Rebecca is a Research Scientist at the ISPH. She has worked as an epidemiologist at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and as a data analyst in hospital settings for risk management, physician peer review, infection control, and compliance. Rebecca supports multiple research initiatives at the ISPH with partners at Weill Cornell and the NYC Health Department by developing, implementing, and analyzing discrete choice experiments.
Rebecca earned her MHS in Infectious Disease Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is currently pursuing her PhD in epidemiology at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.
Projects
Hepatitis C Dashboard
2022 – Present
Data-to-Suppression (D2S)
2021 – Present
The Educators of America COVID Cohort (TEACCH) Study
2020 – Present
Impact of Food Insecurity on HIV Prevention
2020 – Present
Publications
Patient Education and Decision Support for Long-Acting Injectable HIV Antiretroviral Therapy: Protocol for Tool Development and Pilot Testing with Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Medical Case Management Programs in New York.
March 2024 | JMIR Research Protocols
Seroincidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection prior to and during the rollout of vaccines in a community-based prospective cohort of U.S. adults.
January 2024 | Scientific Reports
Oral COVID-19 Antiviral Uptake Among a Highly Vaccinated US Cohort of Adults With SARS-CoV-2 Infection Between December 2021 and October 2022
December 2023 | Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Oral COVID-19 Antiviral Uptake Among a Highly Vaccinated US Cohort of Adults With SARS-CoV-2 Infection Between December 2021 and October 2022.
December 2023 | Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Client preferences for HIV Care Coordination Program features in New York City: latent class analysis of a discrete choice experiment.
August 2023 | Journal of the International AIDS Society
Food Insecurity During the First Year of COVID-19: Employment and Sociodemographic Factors Among Participants in the CHASING COVID Cohort Study.
May 2023 | Public Health Reports
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Incidence and Risk Factors in a National, Community-Based Prospective Cohort of US Adults
February 2023 | Clinical Infectious Disease
Psychosocial Stressors and Maternal Mental Health in the U.S. During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.
January 2023 | Maternal and Child Health Journal
The Importance of Incorporating At-Home Testing Into SARS-CoV-2 Point Prevalence Estimates: Findings From a US National Cohort, February 2022.
December 2022 | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Exposure, Disease Susceptibility, and Clinical Outcomes during COVID-19 Pandemic in National Cohort of Adults, United States
October 2022 | Emerging Infectious Disease
SARS-CoV-2 incidence and risk factors in a national, community-based prospective cohort of U.S. adults.
May 2022 | Clinical Infectious Diseases
Missed routine pediatric care and vaccinations in US children during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 2022 | Preventive Medicine
Provider preferences for delivery of HIV care coordination services: results from a discrete choice experiment.
March 2022 | Journal of the International AIDS Society
Determinants and trends of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and vaccine uptake in a national cohort of U.S. adults: A longitudinal study.
January 2022 | American Journal of Epidemiology
Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 testing preferences in a national cohort in the United States: Latent class analysis of a discrete choice experiment.
December 2021 | JMIR Public Health and Surveillance
Cohort profile: a national, community-based prospective cohort study of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic outcomes in the USA-the CHASING COVID Cohort study.
September 2021 | BMJ Open
Spread and sources of information and misinformation about COVID-19 early during the pandemic in a U.S. national cohort study [Preprint].
March 2021 | medRxiv
SARS-CoV-2 Testing Service Preferences of Adults in the United States: Discrete Choice Experiment.
December 2020 | JMIR Public Health Surveill
Patterns of SARS-CoV-2 testing preferences in a national cohort in the United States.
December 2020 | MedRxiv
Household factors and the risk of severe COVID-like illness early in the US pandemic.
December 2020 | MedRxiv