Hants Williams

Hants Williams, PhD, RN, PHN, currently serves as the Director of Scholarship, Innovation, and Analytics at Stony Brook University, along with positions as Clinical Associate Professor and Clinical Assistant Professor in Applied Health Informatics and Biomedical Informatics. Hants also leads the Applied Health Informatics program and has extensive experience as a Clinical Researcher and Data Scientist at Parsley Health, where the Parsley Symptom Index was developed. In addition to advisory roles at Yosi Health and United Generations Capital, Hants is a Strategic Advisor for inRecovery and a Mentor at Nex Cubed, focusing on supporting digital health startups. Previous roles include Director of Clinical Informatics and Operations at VirtualHealth and Founder of BioVirtua, emphasizing a commitment to innovation in healthcare through technology and data-driven solutions. Academic credentials include a PhD from Duke University and postdoctoral training at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, alongside a strong nursing background.