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Rebecca L. Rice

Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Email: reblrice@email.unc.edu

Education

Master of Science: Global Health (MScGH) — with focuses in Substance Use Disorders in South Africa and Research Ethics in Haiti — Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC (2015-2017)
Bachelor of Science: Chemistry — University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (2010-2014)

Work Experience

AmeriCorps VISTA: Campus Corps in Missoula, Montana (2014-2015)

Projects

An investigation into first-generation isoprene oxidation products in low NOx environments: the structural and physical characterization of hydroxyhydroperoxides from synthesis to atmospheric chamber experiments

Co-advised by Dr. Avram Gold, I spend half of my time working in an organic synthesis laboratory creating novel isoprene-derived first-generation oxidation products (Rebecca L. Rice, Avram Gold (PI), Molly Frauenheim)
During our training at Aerodyne for the Surratt lab’s new Vocus CIMS I was able to see the inner workings of the instrument and even got a picture with this tiny quadrupole.

 

 

Publications

  • E. R. Pennington, S. Masood, S. O. Simmons, L. Dailey, P. A. Bromberg, R. L. Rice, A. Gold, Z. Zhang, W. Wu, Y. Yang, J. Samet. Real-time redox adaptations in human airway epithelial cells exposed to isoprene hydroxy hydroperoxide. Redox Biol. 2023 Feb; 61:102646; doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2023.102646. Epub 2023 Feb 25.
  • Masood S, Pennington ER, Simmons SO, Bromberg PA, Shaikh SR, Rice RL, Gold A, Zhang Z, Samet JM. Live cell imaging of oxidative stress in human airway epithelial cells exposed to isoprene hydroxyhydroperoxide. Redox Biol. 2022 May;51:102281. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102281. Epub 2022 Mar 15. PMID: 35306372; PMCID: PMC8933716.
  • Huffstetler HE, Bandara S, Bharali I, Kennedy Mcdade K, Mao W, Guo F, Zhang J, Riviere J, Becker L, Mohamadi M, Rice RL, King Z, Farooqi ZW, Zhang X, Yamey G, Ogbuoji O. The impacts of donor transitions on health systems in middle-income countries: a scoping review. Health Policy Plan. 2022 Oct 12;37(9):1188-1202. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czac063. PMID: 35904274; PMCID: PMC9558870.