Dr Bill Williams
Position within MAPW:
President Contact:
bill [dot] williams [at] mapw [dot] org [dot] au or via Executive Officer: (03) 9023 1958 or 0431 475 465
Professional Qualifications:
MB BS
Current field of medicine:
Rural general practice
Special areas of interest:
Nuclear weapons. uranium mining, nuclear waste, health effects of radiation, Aboriginal health, the roots of violence.
Background:
A General Practitioner with over twenty-five years experience in community medicine, Dr Bill Williams' career has included clinical and public health responsibilities in urban, rural & remote locations, including ‘developing’ populations in Australia and overseas. He has worked as a primary care physician in remote Aboriginal communities in the western desert region of South Australia and the Northern Territory and in post-conflict zones in Latin America and Africa.
His research, writing and teaching interests include the roots of violence, the health of Aboriginal Australians and the risks associated with the nuclear fuel chain. Recent publications have focused on the role of health professionals in reducing nuclear weapons proliferation risks and healthy pathways to a secure global energy future.
Dr Williams first joined MAPW in 1983 out of concern about the nuclear industry, which he saw as the greatest threat to global health. He notes that as medical professionals, there is "no point improving the nation's collective cholesterol level if we poison the earth for our grandchildren."
His other commitments include International Councilor of the Nobel Prize-winning International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNWi) and board member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICANi).
