Dr. Melissa Cousino is a Professor of Pediatrics and Cardiac Psychology at the University of Michigan and Director of the M-COPE Psychosocial Services and Research Program in the Congenital Heart Center at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She is the attending psychologist to the pediatric heart transplant program and an international expert in the care of children, adolescents and young adults with complex heart disease and solid organ transplantation. Currently, Dr. Cousino is leading a NIH-funded 15-site clinical trial of a resilience intervention for children with serious heart disease.