Brie Williams, MD, MS
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Her work focuses on transforming prison culture to focus on the health of residents and staff, dignity and humanity, and on bringing the science of geriatrics and palliative care to criminal justice reform. She collaborates with colleagues from diverse disciplines (including prison leaders and staff, community based organizations, and the law) to develop innovative programs that reduce harm in US prisons and to conduct impact-oriented research and education. Dr. Williams' clinical research has called for improved responses to disability, cognitive impairment, and symptom distress in older or seriously ill incarcerated persons; a better understanding of the occupational health and training needs of prison staff; a more heath-focused approach to eliminating the use of solitary confinement and reducing its harms; a more scientific approach to compassionate release policies; and a broader inclusion of incarcerated people in national health datasets and in clinical research designed to improve their care. Dr. Williams has served as a member of multiple national initiatives, including the Workshop on Incarceration and Health sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences, and the Urban Institute’s Research in Penal Institutions. Her research has been supported by the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation, the Schusterman Family Foundation, Arnold Ventures, the National Palliative Care Research Center, the National Institute on Aging, the UC Office of the President, and the Cambia Foundation, among others. Dr. Williams directs Amend, a training and leadership development program that draws on public health, medical ethics, occupational health, international human rights and prison practices from Norway and beyond to inspire and educate U.S. prison leaders, staff and policy makers to immediately address dehumanizing conditions that perpetuate trauma, violence, and health inequities among residents and staff in U.S. prisons. She is also a founding co-director of the Aging Research in Criminal Justice Network, funded by the National Institute on Aging, which has created a research network of over 200 academic and community members in the US to expand research at the intersection of aging and criminal legal system involvement.

Dr. Williams has served as a consultant to jails, prisons, and legal organizations nationwide, including for the Federal Receiver of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the National ACLU. She has participated as an expert witness in several lawsuits related to the adverse health effects of solitary confinement. In 2016, Dr. Williams provided expert testimony to the US Sentencing Commission on proposed changes to Compassionate Release policies, recommendations which were later incorporated into the First Step Act.

• A Primer on Carceral Health for Clinicians: Care Delivery, Regulatory Oversight, Legal and Ethical Considerations, and Clinician Responsibilities.
  Mayo Clinic proceedings 2025 Nguyen NV, Riggan KA, Eber GB, Williams BA, DeMartino ES
• Threats to Women's Health in Prisons and Jails.
  JAMA internal medicine 2025 Haber LA, James JE, Williams BA
• Prevalence of Disability Among Older Adults in Prison.
  JAMA network open 2024 Miller KEM, Shen K, Yang Y, Williams BA, Wolff JL
• Establishing National Standards for Carceral Health Care-The Federal Prison Oversight Act.
  JAMA internal medicine 2024 Haber LA, Boudin C, Williams BA
• The interdependence of caring, safety, and health in correctional settings: Analysis of a survey of security staff in a large county jail system.
  Social science & medicine (1982) 2024 Sundt J, Reiter K, Williams B
• Detained and Cognitively Impaired: Reevaluating Screening Recommendations in Carceral Settings.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2024 Mushero N, Haber LA, Williams BA
• Medicaid for Medical-Correctional Care: Time to Manage What is Reimbursed.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2024 Haber LA, Sears D, Williams BA
• Cooperation Between Medical and Correctional Stakeholders.
  JAMA internal medicine 2024 Haber LA, Williams BA
• Reimagining San Quentin: Recommendations to Transform San Quentin State Prison into a Rehabilitation Center. San Quentin Transformation Advisory Council. A Report for Governor Gavin Newsom
  Reimagining San Quentin: Recommendations to Transform San Quentin State Prison into a Rehabilitation Center. San Quentin Transformation Advisory Council. A Report for Governor Gavin Newsom. 2024 Williams B, Bond D, Broomfield R, Steinberg D.
• Stress and Anxiety Among Correctional Health Care Professionals in a U.S. State Prison System During COVID-19.
  Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care 2024 Leach BCB, Ahalt C, Williams B, Kwan AT
• Criminal Justice Reform Is Health Care Reform.
