Rachael Jones

Rachael Jones is Professor and Chair in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health. Her research specializes in occupational exposure assessment for infectious diseases, particularly respiratory virus transmission in healthcare settings. Key interests include developing risk-based frameworks for personal protective equipment (PPE) selection and quantitative microbial risk assessment methodologies.

Jones' recent publications (2019-2022) focus predominantly on COVID-19 transmission dynamics, PPE efficacy standards, and occupational safety frameworks. Her work integrates experimental data with modeling approaches to inform infection control protocols.

As Chief Editor of Annals of Work Exposures and Health, she advances occupational hygiene scholarship. Jones serves on the National Academies Standing Committee on Personal Protective Equipment, contributing to national workplace safety guidelines during pandemics.