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Positions
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs
Associate Director, Global Health Program
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
- Organization:
- West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Department:
- Medicine
- Classification:
- Faculty
- Organization:
- West Virginia University Health Sciences Center
- Department:
- Global Engagement Office (GEO)
- Classification:
- Faculty
Education
- MD, West Virginia University School of Medicine, 2008
Publications
1. Dugdale C, Reece R, Tompkins A, Gardner A. Cavernosal abscess due to streptococcus anginosus: a case report and comprehensive review of the literature. (2013) Curr Urol. Aug; 7(1):51-6. Doi: 10.1159/000343555. Epub 2013 Jul 28. PMID: 24917758.
2. Lee JY, Reece R, Montague B, Rana A, Alexander-Scott N, Flanigan T. The future of generic HIV drugs in Rhode Island. (2013) R I Med J. Sep 6; 96(9):30-3. PMID: 24015398
3. Reece R, Dugdale C, Touzard-Romo F, Noska A, Flanigan T, Rich JD. Care at the Crossroads: Navigating the HIV, HCV, and Substance Abuse Syndemics. (2014) Fed Pract. Feb; 31:37 S-40S. PMID: 25520548.
4. Reece RM, Cunha CB, Rich JD. Corynebacterium minutissimum vascular graft infection; case report and review of 281 cases of prosthetic device-related Corynebacterium infection. (2014) Scand J Infect Dis. Sep: 46(9):609-16. Doi: 10.3109/00365548.2014.918650. Epub 2014 June. PMID: 24934988
5. Reece R, Chow EJ, Rana A, Kojic EM, Flanigan TP. Tick-borne illness in Rhode Island – How big a problem is it? (2013) R I Med J. Jan 5; 98(1):35-7. PMID: 25562059
6. Rana AI, Liu T, Gillani FS, Reece R, Kojic EM, Zlotnick C, Wilson IB. Multiple gaps in care common among newly diagnosed HIV patients. (2015) AIDS Care. 2015; 27(6):679-87. Doi: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1005002. PMID: 25634492.
7. Kumar N, Reece R, Norman B, Kwara A, Flanigan T, Rana AI. Delayed entry to care by men with HIV infection in Kumasi, Ghana. (2015) Pan Afr Med J. Oct 7;22 :107. PMID: 26848354.
8. Reece R, Norman B, Kwara A, Flanigan T, Rana A. Retention in Care of HIV-positive postpartum females in Kumasi, Ghana. (2016) J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. Sep: 15(5):406-11. Doi:10.1177/2325957415603507. PMID: 26319433.
9. Morrill HJ, Mermel LA, Baier RR, Alexander-Scott N, Dosa D, Kavoosifar S, Reece R, LaPlante KL. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Rhode Island Long-Term Care Facilities: Current Standings and Future opportunities. (2016) Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. Aug; 37(8):979-82. DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.99. PMID: 27185014
10. Fiorito T, Reece RM, Flanigan TP, Silverblatt FJ. Borrelia Miyamotoi PCR positivity on a tick-borne disease panel in an endemic region of Rhode Island: A Case Series. (2017) Infect Dis Clin Pract. Sept; 25(5):250-4. doi 10.1097/IPC.0000000000000509
11. Moriarty K, Genberg B, Norman B, Reece R. The effect of antiretroviral stock-outs on medication adherence among patients living with HIV in Ghana: A Qualitative Study. (2018) J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. Mar-Apr; 29(2):231-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2017.09.014. PMID: 29239822
12. Reece R, Delong A, D’Antuono M, Tashima K, Kantor R. Accumulated pre-switch resistance to more recently introduced one-pill-once-a-day antiretroviral regimens impacts HIV-1 virologic outcome. (2018) J Clin Virol. Aug;105:11-7. PMID 29807234
13. Quilliam DN, LaPlante K, Reece R, Bandy U, Alexander-Scott N. Overview of Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities in Rhode Island. (2018) R I Med J. Jun 1; 101(5): 22-5. PMID: 29857600
14. Reece R, Chace P, Ranucci S. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Long-Term Care Facilities. (2018) R I Med J. June 1; 101(5): 42-4. PMID: 29857606
15. Patel K, Johnson J, Zacharioudakis I, Boxerman J, Flanigan T, Reece R. First confirmed case of Powassan neuroinvasive disease in Rhode Island. (2018) ID Cases. Mar 23; 12: 84-7. Doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2018.03.016. PMID: 29942757.
