Rebecca Bascom is a practicing physician and active clinical researcher with training in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care, clinical immunology, and occupational and environmental medicine. Among her areas of expertise are inhalation toxicology, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary medicine and occupational and environmental medicine.
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Patient-specific tracheal deformation, predicted toxicant uptake and histopathology in lung fibrosis
Bascom, R., Kim, M., Royce, S. G., Bitzer, Z., Borhan, S., Go, P. H., Mahraj, R. P. M., Rassaei, N., Vogt, M., Ultman, J. S., Bourke, J. E. & Borhan, A., Mar 2025, In: Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances. 13, 100117.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Changes in cardiovascular disease risk, lung function and other clinical health outcomes when people who smoke use e-cigarettes to reduce cigarette smoking: An exploratory analysis from a randomised placebo-controlled trial
Dahal, S., Yingst, J., Wang, X., Cobb, C. O., Carrillo, M., Hrabovsky, S., Bascom, R., Lopez, A. A., Kang, L., Maloney, S., Halquist, M., Foulds, J. & Veldheer, S., Jun 18 2025, In: BMJ open. 15, 6, e098005.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characterizing the content and quality of internet resources on exercise training in Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and generalized hypermobility spectrum disorder
Dhawan, J., Sohrabipour, S., Al-Timimi, A. S., Elangeswaran, B., Choudhary, O., Kaabi, N. A., Masthan, M. I., Mina, D. S., McGillis, L., Truong, W. T., Perez, E. C., Schubart, J., Lavallee, M., Sheehan, T., Cherin, N., Mittal, N., Clarke, H., Bascom, R. & Rozenberg, D., Jun 2025, In: PloS one. 20, 6 JUNE, e0325709.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comparison of interstitial lung disease diagnoses in urban and rural areas among participants in the pulmonary fibrosis foundation patient registry
Dimmock, A. E. F., Furuya, Y., White, E., Freiheit, E., Bascom, R. & Kim, H. J., Feb 28 2025, In: Heliyon. 11, 4, e42667.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Epidemiology of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in central and Western Pennsylvania
Linkov, F., Chang, Y. F., Ramanan, H., Morgan, R. S., McTigue, K. M., Dimmock, A. E. F., Bascom, R. & Kass, D. J., Dec 2025, In: Respiratory research. 26, 1, 97.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Correction to: Email outreach attracts the US policymakers’ attention to climate change but common advocacy techniques do not improve engagement (Communications Earth & Environment, (2025), 6, 1, (76), 10.1038/s43247-025-02055-0)
Loria, R. N., Pugel, J., Goldberg, M. H., Halla, D. A., Bascom, R., Scott, J. T., Crowley, M. & Long, E. C., Dec 2025, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 6, 1, 254.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Email outreach attracts the US policymakers’ attention to climate change but common advocacy techniques do not improve engagement
Loria, R. N., Pugel, J., Goldberg, M. H., Halla, D. A., Bascom, R., Scott, J. T., Crowley, M. & Long, E. C., Dec 2025, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 6, 1, 76.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Increasing Residential Radon Testing Through Outreach to Families of Newborn Children in Pennsylvania: Evaluation of Intervention Outcomes, 2002–2023
Pillay, T., Ray, M. N., Bascom, R. & Moss, J. L., Aug 2025, In: AJPM Focus. 4, 4, 100372.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Two-phase radial endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy registration
Zhao, W., Kuhlengel, T., Chang, Q., Daneshpajooh, V., He, Y., Kao, A., Bascom, R., Ahmad, D., Htwe, Y. M., Toth, J., Schaer, T., Brewer, L., Hilliard, R. & Higgins, W. E., Mar 1 2025, In: Journal of Medical Imaging. 12, 2, 025001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Caring for Rural Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease: Perspectives of Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Care Center Network Nurses and Providers
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Rural Health Outreach Committee, Sep 2025, In: CHEST Pulmonary. 3, 3, 100136.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
ESFPNet: Efficient Stage-Wise Feature Pyramid on Mix Transformer for Deep Learning-Based Cancer Analysis in Endoscopic Video
Chang, Q., Ahmad, D., Toth, J., Bascom, R. & Higgins, W. E., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Imaging. 10, 8, 191.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Automatic lesion detection for narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy
Daneshpajooh, V., Ahmad, D., Toth, J., Bascom, R. & Higgins, W. E., May 1 2024, In: Journal of Medical Imaging. 11, 3, 036002.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prescription Claims for Immunomodulator and Antiinflammatory Drugs Among Persons With Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes
Dhingra, R., Hakim, A., Bascom, R., Francomano, C. A. & Schubart, J. R., May 2023, In: Arthritis Care and Research. 75, 5, p. 1183-1188 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Heterogeneity of Lung Function Phenotypes in Sarcoidosis Role of Race and Sex Differences
Sharp, M., Psoter, K. J., Balasubramanian, A., Pulapaka, A. V., Chen, E. S., Brown, S. A. W., Mathai, S. C., Gilotra, N. A., Chrispin, J., Bascom, R., Bernstein, R., Eakin, M. N., Wise, R. A., Moller, D. R. & McCormack, M. C., Jan 1 2023, In: Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 20, 1, p. 30-37 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions among persons with cancer: A systematic review
Yingst, J. M., Carrillo, M., Chan, K. H., Choi, K., Dao, J., Kulkarni, P., Bordner, C., Goyal, N., Foulds, J. & Bascom, R., Aug 2023, In: Psycho-Oncology. 32, 8, p. 1147-1162 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review