  JAMA 2024 Haber LA, Boudin C, Williams BA
• The Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Incarcerated Older Adults.
  The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences 2023 Baillargeon J, Linthicum LC, Murray OJ, Raji MA, Kuo YF, Pulvino JS, Milani SA, Williams B, Baillargeon GR, Blair PA, Kristen Peek M, Penn JV
• Hospitalized While Incarcerated: Incarceration-Specific Care Practices.
  Annals of internal medicine 2023 Kaiksow FA, Williams BA, Haber LA
• Hospital care while incarcerated: A tale of two policies.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2023 Haber LA, Kaiksow FA, Williams BA, Crane JT
• Prioritizing Diversion and Decarceration of People With Dementia.
  AMA journal of ethics 2023 Kodama L, Williams B, Morris NP
• Extreme Heat and Suicide Watch Incidents Among Incarcerated Men.
  JAMA network open 2023 Cloud DH, Williams B, Haardörfer R, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Cooper HLF
• The resource team: A case study of a solitary confinement reform in Oregon.
  PloS one 2023 Cloud DH, Haney C, Augustine D, Ahalt C, Williams B
• Self-injury and the embodiment of solitary confinement among adult men in Louisiana prisons.
  SSM - population health 2023 Cloud DH, Williams B, Haardöerfer R, Hosbey JT, Cooper HLF
• History of Incarceration and Its Association With Geriatric and Chronic Health Outcomes in Older Adulthood.
  JAMA network open 2023 Garcia-Grossman IR, Cenzer I, Steinman MA, Williams BA
• Public Health and Prisons: Priorities in the Age of Mass Incarceration.
  Annual review of public health 2022 Cloud DH, Garcia-Grossman IR, Armstrong A, Williams B
• Increasing availability of COVID-19 vaccine to older adults under community supervision.
  International journal of prisoner health 2022 Dauria E, Clemenzi-Allen A, Nowotny K, Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Williams B, Wurcel A
• Strategies for Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Within California State Prisons in 2021 and Beyond.
  American journal of public health 2022 Garcia-Grossman IR, Gransee L, Williams B
• The Impact Of COVID-19 On The Health Of Incarcerated Older Adults In California State Prisons.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2022 Kwan A, Garcia-Grossman I, Sears D, Bertozzi SM, Williams BA
• A stepwise guide for healthcare professionals requesting compassionate release for patients who are incarcerated.
  International journal of prisoner health 2022 Kanbergs A, Garcia-Grossman I, Ahalt C, DiTomas M, Bedard R, Williams B
• Respiratory pandemic preparedness learnings from the June 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin California State Prison.
  International journal of prisoner health 2022 Kwan A, Sklar R, Cameron DB, Schell RC, Bertozzi SM, McCoy SI, Williams B, Sears DA
• COVID-19 outbreak in a state prison: a case study on the implementation of key public health recommendations for containment and prevention.
  BMC public health 2022 Duarte C, Cameron DB, Kwan AT, Bertozzi SM, Williams BA, McCoy SI
• California state prisons during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Report by the CalPROTECT Project
  2022 Kwan A, Sears D, Bertozzi SM, Williams B, editors.
• Prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment before incarceration.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Kuffel RL, Byers AL, Williams B, Fortinsky R, Li Y, Ruderman MA, Barry LC
• Health Information Seeking Behaviors in Prison: Results From the U.S. PIAAC Survey.
  Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care 2022 Novisky MA, Schnellinger RP, Adams RE, Williams B
• Shackling in the Hospital.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2022 Haber LA, Pratt LA, Erickson HP, Williams BA
• A review and content analysis of U.S. Department of Corrections end-of-life decision making policies.
  International journal of prisoner health 2021 Helmly V, Garica M, Williams B, Howell BA
• Correction to: "We just needed to open the door": a case study of the quest to end solitary confinement in North Dakota.
  Health & justice 2021 Cloud DH, Augustine D, Ahalt C, Haney C, Peterson L, Braun C, Williams B
• "We just needed to open the door": a case study of the quest to end solitary confinement in North Dakota.
