Associate Professor Receives Markey Cancer Center Support Grant
Lovoria B. Williams, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP
Dr. Lovoria B. Williams is a Regular Title Series, associate professor in the College of Nursing. She received a PhD in nursing from Georgia Regents University (now Augusta University). Dr. Williams’ dissertation examined diabetes predictors among African-Americans in faith-based settings. She continues to focus her research agenda on the achievement of health equity among racial/ethnic minorities and medically-underserved populations through community based participatory research methods. Her research targets diabetes prevention, cardiovascular disease reduction, early detection of lung cancer and tobacco control. She is nationally-recognized for her collaborative research with Community Health Workers in implementing culturally-adapted interventions among African American churches and other community settings.
Dr. Williams’s research has received funding from the Georgia Department of Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed journals, presented nationally and internationally and served as a consultant regarding the implementation of culturally-adapted diabetes prevention programs. Clinically, Dr. Williams is a family nurse practitioner and a trained tobacco treatment specialist. Her clinical practice focuses on the development of tobacco treatment protocols for individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness.
She is the recipient of distinguished honors and awards such as Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Phi Kappa Phi, Excellence in Research and Outstanding Published Writing. She is a member of multiple professional organizations such as the National Black Nurses Association and the Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) where she serves on the Board of Directors.
Dr. Williams has extensive nursing graduate teaching experiences. She has developed and taught clinical courses for Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs to include evidenced based practice and qualitative methods. She has mentored numerous DNP and PhD student projects and dissertations, as well as junior scientists.
Selected Publications:
Williams, L.B., Sattin, R., Dias, J., Garvin, J., Marion, L., Joshua, T., Kriska, A., Kramer, M. K., Echouffo-Tcheugui, J. B., Freeman, A., & Narayan, V.K.M. (2013). Design of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Diabetes Prevention Program within African-Americans Churches: The Fit Body and Soul Project. Contemporary Clinical Trials (34), 336-347. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2013.01.002
Sattin, R., Williams, L.B., Dias, J., Garvin, J., Marion, L., Joshua, Kriska, A., Kramer, M. K, Narayan, K.M. Venkak. (2016). Community Trial of a Faith-Based Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Diabetes among African-Americans. Journal of Community Health, 41 (1), 87-96. doi 10.1007/s10900-015-0071-8
Rhodes, E. C., Chandrasekar, E. K., Patel, S. A. , Narayan, K.M. , Joshua, T. V., Williams, L. B., Marion, L. ,Ali, M. K. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of a Faith-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Diabetes Prevention among African Americans: A Within-Trial Analysis. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 146, 85-92. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.09.016
Garvin, J. T., Williams, L. B., Joshua, T., Marion, L. (2017). Percent Weight Reduction Required to Achieve Minimal Clinically Important Improvements in Health-related Quality of Life among African Americans: A Secondary Analysis of the Fit Body and Soul Study. Applied Nursing Research, 36, 100-105. PMID: 28720228
Williams, L. B., Stewart, M., McCall, A., Joshua, T., *Sarfo, R., Garvin, J.T., Marion, L. (2017) Pathway to Weight Maintenance: A Qualitative Study with Church Health Advisors to Assess Weight Maintenance Program Needs Among African-Americans. Journal of the National Black Nurses Association, 27 (2); 34-40.
Williams, L. B., Franklin, B., Jackson, C., Evans, M. B., Hill, A., & Minor, M. (2015). Turn the Beat Around: A Stroke Prevention Program for African-American Churches. Public Health Nurse, 33 (1), 11-20. doi 10.111/phn.12234
Williams, L. B., McCall, A., Looney, S., Joshua, T. Tingen, M. (2018) Demographic, Psychosocial, Behavioral Associations with cancer screening among a homeless population. Public Health Nursing, doi:10.1111/phn.12391.
Williams, L.B., McCall, A., Joshua, T., Tingen, M.S. Design of a Community Based Lung Cancer Education, Prevention and Screening Program. Western Journal of Nursing
Garvin, J., Williams, L.B., Joshua, T. (2017). Responder Status at 3 Months and Weight-Reduction Goal Achievement at 1 Year: A Secondary Analysis of the Fit Body & Soul Study. Journal of Advanced Nursing
Coughlin, S. S., Williams, L.B., Besenyi, G., Jackson, L., Anglin, J. (2017). Advancing Uterine Cancer Survivorship among African American Women. Journal of the National Medical Association1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2017.08.002
