Jessica Williams
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
- Phone: 314-286-1700
- Email: jcwilliams@nospam.wustl.edu
Additional Titles & Roles
- Lead Psychiatrist, BJC Behavioral Health Deaf Services Clinic
- Core Member, WashU SPARK Convening on Disability Policy Research
- Core Faculty, Center for Advancing Health Services, Policy & Economics Research
- Investigator Member, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
Education & Training
- Residency: Washington University School of Medicine, 2025
- MD: University of Florida College of Medicine, 2021
- B.A.: Washington University in St. Louis, 2017
Major Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 2026-
- NIDA K12 Scholar in Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders, K12DA041449, 2026-
- Health Disparities Research Institute, National Institute for Minority Health Disparities, 2026
- PROUD-MED (Program for Underrepresented Early Career Faculty in Medicine), WashU Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, 2025-2028
- Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation, WashU Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, 2025-2028
- Alpha Omega Alpha Postgraduate Fellowship, 2025-2026
- APA Research Colloquium for Junior Psychiatrist Investigators, 2025-2026
- NIDA T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, T32DA015035, 2025-2026
- WUSM Psychiatry DEI Funding Program Grant Recipient, 2023-2025
- WashU/BJC Residents’ and Fellows Diversity Initiative Grant Recipient, 2022
- Dean’s Preeminence Award; Mark W. Herrbold Award; Award of Distinction in Patient Safety & Quality Improvement; Outstanding Service Award, University of Florida College of Medicine, 2017-2021
Areas of Clinical Interest
Dr. Williams is the Lead Psychiatrist for the BJC Behavioral Health Deaf Services Clinic, one of few such clinics in the U.S. She manages psychiatric and substance use disorders in adults with hearing losses, with support from a team of dedicated case managers in a fully accessible clinic environment.
Research Interests
Jessica C. Williams, MD, studies health disparities affecting people with disabilities, with a focus on improving access to mental health and substance use care. Her current work uses novel multi-source ascertainment methods to characterize heterogeneous disability populations in efforts to identify barriers and facilitators to accessing behavioral health care. She also designs and evaluates educational interventions that build clinician competence in disability-inclusive care. Her research is supported by a NIDA K12 career development award in substance use. She is a WashU PROUD-MED Scholar and a scholar in the WashU Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation, and was selected for the NIMHD Health Disparities Research Institute. She is also an integral member of the WashU Spark Convening on Disability Policy Research.