Rebekah Heckmann, MD, MPH, MPA

Nath B, Desai R, Cook J, Dziura J, Davis-Plourde K, Youins R, Guy K, Pavlo A, Smith E, Smith D, Kangas K, Heckmann R, Hart L, Powsner S, Sevilla M, Evans M, Kumar A, Faustino I, Hu Y, Bellamy C, Wong A. Peer support enhanced behavioural crisis response teams in the emergency department: protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 2025, 15: e103775. PMID: 40484432, PMCID: PMC12161358, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103775.

Kumar A, Ryus C, Tartak J, Nath B, Faustino I, Shah D, Robinson L, Desai R, Heckmann R, Taylor R, Wong A. Association between patient primary language, physical restraints, and intramuscular sedation in the emergency department. Academic Emergency Medicine 2025 PMID: 39948714, DOI: 10.1111/acem.70004.

Ryus C, Hawk K, Canty T, Maffei J, Martel S, Heckmann R, Sabounchi N, Pantalon M, D'Onofrio G. 488 Impact of Housing Status and Treatment Engagement for Emergency Department Patients With Substance Use Disorders. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: s216-s217. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.08.478.

Hawk K, Ryus C, Martel S, Heckmann R, Sabounchi N, Canty T, Pantalone M, D'Onofrio G. 428 Self-Reported Readiness to Change Alcohol Use in Emergency Department Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder Predicts Successful Linkage to Treatment. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2024, 84: s191-s192. DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.08.426.

Thompson R, Sabounchi N, Ali S, Heimer R, D’Onofrio G, Heckmann R. Using qualitative system dynamics modeling to understand overdose bystander behavior in the context of Connecticut’s Good Samaritan Laws and identify effective policy options. Harm Reduction Journal 2024, 21: 124. PMID: 38937759, PMCID: PMC11210010, DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-00990-3.

Wong A, Nath B, Shah D, Kumar A, Brinker M, Faustino I, Boyce M, Dziura J, Heckmann R, Yonkers K, Bernstein S, Adapa K, Taylor R, Ovchinnikova P, McCall T, Melnick E. Formative evaluation of an emergency department clinical decision support system for agitation symptoms: a study protocol. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e082834. PMID: 38373857, PMCID: PMC10882402, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082834.