Rebekah Heckmann, MD, MPH, MPA
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Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Biography
Rebekah Heckmann, MD, MPH, MPA is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. She is also a Research Scientist at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, the Director of Resident Research for the Department of Emergency Medicine, the Associate Medical Director of the Project ASSERT Program, and Core Faculty for the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine. She completed her residency in emergency medicine and served as chief resident at the University of Washington before pursuing a health policy research and translation fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. While working as an attending physician at Brigham and Women’s, she earned a master in public administration degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Heckmann has extensive experience performing health policy analysis and working within public health and global health systems. She focuses her research activities on using quantitative social science methods, including system dynamics modeling, to design and advocate for evidence-based health policy. She is board certified in emergency medicine and addiction medicine.
Appointments
Emergency Medicine
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (2017)
- MPA
- Harvard University Kennedy School of Government (2017)
- Resident
- University of Washington (2015)
- MD
- University of Minnesota (2011)
- MPH
- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health (2006)
- BA
- Johns Hopkins University (2005)
Board Certifications
Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine)
- Certification Organization
- AB of Preventive Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2022
Emergency Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Emergency Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2016
Research
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Gail D'Onofrio, MD, MS
Caitlin Ryus, MD, MPH
Kathryn Hawk, MD, MHS
Ambrose Wong, MD, MSEd, MHS
Bidisha Nath, MBBS, MPH
Ted Melnick, MD, MHS
Publications
2024
488 Impact of Housing Status and Treatment Engagement for Emergency Department Patients With Substance Use Disorders
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.Peer-Reviewed Original Research428 Self-Reported Readiness to Change Alcohol Use in Emergency Department Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder Predicts Successful Linkage to Treatment
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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUsing qualitative system dynamics modeling to understand overdose bystander behavior in the context of Connecticut’s Good Samaritan Laws and identify effective policy options
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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSamaritan lawsGood Samaritan lawsBystander behaviorGroup model buildingFear of legal consequencesKnowledge of protectionResponses to opioid overdosesCriminal liabilityDrug arrestsLegal consequencesLaw enforcementNaloxone useLawStakeholder-engaged processOpioid overdoseHealth care providersFatal opioid overdoseSustainable system changeOpioid-related outcomesBystander experiencesSamaritanCare providersHarm reductionPotential bystandersPolicy determinationFormative evaluation of an emergency department clinical decision support system for agitation symptoms: a study protocol
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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsComputerised clinical decision supportED treatRestraint useExperiences of restraint useMental health-related visitsEmergency departmentPrevent agitationSystems-related factorsImprove patient experienceClinical decision support systemsRegional health systemClinical decision supportDe-escalation techniquesRandomised controlled trialsFormative evaluationPeer-reviewed journalsBest-practice guidanceAt-risk populationsCDS toolsThematic saturationED cliniciansPatient experienceED sitesHealth systemED physicians
News
News
- June 18, 2024
Yale EM has prodigious showing at SAEM24
- March 26, 2024
Heckmann and Wong Receive R01 award from National Institute of Mental Health for System Dynamics Modeling to Promote Health Equity in Management of Agitation
- March 08, 2024
Yale Emergency Medicine Ranks First for Third Year in NIH Funding According to National Report
- March 01, 2024Source: SAEM Pulse March-April 2024
An Interview with R01 Grant Recipients Drs. Ambrose Wong and Rebekah Heckmann