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Mollie Williams

Mollie Williams, DrPH, MPH

Location

Off Campus

Mollie Williams has dedicated her career to solving complex public health problems because she believes that everyone should have access to health and health care. Mollie currently serves as the Executive Director of The Family Van, a mobile clinic that provides preventive health care and education in underserved Boston neighborhoods. She also leads the organization’s efforts to strengthen the mobile health sector nationally through the website mobilehealthmap.org. Previously, Mollie was a Senior Director at Planned Parenthood Federation of America where she led a special initiative to improve access to sexual and reproductive health care in the southern United States. Thanks to Mollie’s strategic leadership, the team built over a dozen new health centers, trained more than 500 staff and volunteers, and grew the number of local donors six-fold.  In her nearly twenty years as a public health professional, Mollie has had the opportunity to travel to Central America, Africa, Central Asia, Australia and India to participate in public health efforts in rural, low-resource communities. 

Credentials

Education

DrPH, Health Management and Policy
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
MPH, Health Behavior and Health Education
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
BA, Studio Art
The University of Texas at Austin

Research

Current research

Evaluation of a comprehensive program to increase access to sexual and reproductive health care in nine southern states.

Evaluation of community outreach and education in South Florida to prevent the transmission of the Zika virus.

Research interests

Community-based participatory research