PhD Student
Department of Epidemiology
Rachel is a PhD student in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds an MPH in epidemiology from Columbia University with a certificate in infectious disease epidemiology and a B.S. in biology from the College of William and Mary.
During her MPH, Rachel supported vaccine-preventable disease surveillance activities within the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Bureau of Immunization, focusing on measles vaccination and outbreak control, as well as analyzing vaccination coverage across the city. She then moved to North Carolina to work as an epidemiologist at a contract research organization for several years, designing and analyzing observational pharmacoepidemiology research studies, prior to continuing her epidemiology education at UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. Rachel’s research interests are broadly centered on infectious disease treatments and vaccines, including interests in development and spread of drug resistance, as well as policy development pertaining to these areas. Rachel’s current research focuses on malaria epidemiology within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including malaria-related anemia and non-falciparum species.
