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Dr. Rachel KidmanProfessorPublic Health; FamilyPopulation and Preventive MedicineRenaissance School of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Kidman is a Professor in the Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine and teaches in the Program in Public Health. She is a social epidemiologist with twenty years of research experience focused on vulnerable children and adolescents, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. She currently leads NIH-funded projects focused on childhood adversity, gender-based violence, and HIV.
Education
- BA, Swarthmore College
- MSc, Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
- PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University