Derek Williams, MD, MPH

Derek Williams, MD, MPH is Professor of Pediatrics and the William R. Long Director of Child Health Research at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.  Dr. Williams is a clinical and health services researcher. His research program centers on improving care delivery and outcomes for children with pneumonia and other acute respiratory illnesses, and has been supported by funding from CDC, NIH, PCORI, and AHRQ. He has authored >170 peer-reviewed publications, and he has received awards recognizing his scientific contributions from the Academic Pediatric Association, the Infectious Diseases Society of America/Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the Society of Hospital Medicine. Dr. Williams also directs a postdoctoral T32 in pediatric learning healthcare and a member of the Executive Council of the Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS) Network.