Rate My Professor Ben Williams

Williams has co-authored several high-impact publications emerging from the Dunedin Study. Key works include 'Quantification of biological aging in young adults' (PNAS, 2015), which developed a multi-biomarker method to track the pace of aging in young adults; 'Moderation of the effect of adolescent-onset cannabis use on adult psychopathology' (Science, 2002), revealing gene-environment interactions in psychosis risk; 'Polymorphisms in the DLG2 gene are associated with weight gain and body mass index in women' (though specific title varies, contributions noted in cohort studies); 'Eleven Telomere, Epigenetic Clock, and Biomarker-Composite Measurements of Biological Age Predict Health Decline' (American Journal of Epidemiology, 2018); 'Is Adult ADHD a Childhood-Onset Neurodevelopmental Disorder?' (American Journal of Psychiatry, 2016); and 'Are macular drusen in midlife a marker of accelerated biological aging?' (Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 2021). These publications have advanced fields of behavioral genetics, developmental psychology, and gerontology. Currently, as Lab Research Analyst II in Duke University's Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Moffitt & Caspi Lab, Williams has supported the team for nearly 10 years. His professional email at the University of Otago is ben.williams@otago.ac.nz.