Rebecca Rose Jurrens Collins, MD
Pathologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (2010)
- Residency
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2014), Pathology
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (2017), Pathology
UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2015), Pediatric Pathology - Board Certification
- American Board of Pathology/Anatomic & Clinical
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Characterization of the biology and molecular profiles of pediatric malignancies and diseases
- Placental infections and rare placental pathology
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Publications
- Pediatric Non-Myofibroblastic Primitive Spindle Cell Tumors with ALK Gene Rearrangements and Response to Crizotinib. Rakheja D, Park JY, Fernandes NJ, Watt TC, Laetsch TW, Collins RRJ, Int J Surg Pathol 2022 Feb 10668969221080072
- Hofbauer cells and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pregnancy: Molecular pathology analysis of villous macrophages, endothelial cells, and placental findings from 22 placentas infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with and without fetal transmission. Schwartz DA, Baldewijns M, Benachi A, Bugatti M, Bulfamante G, Cheng K, Collins RRJ, Debelenko L, De Luca D, Facchetti F, Fitzgerald B, Levitan D, Linn RL, Marcelis L, Morotti D, Morotti R, Patanè L, Prevot S, Pulinx B, Saad AG, Schoenmakers S, Strybol D, Thomas K, Tosi D, Toto V, van der Meeren LE, Verdijk RM, Vivanti AJ, Zaigham M, Arch Pathol Lab Med 2021 Jul
- Chronic Histiocytic Intervillositis with Trophoblast Necrosis are Risk Factors Associated with Placental Infection from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and Intrauterine Maternal-Fetal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Transmission in Liveborn and Stillborn Infants. Schwartz DA, Baldewijns M, Benachi A, Bugatti M, Collins RRJ, De Luca D, Facchetti F, Linn RL, Marcelis L, Morotti D, Morotti R, Parks WT, Patanè L, Prevot S, Pulinx B, Rajaram V, Strybol D, Thomas K, Vivanti AJ, Arch Pathol Lab Med 2020 12
- Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women With and Without Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection. Adhikari EH, Moreno W, Zofkie AC, MacDonald L, McIntire DD, Collins RRJ, Spong CY, JAMA Netw Open 2020 11 3 11 e2029256
- INTRAUTERINE TRANSMISSION OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IN A PRETERM INFANT. Sisman J, Jaleel MA, Moreno W, Rajaram V, Collins RRJ, Savani RC, Rakheja D, Evans AS, Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2020 Jul
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Professional Activities
- American Association for Cancer Research (2016-2018)
- American Medical Association (2011)
- American Society for Clinical Pathology (2012)
- College of American Pathologists (2011)
- Dallas County Medical Society (2018)
- North Texas Society of Pathology (2012)
- Society for Pediatric Pathology (2015)
- Texas Medical Society (2018)
- Texas Society of Pathologists (2011)
- The Connective Tissue Oncology Society (2020)
- United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (2012)
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Awards and Honors
- Postdoctoral Association Travel Award - Competitive award given to post doctoral scholars to fund travel to a scientific conference for presentation of novel research. (2016)
