Rachel K Myers, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Research Scholar, Center for Violence Prevention, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Scholar, Penn Injury Science Center, University of Pennsylvania
Senior Fellow, Center for Public Health, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Director, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Center for Injury Research and Prevention
2716 South Street, 13th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Center for Injury Research and Prevention
2716 South Street, 13th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Email:
myersr@chop.edu
myersr@chop.edu
Education
BA (Health and Societies)
University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, 2005.
MS (Epidemiology)
Temple University, College of Health Professions, 2011.
PhD (Public Health)
Temple University, College of Health Professions, 2016.
Permanent linkBA (Health and Societies)
University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences, 2005.
MS (Epidemiology)
Temple University, College of Health Professions, 2011.
PhD (Public Health)
Temple University, College of Health Professions, 2016.
ORCID identifier 
0000-0003-1998-8162
Selected Publications
Monopoli WJ, Myers RK, Paskewich BS, Bevans KB, Fein JA: Generating a Core Set of Outcomes for Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(9-10): 4771-4786. May 2021 Notes: ePub Ahead of Print: August 10, 2018. doi: 10.1177/0886260518792988.Myers RK, Vega L, Culyba AJ, Fein JA: The psychosocial needs of adolescent males following interpersonal assault. Journal of Adolescent Health, 61(2): 262-265. Aug 2017 Notes: ePub ahead of print: May 16, 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.02.022.
Means MJ, Myers RK, Master CL, Arbogast KB, Fein JA, Corwin DJ: Assault-Related Concussion in a Pediatric Population. Pediatric Emergency Care, 38(9): e1503-e1507. Sept 2022 Notes: ePub Ahead of print: March 4, 2022. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002664.
Myers RK, Carey ME, Bonsu JM, Yerys BE, Mollen CJ, Curry AE : Behind the Wheel: Specialized Driving Instructors’ Experiences and Strategies for Teaching Autistic Adolescents to Drive. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 75(3): 7503180110p1–7503180110p11. May 2021 Notes: doi: 10.5014/ajot.2021.043406.
Myers RK*, Bonsu JM*, Carey ME, Yerys BE, Mollen CJ, Curry AE: Teaching Autistic Adolescents and Young Adults to Drive: Perspectives of Specialized Driving Instructors. Autism in Adulthood, 1(3): 202-209. Sep 2019 Notes: ePub ahead of print: May 22, 2019. doi: 10.1089/aut.2018.0054. *Co-first authors.
Forke Young CM, Myers RK, Localio AR, Wiebe DJ, Fein JA, Grisso JA, Catallozzi M: Intimate Partner Violence: Childhood Witnessing and Subsequent Experiences of College Undergraduates. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(17-18): NP9670-NP9692. Sep 2021 Notes: ePub ahead of print: July 9, 2019. doi: 10.1177/0886260519860909.
Forke CM, Myers RK, Fein JA, Catallozzi M, Localio AR, Wiebe DJ, Grisso JA : Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence as a Child: How Boys and Girls Model their Parents' Behaviors in Adolescence. Child Abuse and Neglect, 84: 241-252. Oct 2018 Notes: ePub ahead of print: August 20, 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.07.031.
Myers RK, Eagan-Brown BL, Conway AT, Nagele DA, Vaccaro MJ, Kendi S, Zonfrillo MR: Examining a Statewide Educational Consulting Program for Pediatric Brain Injury. Clinical Pediatrics, 57(6): 645-655. Sept 2018 Notes: ePub ahead of print: September 21, 2017. doi: 10.1177/0009922817732146.
Myers RK, Nelson DB, Forke CM: Occurrence of Stalking Victimization among Female and Male Undergraduate Students. Journal of College Student Development, 57(2): 213-218. Jul 2016 Notes: ePub ahead of print: July 2015. doi: 10.1353/csd.2016.0015.
Sartin EB, Metzger KB, Pfeiffer MR, Myers RK, Curry AE: Facilitating Research on Racial and Ethnic Disparities and Inequities in Transportation: Application and Evaluation of the Bayesian Improved Surname Geocoding (BISG) Algorithm. Traffic Injury Prevention, 22(Sup1): S23-S37. Sept 2021 Notes: ePub Ahead of Print: August 17, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2021.1955109.
Lombardi LR, Pfeiffer MR, Metzger KB, Myers RK, Curry AE: Improving Identification of Crash Injuries: Statewide Integration of Hospital Discharge and Crash Report Data. Traffic Injury Prevention, 23(Sup1): S130-S136. Sept 2022 Notes: ePub Ahead of Print: June 13, 2022. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2022.2083612.