{"id":40140,"date":"2025-08-01T11:52:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T15:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/?p=40140"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:35:11","slug":"monika-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n\"Monika <\/div>\n
\n

Monika Williams, MD<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor
\nGenetics & Metabolism<\/h2>\n
Dr. Williams joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor on August 1, 2025. She began her education at the August Cieszkowski Agricultural University in Poznan, Poland with a degree in Food Technology and Human Nutrition. She earned her medical degree at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 2014. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Connecticut Children\u2019s in Hartford, CT in 2022 and joined us in Chapel Hill for her Medical Genetics Residency, graduating in 2024. She went on to complete a fellowship in Medical Biochemical Genetics at Duke University, graduating in 2025. Congratulations Monika!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Williams joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor on August 1, 2025. She began her education at the August Cieszkowski Agricultural University in Poznan, Poland with a degree in Food Technology and Human Nutrition. She earned her medical degree at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 2014. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Connecticut Children\u2019s in Hartford, CT in 2022 and joined us in Chapel Hill for her Medical Genetics Residency, graduating in 2024. She went on to complete a fellowship in Medical Biochemical Genetics at Duke University, graduating in 2025. Congratulations Monika!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3424,"featured_media":40142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[214,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gene","category-peds-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWelcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD | Department of Pediatrics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD | Department of Pediatrics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Williams joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor on August 1, 2025. She began her education at the August Cieszkowski Agricultural University in Poznan, Poland with a degree in Food Technology and Human Nutrition. She earned her medical degree at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 2014. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Connecticut Children\u2019s in Hartford, CT in 2022 and joined us in Chapel Hill for her Medical Genetics Residency, graduating in 2024. She went on to complete a fellowship in Medical Biochemical Genetics at Duke University, graduating in 2025. Congratulations Monika!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Pediatrics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ncchildrenshospital\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-01T15:52:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-03T20:35:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Charlotte Weaver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uncchildrens\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uncchildrens\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Charlotte Weaver\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Charlotte Weaver\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#\/schema\/person\/5378f34d2d4ab5d2d240a8d879cac493\"},\"headline\":\"Welcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-01T15:52:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-03T20:35:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/\"},\"wordCount\":127,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"GENE\",\"Peds News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/\",\"name\":\"Welcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD | Department of Pediatrics\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-01T15:52:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-03T20:35:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":375,\"caption\":\"Dr. Monika Williams\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Welcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Pediatrics\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UNC Department of Pediatrics\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2020\/07\/Pediatrics_logo_rgb_h.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2020\/07\/Pediatrics_logo_rgb_h.png\",\"width\":982,\"height\":151,\"caption\":\"UNC Department of Pediatrics\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ncchildrenshospital\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/uncchildrens\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/uncchildrens\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs-6Eavua51rotGOp_vhchA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#\/schema\/person\/5378f34d2d4ab5d2d240a8d879cac493\",\"name\":\"Charlotte Weaver\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70fae99bf2e6972543bc947256f360535fb44f4f8382dd464da7e78fa1f6c696?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70fae99bf2e6972543bc947256f360535fb44f4f8382dd464da7e78fa1f6c696?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Charlotte Weaver\"},\"description\":\"Pediatrics\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/author\/mcweaver\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Welcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD | Department of Pediatrics","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Welcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD | Department of Pediatrics","og_description":"Dr. Williams joined the Department of Pediatrics as an Assistant Professor on August 1, 2025. She began her education at the August Cieszkowski Agricultural University in Poznan, Poland with a degree in Food Technology and Human Nutrition. She earned her medical degree at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 2014. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at Connecticut Children\u2019s in Hartford, CT in 2022 and joined us in Chapel Hill for her Medical Genetics Residency, graduating in 2024. She went on to complete a fellowship in Medical Biochemical Genetics at Duke University, graduating in 2025. Congratulations Monika!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/","og_site_name":"Department of Pediatrics","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ncchildrenshospital","article_published_time":"2025-08-01T15:52:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-03T20:35:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":375,"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Charlotte Weaver","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uncchildrens","twitter_site":"@uncchildrens","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Charlotte Weaver","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/"},"author":{"name":"Charlotte Weaver","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#\/schema\/person\/5378f34d2d4ab5d2d240a8d879cac493"},"headline":"Welcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD","datePublished":"2025-08-01T15:52:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-03T20:35:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/"},"wordCount":127,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png","articleSection":["GENE","Peds News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/","name":"Welcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD | Department of Pediatrics","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png","datePublished":"2025-08-01T15:52:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-03T20:35:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png","width":300,"height":375,"caption":"Dr. Monika Williams"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/2025\/08\/monika-williams\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Welcome New Physician Faculty: Monika Williams, MD"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/","name":"Department of Pediatrics","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#organization","name":"UNC Department of Pediatrics","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2020\/07\/Pediatrics_logo_rgb_h.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2020\/07\/Pediatrics_logo_rgb_h.png","width":982,"height":151,"caption":"UNC Department of Pediatrics"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ncchildrenshospital","https:\/\/x.com\/uncchildrens","http:\/\/instagram.com\/uncchildrens","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs-6Eavua51rotGOp_vhchA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#\/schema\/person\/5378f34d2d4ab5d2d240a8d879cac493","name":"Charlotte Weaver","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70fae99bf2e6972543bc947256f360535fb44f4f8382dd464da7e78fa1f6c696?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70fae99bf2e6972543bc947256f360535fb44f4f8382dd464da7e78fa1f6c696?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Charlotte Weaver"},"description":"Pediatrics","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/author\/mcweaver\/"}]}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika-240x300.png","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika.png","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1115\/2025\/08\/FIMG_GENE_Williams-Monika-150x150.png","featured_image_alt":"Dr. Monika Williams","category_details":[{"name":"GENE","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/category\/gene\/"},{"name":"Peds News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/category\/news\/peds-news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3424"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40606,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40140\/revisions\/40606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}