  Health & justice 2021 Cloud DH, Augustine D, Ahalt C, Haney C, Peterson L, Braun C, Williams B
• The growing geriatric prison population: A dire public health consequence of mass incarceration.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021 Williams B, DiTomas M, Pachynski A
• Mental and Physical Health of Older Incarcerated Persons Who Have Aged in Place in Prison.
  Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society 2021 Li A, Williams B, Barry LC
• Factors Associated with Incarceration in Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness: Results from the HOPE HOME Study.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Garcia-Grossman I, Kaplan L, Valle K, Guzman D, Williams B, Kushel M
• COVID-19 and incarcerated older adults: a commentary on risk, care and early release in Australia.
  International journal of prisoner health 2021 Hwang YIJ, Ginnivan NA, Simpson PL, Baidawi S, Withall A, Williams B, Butler T
• Ten Urgent Priorities Based on Lessons Learned From More Than a Half Million Known COVID-19 Cases in US Prisons.
  American journal of public health 2021 Barnert E, Kwan A, Williams B
• Providing Ethical and Humane Care to Hospitalized, Incarcerated Patients With COVID-19.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2021 Rorvig L, Williams B
• Prisons and COVID-19: A Desperate Call for Gerontological Expertise in Correctional Health Care.
  The Gerontologist 2021 Prost SG, Novisky MA, Rorvig L, Zaller N, Williams B
• COVID-19 and Women in the US Criminal Legal System
  Bill of Health 2020 Cynthia Golembeski, Carolyn Sufrin, Brie Williams, Precious Bedell, Sherry Glied, Ingrid Binswanger, Donna Hylton, Tyler Winkelman, and Jaimie Meyer
• Medical Multimorbidity, Mental Illness, and Substance Use Disorder among Middle-Aged and Older Justice-Involved Adults in the USA, 2015-2018.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2020 Han BH, Williams BA, Palamar JJ
• Consensus Statement from the Santa Cruz Summit on Solitary Confinement and Health
  Northwestern University Law Review 2020 Haney C Williams B Ahalt C
• Improving Health Equity for Women Involved in the Criminal Legal System.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2020 Golembeski CA, Sufrin CB, Williams B, Bedell PS, Glied SA, Binswanger IA, Hylton D, Winkelman TNA, Meyer JP
• Occupational Health: A Key to the Control of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities.
  Annals of internal medicine 2020 Sears D, Ahalt C, Augustine D, Williams B
• Medical Isolation and Solitary Confinement: Balancing Health and Humanity in US Jails and Prisons During COVID-19.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2020 Cloud DH, Ahalt C, Augustine D, Sears D, Williams B
• A call to protect patients, correctional staff and healthcare professionals in jails and prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Health & justice 2020 Oladeru OT, Tran NT, Al-Rousan T, Williams B, Zaller N
• Prisons: Amplifiers of the COVID-19 Pandemic Hiding in Plain Sight.
  American journal of public health 2020 Barnert E, Ahalt C, Williams B
• COVID-19 Amidst Carceral Contexts: The Overton Window of Political Possibility and Policy Change. JPHMP Direct
  COVID-19 Amidst Carceral Contexts: The Overton Window of Political Possibility and Policy Change. JPHMP Direct. 2020 Golembeski C, Irfan A, Williams B, Venters H
• Protecting Decarcerated Populations In The Era of COVID-19: Priorities For Emergency Discharge Planning. Health Affairs Blog
  Protecting Decarcerated Populations In The Era of COVID-19: Priorities For Emergency Discharge Planning. Health Affairs Blog. 2020 Howell B, Ramirez Batlle H, Ahalt C, Shavit S, Augustine D, Wang E, Zaller N, Williams B.
• Correctional Facilities In The Shadow Of COVID-19: Unique Challenges And Proposed Solutions
  Health Affairs Blog 2020 Williams B, Ahalt C, Cloud D, Augustine D, Rorvig L, Sears D
• Role of a US-Norway Exchange in Placing Health and Well-Being at the Center of US Prison Reform.
  American journal of public health 2020 Ahalt C, Haney C, Ekhaugen K, Williams B
• Strategies to Optimize the Use of Compassionate Release From US Prisons.
