Specialties & Experience

General Specialties: Public Health and Correctional Healthcare

Specialty Focus: Epidemiology, COVID and prisons, COVID transmission and jails, correctional facilities, inmate health, infectious diseases, food safety, foodborne illness and outbreak, compassionate release

Education: PhD in Public and Community Health, University of Maryland; MSPH, Epidemiology, University of South Florida; BA, Mathematics, Bradley University; BA, Psychology , Bradley University

Years in Practice: 20

Additional Information

Published over 50+ papers on Epidemiology, COVID, inmate health, infectious diseases, food safety, foodborne illness and outbreak, workplace health, workplace psychology, social epidemiology, hospitality, integrated facilities management, public health, population health management. Prisons, Jails, Correctional Facilities • CDC Guidelines and their Applications • Inmate transfers and Contact-Tracing • Closed-Caption TV and Physical Structure review for proper transfer, recording of persons coming in and out of the facility • Infection Rate Modeling • Plaintiff and Defendant Support (inmates, staff, families, systems) Nursing Homes • Infection Control Policies and Procedures • COVID-19 Nursing Home response, guidance, and timeliness of infection prevention methods or response to infection • State and Federal Nursing Home Regulation and Guidance • Safe Staffing Practices • Plaintiff and Defendant Support (patients, families, Nursing Homes, staff) https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelp1/