Rebecca M. Cantu

Assistant Professor

UAMS primary University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Tulane University (2010); Arkansas Children's Hospital (2022–2025); University of Georgia (2007); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2017–2024)

Faculty Researcher

4 h-index 24 pubs 382 cited

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Rebecca M. Cantu's research focuses on pediatric health outcomes, with a particular emphasis on infectious diseases and hospital utilization. She has investigated the demographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 in Arkansas, finding that younger and rural children were more likely to be hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infections. Her work also examines disparities in healthcare access and outcomes, including the impact of preferred written language on care for children with bronchiolitis and differences in length of stay and readmission rates for eating disorders based on payor source. Cantu has also explored resource utilization for snakebites in pediatric urban and rural populations. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 4, 24 total publications, and 379 total citations. She collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Sara C. Sanders, Jacob Filipek, Dustin Williford, and Charalene Fisher.

Metrics

h-index: 4
Publications: 24
Citations: 382

Selected Publications

Providing Medical Care for Parents During the Pediatric Visit: Policy Statement (2026)

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A Multidisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Hospital Throughput in a Pediatric Tertiary Care Center (2025)

Pediatric Quality and Safety 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Eating Disorder Length of Stay and Readmission Rate Differences Depending on Payor Source (2025)

Hospital Pediatrics 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023 (2025)

Injury Epidemiology 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Younger and rural children are more likely to be hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infections (2024)

PLoS ONE 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Impact of Preferred Written Language in Patients Discharged With Bronchiolitis From a Children’s Hospital (2024)

Hospital Pediatrics 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Younger and Rural Children are More Likely to be Hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 Infections (2023)

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Fournier’s Gangrene: A Rare Infectious Entity in an Adolescent with Type II Diabetes (2022)

Global Pediatric Health DOI OpenAlex
Demographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric COVID-19 in Arkansas: March–December 2020 (2022)

Medicine 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric COVID-19 in Arkansas: March-December 2020 (2022)

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Hypokalemia Measurement and Management in Patients With Status Asthmaticus on Continuous Albuterol (2022)

Hospital Pediatrics 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
Breast Milk Jaundice (Nursing) (2021)

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Unusual Cause of Sepsis in a 10-Year-Old Female (2020)

Clinical Pediatrics DOI OpenAlex
Breast Milk Jaundice (2019)

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Breastfeeding Barriers in Female Physicians (2018)

PEDIATRICS 1 citation DOI OpenAlex