  American journal of public health 2020 Prost SG, Williams B
• The Cardiovascular Health Burdens of Solitary Confinement.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Williams BA, Li A, Ahalt C, Coxson P, Kahn JG, Bibbins-Domingo K
• Transforming Prison Culture to Improve Correctional Staff Wellness and Outcomes for Adults in Custody “The Oregon Way”: A Partnership between the Oregon Department of Corrections and the University of California's Correctional Culture Change Program
  Advancing Corrections Journal 2019 Ahalt C; Peters C; Steward H; Williams B
• Improving care for the overlooked in oncology: incarcerated patients.
  The Lancet. Oncology 2019 Oladeru OT, Perni S, Williams B
• Shackled at the End of Life: We Can Do Better.
  The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2019 DiTomas M, Bick J, Williams B
• Association of Functional Impairment in Middle Age With Hospitalization, Nursing Home Admission, and Death.
  JAMA internal medicine 2019 Brown RT, Diaz-Ramirez LG, Boscardin WJ, Lee SJ, Williams BA, Steinman MA
• Mental health treatment among older adults with mental illness on parole or probation.
  Health & justice 2019 Bryson WC, Cotton BP, Barry LC, Bruce ML, Piel J, Thielke SM, Williams BA
• Smoking and Smoking Cessation Among Criminal Justice-Involved Older Adults.
  Tobacco use insights 2019 Ahalt C, Buisker T, Myers J, Williams B
• The Cambia Sojourns Scholars Leadership Program: Projects and Reflections on Leadership in Palliative Care.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2019 Dahlin C, Sanders J, Calton B, DeSanto-Madeya S, Donesky D, Lakin JR, Roeland E, Scherer JS, Walling A, Williams B
• Leadership, Inside and Out: The Tideswell-AGS-ADGAP Emerging Leaders in Aging Program.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2019 Chang A, Lundebjerg NE, Abrams J, Barnes DE, Fain MJ, Hall WJ, Johnson TM, Michael Harper G, Williams B, Ritchie CS
• "No One Wants to Die Alone": Incarcerated Patients' Knowledge and Attitudes About Early Medical Release.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2018 Kanbergs A, Ahalt C, Cenzer IS, Morrison RS, Williams BA
• Reply to "Cognitive Health and Incarceration among Older Adults".
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Ahalt C, Williams BA
• Words matter: a call for humanizing and respectful language to describe people who experience incarceration.
  BMC international health and human rights 2018 Tran NT, Baggio S, Dawson A, O'Moore É, Williams B, Bedell P, Simon O, Scholten W, Getaz L, Wolff H
• "We Take Care of Patients, but We Don't Advocate for Them": Advance Care Planning in Prison or Jail.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Ekaireb R, Ahalt C, Sudore R, Metzger L, Williams B
• Cognition and Incarceration: Cognitive Impairment and Its Associated Outcomes in Older Adults in Jail.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2018 Ahalt C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Barnes DE, Williams BA
• Six-Month Emergency Department Use among Older Adults Following Jail Incarceration.
  Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 2018 Humphreys J, Ahalt C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Widera E, Williams B
• How do ED patients with criminal justice contact compare with other ED users? A retrospective analysis of ED visits in California.
  BMJ open 2018 McConville S, Mooney AC, Williams BA, Hsia RY
• Relationship Between Expectation of Death and Location of Death Varies by Race/Ethnicity.
  The American journal of hospice & palliative care 2018 Romo RD, Cenzer IS, Williams BA, Smith AK
• Prison Health Care Governance: Guaranteeing Clinical Independence.
  American journal of public health 2018 Pont J, Enggist S, Stöver H, Williams B, Greifinger R, Wolff H
• Older adults in jail: high rates and early onset of geriatric conditions.
  Health & justice 2018 Greene M, Ahalt C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Metzger L, Williams B
• Balancing the Rights to Protection and Participation: A Call for Expanded Access to Ethically Conducted Correctional Health Research.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2018 Ahalt C, Haney C, Kinner S, Williams B
• The Effect of Patient Navigation on the Likelihood of Engagement in Clinical Care for HIV-Infected Individuals Leaving Jail.
