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Rebecca Cunningham, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Director, Injury Research Center
Injury Research Center
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Suite H-3200
P.O. Box 443
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
(734) 615-3704 Office
(734) 936-2706 Fax
Email: stroh@umich.edu
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Professional Summary:
Dr. Cunningham received her MD from Jefferson Medical College. Following her residency at the University of Michigan Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Dr. Cunningham completed a NIH/NIAAA postdoctoral fellowship at UMARC (University of Michigan Alcohol Research Center) with a focus on the relationship of alcohol to injury. Dr. Cunningham is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include alcohol related injury and Emergency Department interventions for violence and substance use in adolescents and adults.
Education:
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, NIAAA/University of Michigan Alcohol Research Center (UMARC)
M.D. Jefferson Medical College
Research Interest:
Injury prevention, violence-related injury and substance abuse
Selected Publications:
Goldlust E, Walton E, Stanley R, Yard E, Garst B, Comstock RD, Erceg LE, Cunningham R. Injury Patterns at U.S. and Canadian Overnight Summer Camps: First Year of the Healthy Camp Study. In Press, Injury Prevention.
Ilgen MA, Walton MA, Cunningham RM, Barry KL, Chermack ST, De Chavez P, Blow FC. Suicide Ideation in an inner city Emergency Department. In Press, Suicide Life Threat Behav.
Ehrlich PF, Maio R, Drongowski MA, Wagaman M, Cunningham R, Walton MA. Alcohol Interventions are not just for adults. Justification for brief interventions for the injured adolescent at a pediatric trauma center. In Press, J Trauma.
Walton M, Murray R, Cunningham RM, Chermack ST, Barry KL, Booth BM, Ilgen MA, Fudalej M, Blow FC. Correlates Intimate Partner Violence Among Men and Women In An Inner City Emergency Department. In Press, J Addict Dis.
King C, O’Mara R, Hayward C, Cunningham R. Adolescent Suicide Risk Screening in the Emergency Department. In Press, Acad Emerg Med
Cunningham R, Walton M, Goldstein A, Chermack S, Shope J, Bingham CR, Zimmerman M, Blow F. Computerized Screening and Intervention for Alcohol and Violence Among Teens. In Press, Acad Emerg Med.
Blow FC, Ilgen MA, Walton MA, Czyz E, McCammon R, Chermack ST, Cunningham RM, Barry KL. Severity of Baseline Alcohol Use as a Moderator of BI among Alcohol Users in the Emergency Department. In Press, Alcohol and Alcoholism.
Resko SM, Walton MA, Chermack ST, Zimmerman M, Bingham CR, Shope JT, Blow FC, Cunningham RM. Alcohol availability and violence among inner-city adolescents: A multi-level analysis of the role of alcohol outlet density. In Press, Am J Comm Psych.
Cunningham R, Bernstein SL, Walton MA, Broderick K, Vaca F, Woolard R, Bernstein E, Blow F, D’Onofrio G. Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs: Future Directions for Screening and Intervention in the ED. In Press, Acad Emerg Med.
Houry D, Cunningham R. Hankin A, James T, Bernstein E, Hargarten S. Violence Prevention in the ED: Future Research Priorities. In Press Acad Emerg Med.
Cunningham RM,Resko SM, Zimmerman M, Roahen Harrison S, Stanley R, Chermack ST, Walton MA. Screening Adolescents in the Emergency Department For Weapon Carriage. In Press, Acad Emerg Med.
Walton MA, Cunningham R, Chermack ST, Tripathi S, Weber J, Maio RF, Booth BM. Predictors of Violence Following Emergency Department Visit for Cocaine-Related Chest Pain. 2009 Jan 1; Drug Alcohol Depend 99(1-3):79-88 PMCID: PMC2656683
Goldstein A, Walton M, Cunningham R, Resko S, Duan L. Correlates of Gambling Among Youth in an Inner City Emergency Department. Psychol Addict Behav 2009 Mar;23(1):113-21 PMCID: PMC2662748
Cunningham R, Walton MA, Weber JE, O’Broin S, Tripathi SP, Maio RF, Booth BM. One Year Medical Outcomes and ED Recidivism Following ED Observation for Cocaine Chest Pain. 2009 Mar; Ann Emerg Med 53(3):310-20.
