Dr Owain Williams
Senior Research Fellow
School of Public Health
+61 7 334 64681
Faculty of Medicine
Researcher biography
Dr Owain Williams is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland Public Health, and is former Fellow of the Centre for Health and International Relations, the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, UK. He is an expert on the politics and political economy of health policy, and on intellectual property rights and access to medicines. He worked for the UNDP as a consultant on this area in 2014. He has published on access to medicines and global health governance, and new actors in health. His work includes, with Adrian Kay (eds.) Global Health Governance: Crisis, Institutions and Political Economy (Palgrave 2009); Partnerships and Foundations in Global Health Governance with Simon Rushton (eds.) ((Palgrave 2011), New Political Economy of Pharmaceuticals in the Global South (Palgrave 2013); and The Transformation of Global Health Governance (Palgrave 2014). He manages a range of projects on testing with the Queensland Chair in HIV and STIs and works in the broad area of global health governance from a platform of community engagement. He is convener of the Pacific Health Governance workshop and Research Network.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wales
Publications
Book
McInnes, Colin, Kamradt-Scott, Adam, Lee, Kelley, Roemer-Mahler, Anne, Rushton, Simon and Williams, Owain David (2014). The transformation of global health governance. London: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137365729
Book Chapters
Löfgren, Hans and Williams, Owain (2013). The new political economy of pharmaceuticals: conformity and resistance in the global south. The new political economy of pharmaceuticals: production, innovation and TRIPS in the global south. (pp. 1-28) edited by Hans Löfgren and Owain David Williams. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9781137315854_1
Rushton, Simon and Williams, Owain David (2011). CODA: The end of one era and the start of another: partnerships, foundations and the shifting political economy of global health. Partnerships and foundations in global health governance. (pp. 253-267) edited by Simon Rushton and Owain David Williams. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230299474_12
Williams, Owain David and Rushton, Simon (2011). Private actors in global health governance. Partnerships and foundations in global health governance. (pp. 1-25) edited by Simon Rushton and Owain David Williams. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/9780230299474_1
Kay, Adrian and Williams, Owain (2009). Introduction: The international political economy of global health governance. Global Health Governance. (pp. 1-23) edited by Adrian Kay and Owain David Williams. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK. doi: 10.1057/9780230249486_1
Journal Articles
Engstrom, Teyl, Waller, Michael, Mullens, Amy B., Debattista, Joseph, Durham, Jo, Gu, Zhihong, Wenham, Kathryn, Daken, Kirstie, Ariana, Armin, Gilks, Charles F., Bell, Sara F. E., Williams, Owain D., Dingle, Kaeleen and Dean, Judith A. (2023). STI and HIV testing: examining factors that influence uptake among domestic Australian-born, domestic overseas-born and international tertiary students studying in Australia. BMC Public Health, 23 (1) 505, 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15418-z
Stewart, Mary, Debattista, Joseph, Williams, Owain and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2022). The experience of syphilis in early Queensland as recorded through hospital records. Queensland Review, 29 (2), 53-66. doi: 10.1558/qre.23682
Williams, Owain D., Dean, Judith A., Crothers, Anna, Gilks, Charles F. and Gow, Jeff (2021). Economic evaluation of alternative testing regimes and settings to detect undiagnosed HIV in Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1) 30, 30. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-06040-5
Bell, Sara Fiona Elisabeth, Lemoire, Jime, Debattista, Joseph, Redmond, Andrew M., Driver, Glen, Durkin, Izriel, Coffey, Luke, Warner, Melissa, Howard, Chris, Williams, Owain David, Gilks, Charles F. and Dean, Judith Ann (2021). Online HIV Self-Testing (HIVST) Dissemination by an Australian Community Peer HIV Organisation: A Scalable Way to Increase Access to Testing, Particularly for Suboptimal Testers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (21) 11252, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111252
Engstrom, Teyl, Waller, Michael, Mullens, Amy B., Durham, Jo, Debattista, Joseph, Wenham, Kathryn, Bell, Sara F. E., Ariana, Armin, Gu, Zhihong, Daken, Kirstie, Dingle, Kaeleen, Gilks, Charles F., Williams, Owain D. and Dean, Judith A. (2021). STI and HIV knowledge and testing: a comparison of domestic Australian-born, domestic overseas-born and international university students in Australia. Sexual Health, 18 (4), 346-348. doi: 10.1071/sh21055
Morris, Leith, Selvey, Linda, Williams, Owain, Gilks, Charles and Smirnov, Andrew (2020). Reasons for not seeking hepatitis C treatment among people who inject drugs. Substance Use and Misuse, 56 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1846198