  American journal of public health 2018 Myers JJ, Kang Dufour MS, Koester KA, Morewitz M, Packard R, Monico Klein K, Estes M, Williams B, Riker A, Tulsky J
• Ageing prisoners: An introduction to geriatric health-care challenges in correctional facilities
  International Review of the Red Cross, doi:10.1017/S1816383117000364 2017 Bedard R, Metzger L, & Williams B.
• Examining the role of healthcare professionals in the use of solitary confinement.
  BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2017 Ahalt C, Rothman A, Williams BA
• Differences between incarcerated and non-incarcerated patients who die in community hospitals highlight the need for palliative care services for seriously ill prisoners in correctional facilities and in community hospitals: A cross-sectional study.
  Palliative medicine 2017 Rothman A, McConville S, Hsia R, Metzger L, Ahalt C, Williams BA
• Advancing evidence-based interventions at the intersection of criminal justice and health.
  International journal of prisoner health 2017 Ahalt C, Williams B
• Mobilizing cross-sector community partnerships to address the needs of criminal justice-involved older adults: a framework for action.
  International journal of prisoner health 2017 Metzger L, Ahalt C, Kushel M, Riker A, Williams B
• "Teach-to-Goal" to Better Assess Informed Consent Comprehension among Incarcerated Clinical Research Participants.
  AMA journal of ethics 2017 Ahalt C, Sudore R, Bolano M, Metzger L, Darby AM, Williams B
• Compassionate Release Policy Reform: Physicians as Advocates for Human Dignity.
  AMA journal of ethics 2017 Mitchell A, Williams B
• The changing epidemiology of HIV in the criminal justice system.
  International journal of STD & AIDS 2017 Baillargeon J, Pulvino JS, Leonardson JE, Linthicum LC, Williams B, Penn J, Williams RS, Baillargeon G, Murray OJ
• Good Cop, Better Cop: Evaluation of a Geriatrics Training Program for Police.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017 Brown RT, Ahalt C, Rivera J, Stijacic Cenzer I, Wilhelm A, Williams BA
• Guest editorial.
  International journal of prisoner health 2017 Ahalt C, Williams B
• Reducing the use and impact of solitary confinement in corrections.
  International journal of prisoner health 2017 Ahalt C, Haney C, Rios S, Fox MP, Farabee D, Williams B
• For Seriously Ill Prisoners, Consider Evidence-Based Compassionate Release Policies, Health Affairs http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2017/02/06/for-seriously-ill-prisoners-consider-evidence-based-compassionate-release-policies/
  For Seriously Ill Prisoners, Consider Evidence-Based Compassionate Release Policies, Health Affairs http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2017/02/06/for-seriously-ill-prisoners-consider-evidence-based-compassionate-release-policies/ 2017 Brie Williams, Alex Rothman, and Cyrus Ahalt
• Older Prisoners and the Physical Health Effects of Solitary Confinement.
  American journal of public health 2016 Williams BA
• Detained and Distressed: Persistent Distressing Symptoms in a Population of Older Jail Inmates.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 Bolano M, Ahalt C, Ritchie C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Williams B
• Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and associated health and social vulnerabilities in older jail inmates.
  Aging & mental health 2016 Flatt JD, Williams BA, Barnes D, Goldenson J, Ahalt C
• Challenges in Identifying Refugees in National Health Data Sets.
  American journal of public health 2016 Semere W, Yun K, Ahalt C, Williams B, Wang EA
• Reforming Solitary-Confinement Policy--Heeding a Presidential Call to Action.
  The New England journal of medicine 2016 Ahalt C, Williams B
• The pains of imprisonment: challenging aspects of pain management in correctional settings.
  Pain management 2016 Handtke V, Wolff H, Williams BA
• State of Research Funding From the National Institutes of Health for Criminal Justice Health Research.
  Annals of internal medicine 2015 Ahalt C, Wang EA, Williams B
• The state of research funding from the National Institutes of Health for criminal justice health research.