Cunningham R, Knox L, Fein J, Harrison S, Frisch K, Walton M, Dicker R, Calhoun D, Becker M, Hargarten SW. Before and, After the Trauma Bay: The Prevention of Violent Injury Among Youth. 2009 Apr; Ann Emerg Med 53(4):490-500.
Cunningham RM, Murray R, Walton MA, Chermack ST, Wojnar M, Wozniak P, Booth BM, Blow FC. Prevalence of Past Year Assault among Inner-City ED Patients. 2009 June Ann Emerg Med 53(6): 814-823.
Whiteside LK, Stanley R, Resko SM, Chermack ST, Zimmerman M, Walton MA, Cunningham, RM. Gynecologic evaluations among adolescents: An opportunity to discuss dating violence? 2009 Jul, Acad Emerg Med 16(7): 632-638.
Walton MA, Cunningham R, Goldstein AL, Chermack ST, Zimmerman M, Bingham CR, Shope JT, Stanley R, Blow FC. Rates and Correlates of Violent Behaviors among Adolescents Treated in an Urban ED. 2009 Jul J Adolesc Health 45(1): 77-83.
Xue Y, Zimmerman M, Cunningham R. Relationship between Alcohol Use and Violent Behavior among Urban African American Youths from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood. 2009 Nov Am J Public Health (11): 2041-2048.
Thapa PB, Walton MA, Cunningham RM, Maio RF, Han X, Savary PE, Booth BM. Longitudinal Substance Use Following an Emergency Department Visit for Cocaine-Associated Chest Pain. 2008 Fall J Drug Issues 38(4) 929-956.
Cunningham R, Walton MA, Tripathi SP, Outman R, Murray R, Booth BM. Tracking Inner City Substance Users from the ED: How Many Contacts Does It Take? Acad Emerg Med. 2008;15(2):136-143.
Newton MF, Hayward R, Cunningham R, Stanley R. Uninsured Adults Presenting to US Emergency Departments: assumptions vs. data. JAMA. 2008 (Oct 22);300(16):1914-1924.
Walton M, Cunningham R, Xue Y, Trowbridge M, Zimmerman M, Maio RF. Internet Referrals for Adolescent Violence Prevention: An Innovative Mechanism for Inner-city Emergency Departments. J Adolesc Health. 2008;43(3):309-312
Walton MA, Goldstein AL, Chermack ST, McCammon R, Cunningham RM, Barry KL, Blow FC. Brief Alcohol Intervention in the Emergency Department: Moderators of Effectiveness. J Studies Alcohol Drugs. 2008;69(4):550-560.
Academic ED SBIRT Research Collaborative. The Impact of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) on Emergency Department Patients’ Alcohol Use. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;50(6):699-710.
Academic ED SBIRT Research Collaborative (Cunningham RM). An Evidence Based Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to treatment (SBIRT) Curriculum for Emergency Department (ED) Providers Improves Skills and Utilization. Subst Abus. 2007;28(4):79-92.
Walton M.A., Cunningham R.M., Chermack S.T., Maio R., Blow C.F., Weber J. Correlates of violence history among injured patients in an urban emergency department: gender, substance use, and depression. J Addict Dis. 2007;26(3):61-75.
Flynn HA, Walton M, Chermack ST, Cunningham R, Marcus SM. Brief detection and co-occurrence of violence, depression and alcohol risk in prenatal care settings. Arch Women’s Mental Health. 2007;10(4):155-61.
Cunningham R.M., Walton M.A., Tripathi S.P., Weber J., Maio R.F., Booth B.M. Past Year Violence Typologies Among Patients with Cocaine Related Chest Pain, Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2007;33:1-13.
Goldstein AL. Walton MA. Cunningham RM. Trowbridge MJ. Maio RF. Violence and substance use as risk factors for depressive symptoms among adolescents in an urban emergency department. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2007;40(3):276-279.
Cunningham, R.M., Walton, M.A., Trowbridge, M., Weber, J., Outman, R., Betway, A., Maio, R. Correlates of Violent Behavior Among Adolescents Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department. J Pediatr. 2006;149:770-776.
Forchheimer, M. Cunningham, RM, Maio, RF .The Relationship of Blood Alcohol Concentration to Impairment Severity in Spinal Cord Injury J Spinal Cord Med. 2005;28:1-5.
Cunningham RM, Vaidya RS, Maio, RM. Training Emergency Medicine Nurses and Physicians in Youth Violence Prevention. Am J Prev Med. 2005;29(5) Suppl. 2:220-225.
