Olajide A. Williams, MD, MS
Vice Dean for Community Health; Professor of Neurology
Olajide Williams is the Vice Dean for Community Health and tenured Professor of Neurology, and Senior Vice Chair of Neurology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr Williams is a global leader in race-ethnic stroke disparities, co-Chair of the Anti-Racism Task Force, co-Director of the Columbia Center for Community Health, which houses the Community Health Worker Training Center, and Principal Investigator of multiple NIH health disparities-focused research awards, including several large randomized clinical trials.
Author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, Dr Williams has received many prestigious awards including a World Health Organization Health Champion award, a European Stroke Research Foundation Investigator of the Year award, Columbia University Outstanding Teacher of the Year award, National Humanism in Medicine award from the AAMC, National Medical Association Louis Stokes Health Advocacy Award, American Heart Association Trailblazer award, Fast Company 100 Most Creative People in Business list, and the New York Academy of Medicine Rising Leader award.
He is an elected member of the Association of American Physicians and has been featured multiple times on New York Magazine Best Doctors lists. Along with Hip Hop Pioneer Doug E Fresh, he is co-Founder and President of Hip Hop Public Health, an award-winning internationally recognized New York-based nonprofit organization that leverages hip hop music, art, and science to promote health literacy and healthy behaviors in communities of color. Dr. Williams obtained his medical degree from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and a Master’s degree from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
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