Rachel L. McMahan Thomas

Rachel McMahan Thomas, PhD, is a nationally board-certified Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Family Practice with over two decades experience caring for children and adult survivors of sexual abuse, physical assault, intimate partner violence, and other maltreatments. She is a member of a multidisciplinary child protection team in northeast Florida. She also has had a long career with the Florida Department of Health as a Children’s Medical Services healthcare provider. She held previous teaching positions at the University of Massachusetts/Boston School of Nursing, Jacksonville University School of Nursing, and the University of Florida College of Medicine, and she currently enjoys teaching in the Brooks College of Health/School of Nursing at University of North Florida. Her research agenda is focused on health disparities, health equity, child abuse prevention, and promoting psychological wellbeing of professionals in high-stress environments.