Our Graduates
Beverly R. Williams, PhD, 2002
Dr. Williams is an Assistant professor in the Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine in the UAB School of Medicine. Dr. Williams currently works as a Health Science Specialist in the Research Service, at the Birmingham VA Medical Center. She is co-investigator and project coordinator on “Intervention to Improve Care at Life’s End in VA Medical Centers,” a 5-year VA Health Services Research and Development Merit Award (Burgio). She also serves as an investigator in the Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC).
Selected Publications
Beverly R. Williams, PhD; Patricia Sawyer Baker, PhD; Richard M. Allman, MD, Jeffrey M. Roseman, MD, PHD, MPH. Bereavement Among African American and White Older Adults. Journal Aging and Health (in press, early 2007).
Beverly R. Williams, PhD; Patricia Sawyer Baker, PhD; Richard M. Allman, MD, Jeffrey M. Roseman, MD, PHD, MPH. The Feminization of Bereavement Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Women & Aging, (in press - Volume 18 (3) fall/winter 2006.
Beverly R. Williams, PhD; Patricia Sawyer Baker, PhD; Richard M. Allman, MD. “Nonspousal Family Loss among Community-Dwelling Older Adults,” Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 51 (2):125-142, 2005.
F. Amos Bailey, MD, Kathryn L. Burgio, PhD, Lesa L. Woodby, PhD, MPH, Beverly R. Williams, PhD, David T. Redden, PhD, Stacey H. Kovac, PhD, Rosie M. Durham, RN, MSN, Patricia S. Goode, MD. Improving Processes of Hospital Care During the Last Hours of Life. Archives of Internal Medicine, August 22nd, 2005.
Beverly R. Williams, “Dying Young, Dying Poor: A Sociological Examination of Existential Suffering among Low-Socioeconomic Patients.” Journal of Palliative Medicine7(1): 27-37,February 2004.
Beverly R. Williams & Carol G. Padgett “The Emerging Role of the Medical Sociologist in Palliative Care Settings.” Sociological Spectrum, special issue on “Medical Sociology: Health and Illness Issues for the New Millennium.” July 2001
