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Kirk Yancy Williams, Ph.D.

Kirk Yancy Williams, Ph.D. Department of Biostatistics
Ryals Public Health Bldg 443E
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: (205) 975-9264
Fax: (205) 975-2540
E-mail: KWilliams@ms.soph.uab.edu
Full CV


I received my B.S. in Chemistry from Dillard University in my hometown of New Orleans, and one of my M.S. degrees in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. My Ph.D. research focused on computational models of phytoestrogens, mycoestrogens, and Diethylstilbestrol derivates as estrogens. My researched earned me my degree from Tulane University, also located in my hometown.

I joined the Section on Statistical Genetics in June 2009. My research interests include genetic inheritance of various disorders, protein structure prediction, and drug development from environmental compounds.

Publications
 

  • 2010
  • 2009
  1. Thomas C. Friedrich, Shari M. Piaskowski, Enrique J. León, Jessica R. Furlott, Nicholas J. Maness, Kimberly L. Weisgrau, Caitlin E. Mac Nair, Andrea M. Weiler, John T. Loffredo, Matthew R. Reynolds, KY Williams , Yann C. Klimentidis, Nancy A. Wilson David B. Allison, and Eva G. Rakasz. (2010) High viremia is associated with high levels of in vivo MHC-I downregulation in rhesus macaques infected with SIVmac239. Journal of Virology [PMID: 20219903] [PMCID: PMC2863841]
     
  2. Haaz S, Williams KY; Fontaine KR; and Allison DB. Book Chapter: Bitter Orange (Citrus aurantium). Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements
     
  3. Williams KY, Wiese TE, and McLachlan JA. Conformational Searching and Flexibility of Five Mycoestrogens and their similarity to 17β-Estradiol. Steroids (submitted)
     
  4. Williams KY, Thomas DM, Keith J, Sites C, Allison DB. Scientific Evidence Regarding the Effectiveness of Weight Loss Supplements. Annual Review of Nutrition Vol. 31 (submitted)
     
  5. Williams KY, Yoo YJ, Patki A, Allison DB. Real Data Examples in Statistical Methods Papers: Tremendously valuable, and also tremendously misvalued. Statistics at its Interface (submitted)
     
  6. Williams KY B, Wiese TE, and McLachlan JA. Quantitative Structure Activity Relationships of Phytoestrogens, Mycoestrogens, and Diethylstilbestrol Derivatives as Estrogens. Molecular Informatics (submitted)
  1. Boué SM, Tilghman SL, Elliott S, Zimmerman MC, Williams KY, Payton-Stewart F, Miraflor AP, Howell MH, Shih BY, Carter-Wientjes CH, Segar C, Beckman BS, Wiese TE, Cleveland TE, McLachlan JA, Burow ME. Identification of the potent phytoestrogen glycinol in elicited soybean (Glycine max). Endocrinology. 2009 May;150(5):2446-53. [PMID: 19116342]
     
  2. Zimmermann MC, Tilghman SL, Boue SM, Salvo VA, Elliott S, Williams KY, Skripnikova EV, Ashe H, Payton-Stewart F, Vanhoy-Rhodes L, Fonseca JP, Corbitt C, Collins-Burow BM, Howell MH, Lacey M, Shih BY, Carter- Wientjes C, Cleveland TE, McLachlan JA, Wiese TE, Beckman BS, Burow ME. Glyceollin I, a novel antiestrogenic phytoalexin isolated from activated soy. In Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Oct 1 2009. [PMID: 19797619] [PMCID: PMC2802480]

 

Acknowledgement and Disclaimer
The trainee's projects are supported by Grant Number T32HL072757 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute or the National Institutes of Health.

Years: 2009 - 2011
Mentor(s): David B. Allison, PhD
Current Position: Statistician - Risk Assessment, Food and Drug Administration