Rachel Skains, MD, MSPH

Rachel Michelle Skains, MD, MSPH, is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with a joint appointment at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Dr. Skains earned her medical degree from Wake Forest School of Medicine and completed her emergency medicine residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She received her Master of Science in Public Health in clinical and translational science from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in health services, outcomes, and effectiveness research.

She is an early-stage investigator in geriatric emergency medicine, with research focused on medication safety, delirium, and cognitive outcomes among older adults in the emergency department.

Dr. Skains is active in the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), where she serves on the Academy of Geriatric Emergency Medicine Executive Committee and leads the Grants and Awards Subcommittee. She has received multiple honors recognizing her research and early career contributions.