  Annals of internal medicine 2015 Ahalt C, Bolano M, Wang EA, Williams B
• A call to understand the mental health needs of older prisoners
  SGIM Forum 2015 Lisa C. Barry and Brie A. Williams
• The need for higher standards in correctional healthcare to improve public health.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2014 Rich JD, Allen SA, Williams BA
• Pain behind bars: the epidemiology of pain in older jail inmates in a county jail.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2014 Williams BA, Ahalt C, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Smith AK, Goldenson J, Ritchie CS
• Police on the front line of community geriatric health care: challenges and opportunities.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014 Brown RT, Ahalt C, Steinman MA, Kruger K, Williams BA
• Prisoner of war status, posttraumatic stress disorder, and dementia in older veterans.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2014 Meziab O, Kirby KA, Williams B, Yaffe K, Byers AL, Barnes DE
• Responding to hepatitis C through the criminal justice system.
  The New England journal of medicine 2014 Rich JD, Allen SA, Williams BA
• "My older clients fall through every crack in the system": geriatrics knowledge of legal professionals.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014 Soones T, Ahalt C, Garrigues S, Faigman D, Williams BA
• How health care reform can transform the health of criminal justice-involved individuals.
  Health affairs (Project Hope) 2014 Rich JD, Chandler R, Williams BA, Dumont D, Wang EA, Taxman FS, Allen SA, Clarke JG, Greifinger RB, Wildeman C, Osher FC, Rosenberg S, Haney C, Mauer M, Western B
• Family matters: effects of birth order, culture, and family dynamics on surrogate decision-making.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2014 Su CT, McMahan RD, Williams BA, Sharma RK, Sudore RL
• Paying the price: the pressing need for quality, cost, and outcomes data to improve correctional health care for older prisoners.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2013 Ahalt C, Trestman RL, Rich JD, Greifinger RB, Williams BA
• Addressing the aging crisis in U.S. criminal justice health care.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012 Williams BA, Goodwin JS, Baillargeon J, Ahalt C, Walter LC
• Subjective social status and functional decline in older adults.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2012 Chen B, Covinsky KE, Stijacic Cenzer I, Adler N, Williams BA
• How safe is your neighborhood? Perceived neighborhood safety and functional decline in older adults.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2011 Sun VK, Stijacic Cenzer I, Kao H, Ahalt C, Williams BA
• Discussing overall prognosis with the very elderly.
  The New England journal of medicine 2011 Smith AK, Williams BA, Lo B
• Training clinicians and building systems for an aging century
  San Francisco Medicine 2011 Chang A, Chur E, Kao H, Kawahara S, Williams B
• Confined to ignorance: the absence of prisoner information from nationally representative health data sets.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2011 Ahalt C, Binswanger IA, Steinman M, Tulsky J, Williams BA
• Balancing punishment and compassion for seriously ill prisoners.
  Annals of internal medicine 2011 Williams BA, Sudore RL, Greifinger R, Morrison RS
• Selecting performance indicators for prison health care.
  Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care 2011 Asch SM, Damberg CL, Hiatt L, Teleki SS, Shaw R, Hill TE, Benjamin-Johnson R, Eisenman DP, Kulkarni SP, Wang E, Williams B, Yesus A, Grudzen CR
• The current state of quality of care measurement in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
  Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care 2011 Teleki SS, Damberg CL, Shaw R, Hiatt L, Williams B, Hill TE, Asch SM
• Lost in translation: the unintended consequences of advance directive law on clinical care.
  Annals of internal medicine 2011 Castillo LS, Williams BA, Hooper SM, Sabatino CP, Weithorn LA, Sudore RL
• The epidemiology of pain during the last 2 years of life.
  Annals of internal medicine 2010 Smith AK, Cenzer IS, Knight SJ, Puntillo KA, Widera E, Williams BA, Boscardin WJ, Covinsky KE
• Coming home: health status and homelessness risk of older pre-release prisoners.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2010 Williams BA, McGuire J, Lindsay RG, Baillargeon J, Cenzer IS, Lee SJ, Kushel M
• Parole revocation among prison inmates with psychiatric and substance use disorders.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2009 Baillargeon J, Williams BA, Mellow J, Harzke AJ, Hoge SK, Baillargeon G, Greifinger RB
• Medication prescribing practices for older prisoners in the Texas prison system.
