Rachel Grob, PhD

• Wesleyan University – BA
• Sarah Lawrence College Health Advocacy Program – MA
• City University of New York Graduate Center – PhD, sociology

Bio

Rachel Grob, MA, PhD (she/her/hers) is a distinguished scientist and the director of the Qualitative and Health Experiences Research Lab. Her work focuses on improving health by listening to people’s experiences with health and health care, synthesizing their narratives, and then using this powerful learning as a source for making concrete changes that benefit consumers, families, clinicians and communities.

Grob serves as a public spokesperson for the value of qualitative methods and has growing portfolios of work focused on trust in healthcare and on the overlap between health experiences and stakeholder engagement. She is chair for the global health experiences organization DIPEx International, chair emeritus and steering committee member for the US-based Health Experiences Research Network, and author of over 50 peer-reviewed articles, numerous book chapters, and a book.

Research Interests

Grob’s research interests include qualitative research, health experiences, genomics/precision medicine, patient experience measurement, and trust.

Her lab has been funded to study topics including long COVID, various cancers, precision medicine, cystic fibrosis, diagnostic mistakes and problems, participation in research, participation in clinical trials, opioid use disorder, smoking, depression, and multiple sclerosis.

Publications and Presentations

• ORCID: 0000-0002-1017-4536