Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, PhD

Assistant Professor, Morsani College of Medicine

Social Science Analyst, James A. Haley Veterans Hospital

Courtesy Faculty, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Lifelong Learning

Contact Info

• Department of Emergency Medicine
  560 Channelside Drive
  Tampa FL 33602
• Academic Email: rcampbe7@usf.edu
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Education

Biography

Dr. Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine in the Division of Social Medicine in the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida. Here, she directs the recently-launched AQUASS (Advancing Quality and Uniform Access through the Social Sciences) research lab, where new medical anthropology projects at the intersection of emergency medicine, traumatic brain injury, and additional specialties are in development and existing externally-funded education studies are ongoing. She holds a joint appointment as a Social Science Analyst at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, where she is a core team member on I-HEAL, a CDMRP-funded project to improve how people with traumatic brain injury access care. At the VA, she also works on research understanding and maximizing the role of patient education in patients' treatment choices and outcomes in relation to home dialysis for end stage renal disease. Previously, she supported evaluation on Maine Behavioral Health projects with Beta Research Associates, such as The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services’ (SAMHSA) project REACH (Recovery, Engagement, Acceptance, Compassion, Hope), which investigated the effectiveness of interventions on opioid use and mental health. She currently holds $6m in active funding from the National Science Foundation as Principal or Co-Principal Investigator, and her book, The Latinization of Indigenous Students, is out now with Lexington Books. Prior to joining the University of South Florida in 2024, Dr. Campbell-Montalvo was at the University of Connecticut in the Neag School of Education since 2016, where she served as Assistant Research Professor in her most recent role.

Research Interests

• An anthropologist working at the liminal space where people are served by institutions, such as healthcare systems and schools, Dr. Campbell-Montalvo uses structural theories of vulnerability, access, brokerage, social networks, and cultural models to do basic science as well as support the application of these insights into programming to broaden access.