Rachel M. Burns is a senior quantitative analyst at RAND. During her tenure at RAND, she has worked on projects focused on a broad range of topics, including mental health care systems, neighborhood influences on health, substance abuse and drug policy, the mental health and well-being of military personnel and their families, suicide epidemiology and prevention, occupational health and safety, access to and utilization of health care services, vaccinations, cancer survivorship, maternal and child health, patient safety and quality of care in hospitals, disaster response and recovery operations, public assistance, and uncrewed aerial vehicles. Burns is a proficient SAS and R programmer, and she is experienced in qualitative and quantitative data management, collection, and analysis. Burns earned her M.P.H. degree in epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
M.P.H., University of Michigan; B.S., Ohio State University
