Rebecca received a BS in Biological Sciences and Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University, and an MA in Higher Education and an MPH in Epidemiology as well as Health Behavior/Health Promotion from The Ohio State University. She is currently a doctoral student at the University of Pittsburgh. Although she has worked in the pediatric injury prevention field for the past 6 years as a Senior Research Associate as Nationwide Children’s Hospital, her passion and research interests are in maternal health. Specifically, she is interested in mitigating maternal morbidity and mortality as well as understanding postpartum maternal and paternal mood disorders. She is advised by Dr. Lisa Bodnar. She has two children, Emory and Maeve, and enjoys spending time with her family, rock climbing, and playing piano. 

Select presentations

• McAdams R. J., Roberts K. J., Klein E. G., Manganello J., McKenzie, L. B. Using content analysis and eyetracking to understand injury prevention content dissemination on social media. Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research Meeting. Cincinnati, OH. Poster Presentation. April 2021 

• McAdams R. J., Roberts K. J., Klein E. G., Manganello J., McKenzie, L. B. Moms on social media: A nationally representative online survey. Poster accepted for presentation at AAHB 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting, “Transforming the narrative to meet emerging health behavior challenges” (March 8-11, 2020) in Napa, CA. 

Select publications 

• McAdams, R. J., Roberts, K. J., Klein, E. G., Manganello, J. A., & McKenzie, L. B. (2021). Using social media to disseminate injury prevention content: Is a picture worth a thousand words? Health Behavior Research, 4(2), 3. https://doi.org/10.4148/2572-1836.1096

• McKenzie, L. B., Roberts, K. J., McAdams, R. J., Abdel-Rasoul, M., Kristel, O., Szymanski, A., Keim, S. A., & Shields, W. C. (2021). Efficacy of a mobile technology-based intervention for increasing parents’ safety knowledge and actions: A randomized controlled trial. Injury Epidemiology, 8(56), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-021-00350-w

• McAdams, R. J., Swidarski, K., Clark, R. M., Roberts, K. J., Yang, J., & McKenzie, L. B. (2018). Bicycle related injuries among children treated in US emergency departments, 2006-2015. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 118, 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2018.05.019