William Garner, DrPH, FACHE

Associate Professor | Tobacco Regulatory Scientist | DrPH | FACHE | ENTJ 🌬️💨❄️🤙🏿 | 1906 | My views not yours.

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

A first-generation college graduate received tenure and was promoted to the rank of associate professor at a public university in Texas in 2023.

Me.

"If it had not been for the lord who was on my side, where would I be?"

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

I had a brief yet powerful conversation with Dr. Jennifer Kreslake at SRNT 2026 last week. Our conversation reminded me how powerful pivots can be in careers and in life.

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

What’s a book you’ll never stop recommending?

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

I had an awesome time at the @srntorg conference in Baltimore last week. It was great to meet so many people whose work I admire. #srnt2026

Special shout out to my collaborators and colleagues.

[Dear Self. @Dearme2_]

Your coworkers are not your friends.

– Avoid gossip.
– Don’t brag.
– Do your job.
– Get paid.
– Go home.

Brooooo Keep your private life to yourself.

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

Ask me how this worked out. Any guesses?

[americanair @AmericanAir]

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[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

@AmericanAir Sent, with gratitude.

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@AmericanAir A 23-hour delay, 7 schedule changes, transfer to another airport, and the hotel you arranged was under renovation. I paid out of pocket for lodging and other expenses. Customer Relations sent a generic response without addressing reimbursement. Please review.

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

My flight has been delayed 6 times in 18 hours. @AmericanAir @TransportDems @TransportGOP @usdot

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

My flight has been delayed 6 times in 18 hours. @AmericanAir @TransportDems @TransportGOP @usdot

[Leading Report @LeadingReport]

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order launching the first-ever federal self-deportation program, which offers undocumented immigrants a $1,000 stipend and free travel assistance to voluntarily leave the United States.

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

I should revisit this.

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

"Good leaders select, train, and trust." - Brandy Walker on Adaptive Leadership for Public Health

[ACHE @ACHEConnect]

⏳ The countdown to #ACHECongress is almost over… just 2 days to go! ⏳

We’re thrilled to see you at the 2025 #ACHECongress, where healthcare leaders come together to learn, connect, and innovate.

We’re counting down the days and we can’t wait to see you there! 🙌

[Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali 🤙🏾✊🏾 @EJinAction]

Dr. King Speaks: “Where Do We Go From Here?”
I have been to the mountain,
and from its height, I saw a dream deferred,
like a song suspended mid-note,
its melody stretched thin across the hollers of this land.
The year is 2025, and I ask not “how far we have come”—
but “how much further we must go.”

What does it mean to march in an age where screens scream louder than sermons?
Where justice has traded pulpits for hashtags,
and prophets sit silenced by algorithms?
I see freedom still fighting to catch its breath,
lungs crushed under the weight of systems
that call themselves fair while bartering equity for ease.

We were promised a table of brotherhood,
but I still see empty chairs,
and plates filled with crumbs masquerading as loaves.
Our progress is no straight line; it is a trembling spiral,
sometimes dizzying, sometimes divine.

But hear me: the fire of hope has not gone cold.
It lives in the hands of those who build bridges
from the splinters of broken dreams.
It lives in the eyes of children
who see beyond the narrow margins of skin
to the boundless chapters of soul.

Where do we go from here?
We go to the unfinished, to the undone.
We bind the wounds still bleeding
and tear down the walls still standing.
We must kneel not in defeat, but in preparation—
for the rising.

I say we hold the line,
not with fists clenched in fury,
but with arms open wide,
ready to bear the weight of the world
and the hope of a tomorrow
worthy of its name.

The arc of the moral universe is still bending,
but it bends not by divine chance,
but by human hands—yours,
and mine.

So rise, beloved community.
Rise.
©️MustafaSantiagoAli #Poetry #MLKDay #ProudBlue #Resister
#MLK #MLK96 #Justice

[GOD OF THE CHOOSEY LOVERS @IAMJRoddyRod]

Your instinct is just your subconscious mind telling you shit you know but you not yet understand. Listen.

[Brooklyn White-Grier @brooklynrwhite]

Angela Davis and Toni Morrison 50 years ago (1974). By Jill Krementz.

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

@jaalil_hart @ReadWithoutFear Congratulations.

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

"Everybody's jive." - nikki giovanni

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

@JZPhilosophy That part. Enjoy the journey.

[William Garner, DrPH, FACHE @drwilliamgarner]

@JoeBriggsEsq This is a good one, Joe

[Dr. Justin Zimmerman @JZPhilosophy]

Folks, first gen doesn’t mean you’ve never written an essay before. I was in AP and honors courses. 🙃

[Dr. Justin Zimmerman @JZPhilosophy]

Everybody wants to be a political scientist but no one wants to write the ungodly long dissertation or take 15 billion methods courses. 😂