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 at Health Sciences
- 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 HygieneAbout Rebecca Reece
Becky Reece, MD, FACP is an Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at West Virginia University School of Medicine. She serves as Associate Director of the SOM Global Health Program, Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs for the Department of Medicine, as well as co-Director of the Community Engagement & Outreach Core for WVCTSI. Dr. Reece graduated from WVU in 2004 and from WVU SOM in 2008. She then stayed for her Internal Medicine Residency until 2011. She completed her ID fellowship and a T32 research fellowship at Brown University focused on HIV and other infections related to injection drug use. In 2019, she returned to WVU as an infectious disease faculty involved in clinical care, teaching, and research. Her research interests are focused around both HIV and other infections related to IDU as well as increasing access to clinical trials/clinical studies in rural communities.
Grants 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