Discipline(s):
Sociology

Area(s) of Expertise:
Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition Policy, Immigrant Health

E-Mail:
rtkimbro@rice.edu

Background:
Rachel Tolbert Kimbro (Ph.D., 2005, Princeton University) is Assistant Professor of Sociology and a Rice Scholar at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Dr. Kimbro earned her M.A. in Sociology at Princeton and her B.A. in Sociology and Policy Studies at Rice. Dr. Kimbro’s research focuses on racial and ethnic health disparities and family influences on health behaviors and outcomes. Current work examines federal nutrition assistance programs and children’s health outcomes, food parenting, and other family and neighborhood influences on child obesity and physical activity in low-income families. Her work on the determinants of childhood obesity is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Active Living Program, Mississippi State University’s Southern Rural Development Center, the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Health Economics Program, and the Faculty Initiatives Program at Rice. She has authored research published in Health Affairs, the American Journal of Public Health, Social Science Quarterly, Maternal and Child Health, Population Research and Policy Review, and the Journal of Marriage and Family.

Journal Articles:
Click here for a list of Rachel Kimbro's available publications in PubMed.