Rachel is the Mohn Research Fellow in Population Child Health. She is an epidemiologist with extensive experience in health research projects and cohort studies spanning both environmental epidemiology and reproductive, perinatal, child and adolescent health research. She has provided expert input to the UK Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP), the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organisation Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR). She obtained her PhD from Imperial College London, which focused on exposure to water disinfection by-products during pregnancy. Her academic background covers both biological and social disciplines, with an undergraduate degree in Human Sciences (St John’s College, Oxford) and an MSc in Epidemiology (Imperial College London).
Fun fact: Rachel goes to the opera once a year. Her favourite opera (so far) is The Marriage of Figaro.