Rachel is Professor of Health Economics at the University of Manchester, Lead for the Manchester Centre for Health Economics, NIHR Senior Investigator, Visiting Professor at the University of Queensland and a UK registered pharmacist. She has obtained £60 million funding in applied health economics research which has influenced health policy and practice in the UK and internationally, completed a Harkness Fellowship at Harvard Medical School and has authored two books and over 200 research publications. Research themes include medicines safety and adherence, digital health technology, diabetes, antibiotics, mental health and dementia. She is the economics lead for the NIHR Patient Safety Research Collaboration based in Manchester. She chairs the NIHR Advanced Fellowship Clinical and Practitioner Awards Selection Panel. She was a member of a NICE technology appraisal committee from 2006-23. She works closely with patients and service users to expand their role in health economics research codesign and dissemination.