Natalie A. Williams, Ph.D., directs the Translational Health Psychology Research Center within the Institute for Rehabilitation Science and Engineering at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals. She earned a master’s degree in psychology and a dual Ph.D. in clinical and developmental psychology from the University of Missouri. Williams completed an APA-accredited predoctoral clinical psychology internship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, followed by postdoctoral training in pediatric psychology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Williams has held faculty appointments at multiple universities and is an award-winning teacher and researcher in the area of family adaptation to chronic illness and injury in the United States and globally. Her current research focuses on psychological co-morbidities in long COVID-19, caregiver stress and coping in medical rehabilitation settings, and personality and social processes affecting the health and well-being of individuals with physical disabilities and chronic conditions.