Lilcelia Williams, PhD

JAD profile

Associate Editor

Term Expiration: 

12/31/2026

Affiliation(s): 

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Areas of Interest: 

AD: Alzheimer Disease and vascular risk contributors; health disparities;Cognitive aging and the Life Course; neuropsychological assessment; AD biomarker; health disparities; psychosis; social determinants

Biography & Research: 

Lilcelia A. Williams is a postdoctoral scholar with dual appointments in the School of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics and the School of Rehabilitation Sciences in the Department of Occupational Therapy, supported by the Integrated Clinical Research and Geroscience T32 Program. Williams recently concluded her appointed as an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Optimizing Scientific Careers in Alzheimer’s disease Research (OSCAR) scholar in the Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core. Williams' research is driven by her passion to improve patient health outcomes and to eradicate health disparities experienced by persons who self-identify as a member of a minoritized community (e.g., socioeconomically disadvantaged, racial or ethnic minority, residing in an underserved rural area, sexual or gender minority, person with a disability). Her research specifically focuses on the health disparities experienced by minoritized communities at the intersection of cognitive changes due to chronic illnesses associated with cardiovascular disease (e.g., stroke) and Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (e.g., vascular dementia, mixed dementia). Williams is a clinically trained and board-certified interdisciplinary clinician, with more than 20 years of health care experience as a clinician, manager, and patient advocate. Williams has advanced training in educational leadership and management and has taught a dearth of courses in undergraduate and graduate programs, such applied science in technical leadership, business, science, and physician assistant studies. Williams earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Wayne State University, her Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management degree from Western Governors University and her Doctor of Philosophy in Instructional Management and Leadership degree from Robert Morris University.