Raina Merchant, MD MSHP
Raina Merchant, MD MSHP
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
423 Guardian Drive, 1022 Blockley
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Links
Center for Resuscitation Science
A social media and crowdsourcing project aimed at improving AED access and awareness.
Center for Resuscitation Science
A social media and crowdsourcing project aimed at improving AED access and awareness.
Education:
BA (Psychobiology)
Yale University, 1998.
MD
University of Chicago, 2003.
MS (Master of Science in Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2009.
Permanent linkBA (Psychobiology)
Yale University, 1998.
MD
University of Chicago, 2003.
MS (Master of Science in Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2009.
Description of Research Expertise
Her research is focused on resuscitation science and improving outcomes from cardiac arrest. Specifically she studies 1) diffusion of innovation and new media in resuscitation and 2) translation of research to policy.She is identifying communities at risk for cardiac arrest and evaluating unique strategies for optimizing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and automated external defibrillator AED availability. In this context, she is the Director of the MyHeartMap Challenge- a social media and crowdsourcing project aimed at improving AED access and awareness. She also runs a Twitter lab which analyzes thousands of tweets related to resuscitation, critical care, and public health/policy.