UCLA School of Nursing Associate Dean of Research Ann Williams will be inducted into the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International’s Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.
Williams was recognized for her clinical, research and educational achievements. For nearly 30 years, she has worked as a nurse practitioner caring for persons with HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and abroad. Her program of research is a direct outgrowth of that clinical work. She designed and conducted some of the earliest studies of AIDS among drug users. Her work tested interventions to decrease HIV transmission, improve gynecologic care of women living with HIV and increase patient adherence to antiretroviral medication. In addition to her clinical and scholarly work, Williams has demonstrated a commitment to the education and mentorship of the next generation of nurse leaders in the United States and abroad.
Her work in China, Vietnam, Thailand and Poland supports the international effort to limit the spread of HIV and improve the care of those already infected. Currently, she leads a collaborative study of HIV/AIDS medication adherence in China.
She is also a guest professor on the nursing faculty at the Xiangya School of Medicine in Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, in China.
