Rachel Wolfson, M.D., Ph.D.

Rachel Wolfson, M.D. Ph.D. joined the Harvard Medical School faculty as an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology in September 2024. She received her M.D. from Harvard Medical School and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She subsequently performed clinical training at Massachusetts General Hospital and postdoctoral research in the Department of Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School.

The Wolfson Lab studies mechanisms of internal sensation. Visceral innervating sensory neurons have cell bodies that reside in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG). The DRG sensory neurons target internal organs, such as the gastrointestinal tract, and sense internal stimuli. The Wolfson Lab uses neurobiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology techniques to understand the mechanisms through which visceral innervating sensory neurons sense a diversity of stimuli and then control physiologic and pathophysiologic processes.