Her clinical research interest is in systems delivery and outcomes in pediatric hospice care; her work thus far has focused on racial / ethnic disparities in pediatric hospice use and the quality of pediatric hospice care provided to children with cancer. Rachel completed her general pediatrics residency training at Children’s Medical Center Dallas in 2010, a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2013, and a fellowship in pediatric palliative medicine at Cincinnati Children’s in 2014.