Professor Andrea Williamson

Andrea Williamson is Professor of General Practice and Inclusion Health at the University of Glasgow, a medical officer in Glasgow Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services and a GP in Glasgow Homeless Health Services, combining teaching, research and clinical practice.

Andrea has a number of roles in Glasgow Undergraduate Medical School and in post graduate medical training. She teaches and trains about the social determinants of health, Inclusion Health practice and trauma informed care. She leads on research about missingness in healthcare and is involved in wider research to improve care for people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage.

She is a founding member of GPs at the Deep End Scotland, deputy chair of the Health Inequalities Standing Group, RCGP, is on the NIHR HS&DR research funding board, and was the primary care member of the NICE Guideline Committee ‘Integrating health and social care for people experiencing homelessness’.