Dean, Judith Ann, Bell, Sara Fiona Elizabeth, Coffey, Luke, Debattista, Joseph, Badman, Steven, Redmond, Andrew M, Whiley, David M., Lemoire, Jime, Williams, Owain David, Howard, Chris and Gilks, Charles F. (2020). Improved sensitivity from pooled urine, pharyngeal and rectal specimens when using a molecular assay for the detection of chlamydia and gonorrhoea near point of care. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 97 (6), sextrans-2020. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054835
Ali, Suhailah, Williams, Owain, Chang, Odille, Shidhaye, Rahul, Hunter, Ernest and Charlson, Fiona (2020). Mental health in the Pacific: Urgency and opportunity. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 61 (3) apv.12286, 537-550. doi: 10.1111/apv.12286
Bell, Sara F. E., Coffey, Luke, Debattista, Joseph, Badman, Steven G., Redmond, Andrew M., Whiley, David M., Lemoire, Jime, Williams, Owain D., Howard, Chris, Gilks, Charles F. and Dean, Judith A. (2020). Peer-delivered point-of-care testing for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae within an urban community setting: a cross-sectional analysis. Sexual Health, 17 (4), 359-367. doi: 10.1071/sh19233
Morris, Leith, Selvey, Linda, Williams, Owain, Gilks, Charles, Kvassy, Amanda and Smirnov, Andrew (2020). Hepatitis C cascade of care at an integrated community facility for people who inject drugs. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 114 108025, 108025. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108025
Rizvi, Syed Shahiq, Douglas, Rundell, Williams, Owain D. and Hill, Peter S. (2020). The political economy of universal health coverage: a systematic narrative review. Health Policy and Planning, 35 (3), 364-372. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czz171
Badman, Steven G., Bell, Sara F. E., Dean, Judith A., Lemoire, Jime, Coffey, Luke, Debattista, Joseph, Redmond, Andrew M., Williams, Owain D., Gilks, Charles F. and Whiley, David M. (2020). Reduced sensitivity from pooled urine, pharyngeal and rectal specimens when using a molecular assay for the detection of chlamydia and gonorrhoea near the point of care. Sexual Health, 17 (1), 15-21. doi: 10.1071/sh19028
Lazarou, Mattea, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Warner, Melissa, Downing, Sandra, Williams, Owain D., Gilks, Charles F., Russell, Darren and Dean, Judith A. (2020). Australian interdisciplinary healthcare providers' perspectives on the effects of broader pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) access on uptake and service delivery: a qualitative study. Sexual Health, 17 (6), 485-492. doi: 10.1071/sh20156
Sell, Susan K. and Williams, Owain D. (2019). Health under capitalism: a global political economy of structural pathogenesis. Review of International Political Economy, 27 (1), 1-25. doi: 10.1080/09692290.2019.1659842
Hester, Rebecca J. and Williams, Owain David (2019). The somatic-security industrial complex: theorizing the political economy of informationalized biology. Review of International Political Economy, 27 (1), 1-27. doi: 10.1080/09692290.2019.1625801
Dean, Judith, Lui, ChiWai, Mutch, Allyson, Scott, Michael, Howard, Chris, Lemoire, Jime, Crothers, Anna, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Williams, Owain D. (2018). Knowledge and awareness of HIV self-testing among Australian gay and bisexual men: a comparison of never, sub-optimal and optimal testers willingness to use. AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 31 (2), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1524120
Bell, Sara Fiona Elisabeth, Dean, Judith Ann, Lemoire, Jime, Debattista, Joseph, Driver, Glen, Gilks, Charles F., Redmond, Andrew and Williams, Owain David (2018). Integrated HIV self-testing (HIVST) service delivery in Queensland for policy and service development: study protocol. AIDS Care, 31 (2), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1516859
Assefa, Yibeltal, Hill, Peter S. and Williams, Owain D. (2018). Access to Hepatitis C treatment: lessons from implementation of strategies for increasing access to antiretroviral treatment. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 70, 65-68. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.03.004
Assefa, Yibeltal, Hill, Peter S., Ulikpan, Anar and Williams, Owain D. (2017). Access to medicines and hepatitis C in Africa: Can tiered pricing and voluntary licencing assure universal access, health equity and fairness?. Globalization and Health, 13 (1) 73, 73. doi: 10.1186/s12992-017-0297-6
Morris, Leith, Smirnov, Andrew, Kvassay, Amanda, Leslie, Ellen, Kavanagh, Rebecca, Alexander, Nik, Davey, Geoff, Williams, Owain, Gilks, Charles and Najman, Jake (2017). Initial outcomes of integrated community-based hepatitis C treatment for people who inject drugs: findings from the Queensland Injectors’ Health Network. International Journal of Drug Policy, 47, 216-220. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.056
Assefa, Yibeltal, Van Damme, Wim, Williams, Owain D. and Hill, Peter S. (2017). Successes and challenges of the millennium development goals in Ethiopia: Lessons for the sustainable development goals. BMJ Global Health, 2 (2) e000318, e000318. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000318
Stewart, Mary, Debattista, Joseph, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Williams, Owain (2017). Syphilis, general paralysis of the insane, and Queensland asylums. Health and History, 19 (1), 60-79. doi: 10.5401/healthhist.19.1.0060
