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
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., 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
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
Endobronchial Ultrasound Image Simulation for Image-Guided Bronchoscopy
Zhao, W., Ahmad, D., Toth, J., Bascom, R. & Higgins, W. E., Jan 1 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 70, 1, p. 318-330 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The need for systematic quality controls in implementing N95 reprocessing and sterilization
N95 Taskforce, Mar 2023, In: Journal of Hospital Infection. 133, p. 38-45 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Feasibility of Patient Navigation-Based Smoking Cessation Program in Cancer Patients
Fan, T., Yingst, J. M., Bascom, R., Tuanquin, L., Veldheer, S., Branstetter, S., Foulds, J. & Muscat, J. E., Apr 1 2022, In: International journal of environmental research and public health. 19, 7, 4034.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Efficient procedure planning for comprehensive lymph node staging bronchoscopy
Kuhlengel, T. K., Bascom, R. & Higgins, W. E., Sep 1 2022, In: Journal of Medical Imaging. 9, 5, p. 55001 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Longitudinal analysis of symptoms in the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
Schubart, J. R., Mills, S. E., Schaefer, E. W., Bascom, R. & Francomano, C. A., Apr 2022, In: American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A. 188, 4, p. 1204-1213 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review