Rachel K. Rowe

Rachel K. Rowe is an Assistant Professor in Integrative Physiology at University of Colorado Boulder. Her research examines bidirectional relationships between sleep disturbances and neuroinflammation after traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly in pediatric populations.

Education includes PhD in Anatomy and Neurobiology from University of Kentucky (2014) and postdoctoral training at Barrow Neurological Institute.

Research focuses on how injury timing (age-at-injury) affects long-term outcomes, mechanisms linking TBI to neurodegeneration, and microglial roles in sleep regulation post-injury. Her lab employs rodent models of TBI and advanced neuroimaging techniques.

Awards include National Neurotrauma Society Rising Star Award (2022) and World Sleep Society Young Investigator Award (2019). She has received NIH funding for TBI-sleep research.