Jason R. Williams PhD
Jason Williams has worked in the social sciences as an evaluator for many years at the University of Alaska, Anchorage, Casey Family Programs, and as an independent consultant. As a quantitative researcher, he works to inform public policy in areas such as poverty, obesity, child welfare, education, and now at ADAI, drug use epidemiology and intervention.
Dr. Williams designed the Washington State Opioid/Major Drug Interactive Data website, a data visualization resource that offers a series of interactive data charts and maps featuring Washington state data related to overdose deaths, treatment admissions, statewide opioid sales, and police evidence testing data for opioids, methamphetamine, and other drugs.
Dr. Williams contributes to knowledge about cannabis use by analyzing crime lab, survey, sales, and wastewater testing data. He compiled a comparison of survey methodologies that provided insights as to why different surveys produce different estimates of cannabis use.
Titles
Research Scientist (CEDEER)
Education
BS, Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 1992
MS, Clinical Psychology, Saint Louis University, 2000
PhD, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, 2013
ORCID: 0000-0002-5355-3210
Research Interests
- Data Analysis
- Survey Development
- Database Management
- Econometrics
- Human Services Policy
- Poverty
- Quantitative Methods
- Social Welfare Policy
- Statistical Analysis
Honors
- 2008 Hubert M. Blalock Fellowship, Center for Statistics & the Social Sciences, University of Washington
- 2012-2013 Social Policy Research Fellow, West Coast Poverty Center, University of Washington
- 2013 Certificate in Social Statistics, Center for Statistics & the Social Sciences
News
- New ADAI Report: Dramatic Increases in Opioid Overdose Deaths Due to Fentanyl Among Young People in WA
- Overdose Deaths in WA Increase 37% in 2020
- Q&A with Dr. Caleb Banta-Green: Fentanyl’s Growth Among Overdoses “Stunning”
- Jail-Based Intervention Increases Post-Release Initiation of Medication Treatment for OUD
Research & Other Projects
Drug Information and Education
Status: current
Olympia Bupe Clinic Evaluation
Status: current
Wastewater-Based Epidemiology of Drug Use
Status: current
Pierce County Opiate Epidemiology and Treatment Needs
Status: completed
Substance Use and HIV Clinic Care
Status: completed
