Rachel Kelly BSc(Hons) MPH PhD

Assistant Professor, Associate Epidemiologist, Systems Genetics and Genomics Unit

Rachel Kelly is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Epidemiologist at the Channing Division of Network Medicine (CDNM), Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Her principal effort is in metabolomic epidemiology and integrative metabolomics as a means to better understand common complex disorders. Dr Kelly completed her PhD in molecular epidemiology at Imperial College London before moving to Boston to undertake postdoctoral training at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and the CDNM, transitioning to faculty in 2017. Dr Kelly currently serves as Chair of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Genetics and Genomics Section, and Vice Chair of the International COnsortium of METabolomics Studies (COMETS), she is also a founding member of Metabolomic Epidemiology task force of the International Metabolomics Society. Dr Kelly plays an active role in the teaching of molecular epidemiology and metabolomic epidemiology, developing courses and programs within the Harvard network, nationally and internationally, and is passionate about the dissemination of these disciplines.