Brian Williams, MD

Education

BS, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Internship, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
Residency, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
Fellowship, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California

Professional Activities

Dr. Brian Williams is associate professor (CHS) in the Department of Pediatrics Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care as well as in the Department of Medicine hospital medicine division. He works as a pediatric and adult hospitalist. Williams wrote the Wisconsin American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) chapter’s position paper on vaping. He is a past recipient of the AAP Richmond Center’s New Investigator award to study smoke exposure screening in the pediatric inpatient setting, and is actively investigating how to help young people quit vaping.

Research Interests

Williams’ professional interests include tobacco control with a focus on vaping cessation in youth and young adults. He serves as a principal investigator (PI) or co-investigator on several tobacco cessation studies at the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI). His is currently studying how to help parents quit smoking while their child is hospitalized. In addition, he recently received support from the NIH’s National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to better understand how to help adolescents and young adults quit vaping.