Senior Research Scientist and Director of Basic MS Research, Rachel Williams received her PhD in Molecular and Integrative Physiology from the University of Kansas Medical Center and stayed on at the Medical Center for her postdoctoral training in the department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and the department of Anatomy & Cell Biology. She is currently an adjunct research instructor in the department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology. Her area of specialization is neuroimmunology, particularly the study of neuroinflammatory events in HIV-associated neurological disorders, traumatic brain injury, and multiple sclerosis. She has published over a dozen research articles and has presented her work at numerous national meetings.