy3dd@virginia.edu<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>PhD, Integrated Biomedical Sciences<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC (December 2020)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Ariel Williams\u2019 research integrates genomics, bioinformatics, and clinical data science to explore complex disease mechanisms, with a focus on health disparities and precision medicine. 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