Natasha J. Williams, EdD, MPH

I am a social and behavioral research scientist with training in social work, health promotion and health education. I am an Assistant Professor with expertise in behavioral sleep medicine, community-engaged research, and health equity. I served as Chair of the Sleep Special Interest Group for the Society of Behavioral Medicine and since 2018, I have served as Chair of the Scientific Research Committee for the Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine. I have over 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, and Sleep Health. I have been an invited speaker at Yale University, Howard University, Columbia University, the National Institutes of Health among others, to discuss my work on sleep health and community-engaged research among historically underserved populations. I recently completed an NHLBI-funded K23 Career Award to evaluate the barriers and facilitators of adherence to treatment among U.S. Black and White adults duly diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia. I am MPI of two NIH Rapid Acceleration and Diagnostics for Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) studies to address disparities related to COVID-19. In addition, I am a member of the NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Inclusive Participation Work Group. Since 2019, I have served as the Graduate Advisor for the Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences PhD program in Population Health.