Overview
Rebecca Fillipo is a PhD student in Population Health Sciences interested in advancing methods to study the impact of climate change on health outcomes.
Recent Publications
Patterns and trajectories of peripheral inflammatory cytokines, immune tolerance, and lymphocyte differentiation predict transition from acute to chronic low back pain in a sex- and age-specific manner.
Journal Article Pain · February 1, 2026 The immune system mediates pain perception in preclinical models. Yet, the role of the immune system in transition to a chronic pain state in humans remains unclear, and biomarkers to inform the clinical management and/or development of therapies to preven ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRacial and Ethnic Disparities in the Incidence and Prevalence of Low Back Pain in the United States: A Systematic Review.
Journal Article Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) · October 13, 2025 OBJECTIVE: This systematic review synthesizes existing evidence to quantify racial and ethnic disparities in low back pain (LBP) incidence and prevalence in the United States across stages of chronicity (acute, subacute, and chronic LBP). METHODS: Followin ... Full text Open Access Link to item CitePhenotypes of patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis presenting for non-operative care: Baseline data from The Lumbar Stenosis Prognostic Subgroups for Personalizing Care and Treatment (PROSPECTS) Study.
Journal Article Pain Med · July 25, 2025 OBJECTIVE: This study describes the enrollment and baseline characteristics of participants in the PROSPECTS cohort and explores subgroups of patients presenting for non-operative care. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING AND SUBJECTS: We enrolled adult ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Biomarkers to Advance Clinical Phenotypes of Low Back Pain (BACk)
ResearchGraduate Student · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2023 - 2028Lumbar Stenosis Prognostic Subgroups for Personalizing Care & Treatment
ResearchGraduate Student · Awarded by University of Washington · 2020 - 2026View All Grants