Rachel Telles

Rachel Telles is a Behavioral Medicine Psychology Fellow in the Clinical and Community Psychology internship program at Yale School of Medicine and a doctoral candidate in the Clinical Science Ph.D. program at the University of Iowa. She previously worked at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the Cancer Clinical Trials Office following her undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University.

Rachel specializes in evidence-based treatment for a broad variety of mental health concerns in patients dealing with physical illness. She has previously provided brief therapeutic interventions to peripartum women as well as new parents with infants admitted to the NICU at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Additionally, she has spent several years helping to develop a mindfulness-based group intervention dedicated to teaching relaxation and coping skills to women diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Rachel's research explores the interaction of mental and physical health through a psychoneuroimmunology lens. She has examined how inflammation and stress resulting from serious physical illness impact mental health and quality of life, and hopes to continue her work improving quality of life and outcomes for adults with cancer.