Rachel is an accredited Exercise Physiologist and Australian Heart Foundation postdoctoral Research Fellow. She completed her PhD at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research and 2 years postdoctoral research studying cardiovascular epidemiology and arterial mechanics at Paris Research Center Cardiovasculaire (PARCC), France, where she is an Honorary Fellow. Rachel’s research focusses on the ageing of the blood vessels (vascular ageing) and prevention of this through primordial prevention starting in childhood. In collaboration with her European colleagues, Rachel was recently awarded a European COST Action grant (VascAgeNet) to translate vascular ageing research into clinical practice.