  American journal of public health 2009 Williams BA, Baillargeon JG, Lindquist K, Walter LC, Covinsky KE, Whitson HE, Steinman MA
• "Below average" self-assessed school performance and Alzheimer's disease in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study.
  Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2009 Mehta KM, Stewart AL, Langa KM, Yaffe K, Moody-Ayers S, Williams BA, Covinsky KE
• Caregiving behind bars: correctional officer reports of disability in geriatric prisoners.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2009 Williams BA, Lindquist K, Hill T, Baillargeon J, Mellow J, Greifinger R, Walter LC
• Unraveling the relationship between literacy, language proficiency, and patient-physician communication.
  Patient education and counseling 2009 Sudore RL, Landefeld CS, Pérez-Stable EJ, Bibbins-Domingo K, Williams BA, Schillinger D
• Functional limitations, socioeconomic status, and all-cause mortality in moderate alcohol drinkers.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2009 Lee SJ, Sudore RL, Williams BA, Lindquist K, Chen HL, Covinsky KE
• A clinical framework for improving the advance care planning process: start with patients' self-identified barriers.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2009 Schickedanz AD, Schillinger D, Landefeld CS, Knight SJ, Williams BA, Sudore RL
• Hepatocellular carcinoma prevalence and mortality in a male state prison population.
  Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2009 Baillargeon J, Snyder N, Soloway RD, Paar D, Baillargeon G, Spaulding AC, Pollock BH, Arcari CM, Williams BA, Raimer BG
• Psychiatric disorders and repeat incarcerations: the revolving prison door.
  The American journal of psychiatry 2008 Baillargeon J, Binswanger IA, Penn JV, Williams BA, Murray OJ
• Medical emergency department utilization patterns among uninsured patients with psychiatric disorders.
  Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) 2008 Baillargeon J, Thomas CR, Williams B, Begley CE, Sharma S, Pollock BH, Murray OJ, Pulvino JS, Raimer B
• Elder care in jails and prisons: Are we prepared?
  J Correct Health Care 2008 Williams B, Greifinger R
• Engagement in multiple steps of the advance care planning process: a descriptive study of diverse older adults.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2008 Sudore RL, Schickedanz AD, Landefeld CS, Williams BA, Lindquist K, Pantilat SZ, Schillinger D
• Screening mammography in older women. Effect of wealth and prognosis.
  Archives of internal medicine 2008 Williams BA, Lindquist K, Sudore RL, Covinsky KE, Walter LC
• An advance directive redesigned to meet the literacy level of most adults: a randomized trial.
  Patient education and counseling 2007 Sudore RL, Landefeld CS, Barnes DE, Lindquist K, Williams BA, Brody R, Schillinger D
• Should health studies measure wealth? A systematic review.
  American journal of preventive medicine 2007 Pollack CE, Chideya S, Cubbin C, Williams B, Dekker M, Braveman P
• End-stage liver disease in a state prison population.
  Annals of epidemiology 2007 Baillargeon J, Soloway RD, Paar D, Giordano TP, Murray O, Grady J, Williams B, Pulvino J, Raimer BG
• An electronic medical record intervention increased nursing home advance directive orders and documentation.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2007 Lindner SA, Davoren JB, Vollmer A, Williams B, Landefeld CS
• Functional impairment, race, and family expectations of death.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2006 Williams BA, Lindquist K, Moody-Ayers SY, Walter LC, Covinsky KE
• Use of a modified informed consent process among vulnerable patients: a descriptive study.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2006 Sudore RL, Landefeld CS, Williams BA, Barnes DE, Lindquist K, Schillinger D
• Being old and doing time: functional impairment and adverse experiences of geriatric female prisoners.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2006 Williams BA, Lindquist K, Sudore RL, Strupp HM, Willmott DJ, Walter LC
• Hydroxychloroquine is effective therapy for control of cutaneous sarcoidal granulomas.
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