Awards
2011 House-staff Award, West Virginia University Internal Medicine Residency
2018 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award, BIOL3653, Microbiology / Infectious Disease, Alpert Medical School, Brown University
2018 40 Under Forty Award from the Providence Business News
2019 Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award, BIOL3653, Microbiology/Infectious Disease, Alpert Medical School, Brown University
2019 Steven M. Opal Teaching Award, Brown Infectious Disease Fellowship
Additional Info
COMMITTEES
01/2020 – present Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Global Health Workforce Panel
08/2019 – present Global Engagement Office, Steering Committee, West Virginia University
07/2019 – present West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute (WVCTSI) Females Advancing Clinical and Translational Sciences (FACTS) Committee
07/2019 – present Women in Sciences and Health (WISH) Committee, West Virginia University Health Sciences Center
06/2019 – present Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), Internal Medicine Residency, West Virginia University School of Medicine
06/2019 – present Clinical Competency Committee (CCC), Internal Medicine Residency, West Virginia University School of Medicine
06/2019 – present Conference Committee, Internal Medicine Residency, West Virginia University School of Medicine
03/2018 – present IDSA Foundation (Infectious Disease Society of America) MSP (Medical Scholars Program) Committee member.
10/2018 – 3/2019 Brown Internal Medicine ReSeC: Internal Medicine Resident Selection Committee
09/2015 – 3/2019 Tickborne Diseases Interest Group: Rhode Island Infectious Disease Physicians
MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES
2004-present American College of Physicians
2004-present Christian Medical and Dental Association
2011-present Infectious Diseases Society of America
2011-present Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
2012-present International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
2016-present American Public Health Association
2019-present American Society of Tropical Medicine and HygieneGrants and Research
1. Emerging Infectious Disease Scholars at Brown University
R25 Education Project Grant
Principle Investigator: Tim Flanigan, MD
Agency: NIH/NIAID 1R25AI140490-01
Funding Period: 08/01/2018 – 07/31/2019
5% Salary support (R Reece as co-investigator until 3/2019)
2. Powassan Virus in Rhode Island
Principle Investigator: Rebecca M. Reece, MD
Agency: Rhode Island Foundation Grant #20174331
Funding Period: 01/01/2018 - 09/30/2019
$10,672 .0 calendar
3. HIV Care Innovation: Integration of Motivational Interviewing into a Practice Based Approach to Improve Retention and Viral Suppression at a Ryan-White funded HIV clinic.
Ryan White Title III HIV Capacity Development and Planning Grant
Principle Investigator: Aadia Rana, MD
Agency: HRSA P06HA30508
Funding Period: 9/1/2016 – 8/31/2017
0.20 FTE salary support (Clinical Director)
4. Postpartum HIV Linkage to Care research in Kumasi, Ghana
Framework Global Health Grant
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Funding Period: 08/01/2012 – 09/30/2012
$3,500
5. HIV and Other Infections of Substance Users
NIH T32 Research Fellowship
Tufts University and Lifespan/Brown/Tufts CFAR
Funding Period: 07/01/2013 – 11/30/2014
Salary Funded
Patient Care Information
Medical Specialties
- Infectious Diseases
- Internal Medicine
Board Certifications
- Infectious Diseases, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Special Training
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Other Speciality Training, Graduate Certificate in Field Epidemiology
University of North Carolina, Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2019 -
Fellowship, R25 Fellowship: Brown Initiative in HIV and AIDS Clinical Research for Disadvantaged Communities
Brown University, 2015 -
Fellowship, T-32/NIH Research Fellowship
Brown University and The Miriam Hospital, 2014 -
Fellowship, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Brown University, The Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital, 2013 -
Residency, Internal Medicine Residency
West Virginia University, 2011