Rachel Wilbur

Rachel Wilbur

Assistant Professor

Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University

Rachel E. Wilbur, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor with the Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University. She is descendant Tolowa and Chetco and grew up in Northern California and Western Washington State. Her research focus is on the role of cultural engagement and revitalization in promoting wellbeing for American Indian and Alaska Native communities, and she is a particularly invested in community and strengths-based research. She received both her MPH in health behavior and her PhD in biological anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before continuing her training as a postdoctoral fellow in Indigenous Community Wellbeing at Harvard Medical School, where she was also a scholar with the Harvard University Native American Program.

Education

  • PhD in Biological Anthropology, 2022

    UNC Chapel Hill

  • MPH in Health Behavior and Health Education, 2015

    UNC Chapel Hill

  • BS in Public Health, 2011

    University of Washington

  • BA in Medical Anthropology and Global Health, 2011

    University of Washington