Rachel Seymour, PhD

Rachel Seymour, PhD, is Professor and Vice Chair for Research for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Atrium Health Musculoskeletal Institute and Associate Dean for Translational Research at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Charlotte. She has over 20 years of experience in clinical research, including multi-center trials and consortium development and management.  Recently, she served as Principal Investigator, with Dr. Joseph Hsu, on CDC-funded projects to implement clinical decision support in the EMR to address abuse, misuse, and diversion of prescription narcotics. She is also responsible for the management of a top enrolling site for the Major Extremity Trauma and Rehabilitation Consortium (www.metrc.org) at Carolinas Medical Center. Finally, Dr. Seymour leads the Evidence-based Musculoskeletal Injury and Trauma Consortium with Dr. Hsu, which is a network of academic medical centers answering critical questions in orthopaedic trauma through a series of grants funded by the Department of Defense.