Booth, B. M. Weber, J.E. Walton, M. Cunningham, RM. Thrush, C. Maio, R.F. Massey, L. Characteristics of Cocaine Users Presenting to an Emergency Department Chest Pain Observation Unit. Acad Emerg Med. 2005; 12(4):329-337.
Flynn, H.A., Davis, M., Marcus, S.M., Cunningham, R., Blow, C.F. Rates of Maternal Depression in Pediatric Emergency Department and Relationship to Child Health Care Indices, General Hospital Psychiatry. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2004;26(4):316–332.
Cunningham, R., Walton, M.A., Maio, R., Blow, F.C., Weber, J. Violence and substance use among an injured ED population. Acad Emerg Med. 2003;10:764-775.
Denminghoff, KL, Knox, L, Cunningham, R, Partain, S: Emergency medicine: Competencies for youth violence prevention and control. Acad Emerg Med. 2002;9:947-956.
Cunningham, R., Hill, E. Maio, R., Zink, B.: The Effects of Alcohol on Head Injury in the Motor Vehicle Crash Victim. Alcohol Alcohol. 2002; 37(3):236-240.
Cunningham, R., Silbergleit, R.: Viral myocarditis presenting with seizure and electrocardiographic findings of acute myocardial infarction in a 14-month- old- child. Ann Emerg Med. June 2000;35(6):618-22.
Stroh (Maiden name), R., Christopher, T.A., Ma, X.L.: l- Propionly Carnitine, an endogenous ester in fatty acid metabolism, exerts anti-shock and endothelial protective effects in rat splanchnic ischemia-reperfusion injury. Shock. 1998;9(3):216-222.
Grants/Projects:
Optimizing Alcohol SBIRT for Adolescents in the ED
The study will use computerized screening (~5,700 patients) and will test developmentally appropriate, tailored intervention strategies in a two-factorial design (3x2) using 900 patients aged 14-20 in the ED who screen positive for problematic alcohol use.
Role: Principal Investigator (PI: Cunningham/Walton)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01)
Substance Use and Violent Injury among Youth in an Urban ED- Services & Outcomes
Specific aims are: (1) To describe characteristics of youth (ages 14-24) who report illicit drug use presenting to an urban ED for an acute violent injury; (2) To identify the trajectories of participants’ interactions with health services during the two years following their ED visit and the key characteristics associated with types of service use (substance use treatment; mental health; medical/ ED) and barriers to these services; (3) To measure two-year outcomes for this cohort and to identify key socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of youth with drug use, who have poor outcomes in the two years after ED visit for intentional injury and other medical care.
Role: Principal Investigator
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Optimizing SBIRT for Drug-Using Patients in an Inner-City Emergency Department
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Blow)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Adolescent Emergency Patients: Suicide Risk Detection and Treatment Facilitation
Specific aims are: (1) to develop TOC materials (intervention manual; culturally tailored Services Information and Decision Aid; therapist training and fidelity assessment procedures); (2) to conduct a feasibility pilot study; and (3) to conduct a pilot randomized controlled trial comparing TOC to enhanced treatment-as-usual.
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: King)
National Institute of Mental Health
Fogarty International Collaborative Trauma and Injury Research Training Program
International Collaborative Alcohol & Injury Research Training Program in Poland
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Blow F)
NIAAA /NIH
Tailored Teen Alcohol and Violence prevention in the ER
This study will refine promising intervention approaches to incorporate computer tailoring technology based on assessment of the adolescents’ personal risk behaviors to address both alcohol misuse and violent behaviors, screening ~3000 adolescents in the ED (ages 14- 18) over 30 months.
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Walton M)
NIAAA
Seat Belt Brief intervention. Mechanism Underlying Risk Assessment
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Ehrlich)
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute - NHTSA sub-grant
Recently Completed Grants/Projects:
Alcohol and Injury and Adolescents. A Computer-based Intervention
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Ehrlich)
Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR), University of Michigan
Services Interventions for Injured ED Problem Drinkers
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Blow)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Services Interventions for Injured ED Substance Abusers
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: Blow)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Integrated Care for Medicaid Consumers with Behavioral Health Care Needs
Role: Co-Investigator (PI: King/Neal)
State of Michigan, Department of Community Health
Injury Prevention Efforts at U.S. Trauma Centers: Alcohol Screening and Intervention Practices
Role: PI
ACEP Section Grant (Section of Trauma and Injury Prevention) |
