HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
CENTER FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

L. Keoki Williams, MD, MPH
Investigator

Contact Information:
Email: kwillia5@hfhs.org
Phone: (313) 874-5454
Fax: (313) 874-7137

Recent Publications:

Abraham CM, Ownby DR, Peterson EL, Wegienka G, Zoratti EM, Williams LK, Joseph CL, Johnson CC.  The relationship between seroatopy and symptoms of either allergic rhinitis or asthma.  J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007 May; 119(5):1099-104. Epub 2007 Apr 9.

Joseph CLM, Ownby DR, Stringer S, Peterson EL, Gibson-Scipio W, Williams LK, Johnson CC.  Identifying students with self-report asthma and respiratory symptoms in an urban, high school setting.  J Urban Health 2007 Jan;84(1):60-9.

Nau D, Steinke D, Williams LK, Austin R, Elston Lafata J, Divine G, Pladevall M. Adherence Analysis Using Visual Analog Scale Versus Claims-Based Estimation. Annals of Pharmacotherapy Epub 2007 October 9.

Simpkins J, Divine G, Wang M, Holmboe E, Pladevall M, Williams LK.  Improving asthma care through recertification: a cluster randomized trial.  Arch of Intern Med.  2007 Nov 12; 167(20):2240-8.

Williams LK, CL Joseph, EL Peterson, C Moon, H Xi, R Krajenta, R Johnson, K Wells, JC Booza, K Tunceli, JE Lafata, CC Johnson, DR Ownby, R Enberg, M Pladevall.  Race-ethnicity, crime, and other factors associated with adherence to inhaled corticosteroids.  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2007 Jan;119(1):168-75; Epub 2006  Nov 2

Williams LK, Joseph CL, Peterson EL, Wells K, Wang M, Chowdhry VK, Walsh M, Campbell J, Rand CS, Apter AJ, Lanfear DE, Tunceli K, Pladevall M.  Patients with asthma who do not fill their inhaled corticosteroids: a study of primary non-adherence.  J Allergy Clin Immunol 2007 Nov;120(5):1153-9. Epub 2007 Oct 22.

Biography:
Dr. Williams is both a practicing general internist and researcher in the Henry Ford Health System. He holds appointments in the Department of Internal Medicine, the Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology, and the Center for Health Services Research. He graduated cum laude in both research and academics from the University of Michigan Medical School and is a former HHMI-NIH Research Scholar. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Afterward, he was commissioned as Lt. Commander in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He subsequently completed a fellowship in General Medicine at the University of Michigan where he was a National Research Service Award recipient. His current interests include patient adherence to medicine, particulary in chronic diseases such as asthma, and genetic epidemiology. He is currently principal investigator of two independent investigator (R01) awards from the National Institutes of Health, and is the recipient of an Early Excellence Award from the Sandler Foundation.