Valerie Williams to Lead the Association of American Medical Colleges

Valerie Williams, vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, was named chair-elect of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AAMC represents all 134 accredited U.S. medical schools as well as 17 medical schools in Canada. Dr. Williams will serve one year as chair-elect and then serve as head of the association in 2013.

Dr. Williams has been a faculty member and administrator at the University of Oklahoma since 1989. Previously, she was assistant to the president at the University of Maryland at Baltimore. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Syracuse University and a doctorate in allied health sciences from the University of Oklahoma.