Rachel is a casual Research Assistant with the National Centre for Epidemiology & Population Health and a PhD student at the University of Melbourne’s Functions of Emotion in Everyday Life (FEEL) lab. Rachel is currently studying the role of attention and effort in emotion regulation, and has a special interest in research methods and data analysis. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys exploring Canberra’s restaurant scene and spending time with her partner Ninna and their two dogs Shihiro and Jack on their property in central Victoria.