Awardee

Dr. Rachel Chambers, Assistant Scientist at JHSPH, has been developing, implementing, and evaluating intergenerational behavioral health interventions for Native American children, youth, and their families for over 10 years at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.  Her work focuses on 1) identifying the role and impact of engaging parents and other family members in youth-focused programming across adolescents and 2) using mixed methods approaches to identify appropriate and feasible designs for behavioral health interventions in underserved populations.  Dr. Chambers has managed many rigorous evaluations of sexual health promotion and risk reduction programs and is currently the lead on a multi-site randomized controlled trial of a teen pregnancy and substance use primary prevention program for young girls and their female caregivers.  Rachel received her BS in neuroscience from Tulane University, her MPH in international health from Boston University School of Public Health, and her PhD in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Tilburg University.  She lives in Madison, WI with her husband, two daughters, and their Labrador retriever.