Dr. Rachel Rosenberg is the Research Alliance Task Lead on Activate and contributes to research translation and resource development. Her work centers youth voice in research to transform the child welfare system. Rachel’s research focuses on the supports and services that youth need to transition from foster care to adulthood. Part of this work is ensuring that research is translated and used in practice. Rachel co-designed a hackathon which brough together computer scientists, data scientists, and researchers with direct service providers to improve data visualization capabilities of their data systems. Rachel brings knowledge of sexual and reproductive health and has served on committees to improve available data in the child welfare system on expectant and parenting youth.
