Rachel Grashow
Senior Research Scientist
Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Departments
Department of Environmental Health
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Biography
Rachel Grashow is the principal investigator of the Women in Sports (WINS) Study, director of research initiatives for the Football Players Health Study (FPHS) at Harvard University, and co-principal investigator of Family Experiences Managing Football Lives (FEM-FL). Grashow is also a senior research scientist at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. She earned a bachelor’s degree at Wesleyan University in sociology, a PhD at Brandeis University in computational neuroscience, and a master’s of science in epidemiology at the Harvard Chan School. Grashow’s work has focused on how environmental exposures affect the overall and cognitive health of uniquely vulnerable populations, including children, pregnant women, the elderly, veterans, and elite and professional athletes. She has conducted additional research into environmental influences on breast cancer etiology. Grashow is committed to using sound science to uncover how health disparities may relate to environmental health factors, and to communicating the results of her work with both lay and professional audiences. Above all, Grashow centers the wisdom and guidance from the communities with whom she is privileged to work. Her work has appeared in the Guardian, ESPN, Ebony, BET.com, CBS, NBS, NPR, and numerous podcasts.
Education and Training
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BA, Sociology
Wesleyan University -
PhD, Computational Neuroscience
Brandeis University -
MS, Epidemiology
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
