Overview
Dr. Karin Reuter-Rice is a highly accomplished clinician, researcher, and educator at Duke University. Holding appointments as Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, School of Medicine (Departments of Pediatrics and Neurosurgery), and affiliated with the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, she brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to her work. She is a faculty in the Division of Critical Care and co-editor of the influential textbook, Pediatric Acute Care: A Guide for Interprofessional Practice. Dr. Reuter-Rice's expertise is internationally recognized, as evidenced by her fellowships in the American College of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Nursing, and a NIH-NINR Summer Genetics Institute fellow.
Committed to children and families facing critical illness and injury, Dr. Reuter-Rice's research tackles the childhood concussion epidemic. Her novel, whole-person approach identifies those at greatest risk for long-term problems after a concussion, recognizing that the impact extends beyond the hospital and into homes and schools.
As a respected team scientist, her work is supported by funding from federal, foundation, and industry partners, and her findings have been presented on the international stage. Beyond her research, Dr. Reuter-Rice is dedicated to mentoring and teaching students across multiple disciplines, sharing her expertise in research methodologies, brain injury, and the crucial role of genetics and genomics in healthcare and society.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Examination of Social Determinants of Health Characteristics Influencing Maternal Postpartum Symptom Experiences.
Journal Article Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · February 2025 Postpartum women experience multiple, co-occurring postpartum symptoms. It is unknown if social determinants of health (SDOH) influence postpartum symptom typologies. This secondary analysis used the Community and Child Health Network study data. Participa ... Full text CiteCritical Data for Critical Care: A Primer on Leveraging Electronic Health Record Data for Research From Society of Critical Care Medicine's Panel on Data Sharing and Harmonization
Journal Article Critical Care Explorations · November 15, 2024 A growing body of critical care research draws on real-world data from electronic health records (EHRs). The bedside clinician has myriad data sources to aid in clinical decision-making, but the lack of data sharing and harmonization standards leaves much ... Full text CiteNursing Interventions and Intracranial Pressure Change in Pediatric Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.
Journal Article Dimensions of critical care nursing : DCCN · September 2024 BackgroundNursing interventions in the care of pediatric patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have a direct effect on intracranial pressure (ICP), yet they have been largely underexplored. Early evidence is therefore needed to des ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
A Risk Stratification Model for Health and Academic Outcomes in Children with Concussion Based on Novel Symptom Trajectory Typologies
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028Influences Of Social Determinants Of Health And Parental Participation In Hospital Care On Development Of Parenting Confidence Among Parents Of Children With A Congenital Heart Defect
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026The Use of Environmental Sensors to Measure the Relationship of Light and sound to Delirium Scores in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by World Federation of Pediatric Intensive & Critical Care Services · 2019 - 2024View All Grants