Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, PhD

Rebecca Campbell-Montalvo, PhD is a medical anthropologist who uses approaches ground in social networks, cultural models, care access, neuroplasticity, and neuroanthropology to do basic science to explain and predict health outcomes, as well as support the translation of insights into programming to effect change. She is a tenure track Assistant Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida--where she directs the AQUASS Research Lab (Advancing Quality and Uniform Access through the Social Sciences). She is also a Health Science Specialist at the North Florida/South Florida Veterans Healthcare System. She leads the USF HBOT Anthropology substudy, coordinating a team of experts to undertake the largest effort to-date to employ social network mapping and related inquiry among traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors and their care partners to understand the dynamic and complex social influences on clinical trial access and outcomes. Her VA research has included collaborative efforts to improve how people with TBI access care and to develop an evidence-based application to provide patient-centered care to Veterans with advanced chronic kidney disease. In addition, Campbell-Montalvo has published an educational and cultural anthropology monograph and held in excess of $6m in National Science Foundation funding as PI or Co-PI. Prior to joining the University of South Florida in 2024, Dr. Campbell-Montalvo was at the University of Connecticut since 2016, where she served as Assistant Research Professor in her most recent role.