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Dr. Howard-Williams’ current research interests primarily focus on salivary protein detection through microarray for facilitating field diagnostics. Clinically, her interests include continuous quality improvement within the department of medicine. Her main focus is addressing the current state of health care delivery and improving process management, patient safety and hospital efficiency. She has competed several Quality Improvement projects within the department of hospital medicine and continues to advance her training by completing specialized CQI training. 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