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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Rachel Wilkins

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Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy

Also affiliated: Alberta Health Services (2025); University of Alberta (2025); Cherokee Nation (2022–2023); Northern Sydney Local Health District (2021); Sydney Local Health District (2021); Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences (2022)

Faculty Researcher

3 h-index 14 pubs 49 cited

  • Humans
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement
  • Male
  • Asthma
  • United States
  • Adult
  • Canada
  • Female
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Middle Aged
  • Physicians
  • Tissue Donors
  • COVID-19
  • Myocarditis
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Rachel Wilkins is an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at Arkansas State University. Her research interests include organ donation, particularly identifying missed opportunities in patients with devastating brain injuries. She also investigates the relationship between concussion, combat history, and mental health outcomes in United States military veterans, including suicide ideation. Additional research areas include public interest in myocarditis during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, asthma medication management in schools, and the diagnostic pathway for prostate cancer in rural Australian populations. Wilkins' work also extends to perceptual-motor performance in military veterans using virtual reality. She has published 14 papers, accumulating 46 citations, and holds an h-index of 3. She collaborates with several colleagues at Arkansas State University, including Cheryl Knight, S. L. Bruce, Amy Shollenbarger, and Kendall Youngman.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 14
  • Citations: 49

Selected Publications

  • Intraindividual Variability in Perceptual-Motor Performance Measured with Virtual Reality Among Military Veterans (2026)
    Brain Sciences DOI OpenAlex
  • The Relationship Between Concussion and Combat History and Mental Health and Suicide Ideation Among United States Military Veterans—A Pilot Study (2025)
    Brain Sciences 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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