Assefa, Yibeltal, Gilks, Charles F., Lynen, Lutgarde, Williams, Owain, Hill, Peter S., Tolera, Taye, Malvia, Alankar and Van Damme, Wim (2017). Performance of the Antiretroviral Treatment Program in Ethiopia, 2005-2015: strengths and weaknesses toward ending AIDS. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 60, 70-76. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.05.012
Williams, Owain David, Dean, Judith Ann, Harting, Kim, Bath, Kate and Gilks, Charles F. (2017). Implications of the on-line market for regulation and uptake of HIV self-testing in Australia. AIDS Care, 29 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.1200716
Williams, Owain D., Ooms, Gorik and Hill, Peter S. (2015). Cautionary notes on a global tiered pricing framework for medicines. American Journal of Public Health, 105 (7), 1290-1293. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302554
Williams, Owain, Mutch, Allyson, Douglas, Pamela S., Boyle, Frances M. and Hill, Peter S. (2015). Proposed changes to Medicare: undermining equity and outcomes in Australian primary health care?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 39 (2), 106-108. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12348
Ooms, Gorik, Forman, Lisa, Williams, Owain D. and Hill, Peter S. (2014). Could international compulsory licensing reconcile tiered pricing of pharmaceuticals with the right to health?. BMC International Health and Human Rights, 14 (37) 37, 37. doi: 10.1186/s12914-014-0037-4
Williams, Owain D. (2012). Access to medicines, market failure and market intervention: a tale of two regimes. Global Public Health, 7 (SUPPL. 2), S127-S143. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2012.725753
Woodling, Marie, Williams, Owain D. and Rushton, Simon (2012). New life in old frames: HIV, development and the 'AIDS plus MDGs' approach. Global Public Health, 7 (SUPPL. 2), S144-S158. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2012.728238
McInnes, Colin, Kamradt-Scott, Adam, Lee, Kelley, Reubi, David, Roemer-Mahler, Anne, Rushton, Simon, Williams, Owain David and Woodling, Marie (2012). Framing global health: the governance challenge. Global Public Health, 7 (SUPPL. 2), S83-S94. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2012.733949
Rushton, Simon and Williams, Owain David (2012). Frames, paradigms and power: global health policy-making under neoliberalism. Global Society, 26 (2), 147-167. doi: 10.1080/13600826.2012.656266
Williams, O., Webb, D. P., Liu, C. and Firth, P. (2012). Evaluation of contamination of ceramic surfaces and its effect on epoxy bleed. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 32 (1), 61-69. doi: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2011.10.001
Williams, Owain David and Rushton, Simon (2011). Are the ‘Good Times’ over? Looking to the future of global health governance. Global Health Governance, 5 (1), 1-16.
Williams, O., Liu, C., Webb, D. P. and Firth, P. (2010). Epoxy adhesive behaviour on ceramic surfaces in commercial optoelectronic assemblies. International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, 30 (4), 225-235. doi: 10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2010.02.001
Conference Papers
Rolley, Adam, Waller, Michael, Bell, Sara Fiona Elisabeth, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Williams, Owain, Gilks, Charles, Russell, Darren and Dean, Judith Ann (2019). Queensland PrEP demonstration study: risk compensation, STI rates and adherence. 2019 Australasian HIV and AIDS Conference, Perth, WA Australia, 17-20 September 2019. Herston, QLD Australia:
Bell, Sara Fiona Elisabeth, Williams, Owain David, Dean, Judith Anne, Gilks, Charles, Lemoire, Jime and Debattista, Joseph (2018). Acceptability and feasibility of an integrated HIV self-testing (HIVST) service delivery model in Queensland. Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 6-8 November 2017.
Dean, J. A., Bell, Sara F. E., Lemoire, J., Debattista, J., Redmond, Andrew M., Gilks, Charles F. and Williams, Owain D. (2018). Experiences of Using an Online HIV Self-Testing (HIVST) Dissemination Service in Queensland. Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 24 - 26 September 2018.
Wassay, Abdul, Liu, Changqing, Williams, Owain, Webb, Dennis Patrick and Firth, Paul (2010). Accuracy and repeatability of laser micromachined passive alignment features on ceramic optoelectronic substrates. doi: 10.1109/EPTC.2010.5702693
Williams, O., Liu, C., Webb, D. P. and Firth, P. (2009). Adsorbed contamination on ceramic surfaces stored in industrial ambient conditions and its effect on epoxy bleed. doi: 10.1109/EPTC.2009.5416497
Williams, Owain, Williams, Martin, Liu, Changqing, Webb, Patrick and Firth, Paul (2009). Laser micromachining of polycrystalline alumina and aluminium nitride to enable compact optoelectronic interconnects. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/EPTC.2009.5416413
Williams, O., Liu, C., Webb, D. P. and Firth, P. (2008). Epoxy adhesion strength to ceramic surfaces in commercial optoelectronic assemblies. doi: 10.1109/ECTC.2008.4550203
Ebbens, Stephen, Hutt, David A., Liu, Changqing and Williams, Owain (2007). Surface micro-patterning with self-assembled monolayers selectively deposited on copper substrates by ink-jet printing. doi: 10.1109/ECTC.2007.373972
Research Report
Hussey, Karen, Brolan, Claire, Hill, Peter, Hine, Damian, Williams, Owain, Stamms, Julia, McEwan, Chris, Yarnold, Jennifer and Hazell, Rachael (2019). The Pacific Community Futures Project: Ensuring SPC can meet the challenges of the 21st Century. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.