Dr. Rachel Baker

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Rachel Elizabeth Baker is the John Elizabeth Irving Family Assistant Professor of Climate Health at Brown University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society. Her research primarily focuses on the implications of climate change for human health, with a particular emphasis on infectious diseases. She employs a combination of statistical inference and mechanistic disease modeling to address these critical issues. Baker's work has been published in prestigious journals including Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Nature Communications, and has been featured in media outlets like The Atlantic, WIRED Magazine, and Scientific American. She is enthusiastic about mentoring undergraduates and graduates and has a keen interest in working with students who have strong mathematical backgrounds and coding experience. Baker received her Doctorate from Princeton University and has previously held a postdoctoral associate research scholar position at Princeton's Environmental Studies program. Her research contributions aim to illuminate the evolving dynamics of disease in the context of climate change and public health.

Research Interests

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics