About

Rebecca Goldstein is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service. Her research interests include the politics of criminal justice policy, racial and ethnic politics, and bureaucratic politics. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University’s Department of Government and her B.A. in Statistics from Harvard College. Her research has been published or is forthcoming in various academic journals, including the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the American Sociological Review, The Journal of Law and Economics, Urban Affairs Review, the Yale Law Journal, and the American Criminal Law Review. She is currently working on a book project that explores the causes and consequences of the rise of progressive prosecutors in the United States.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Surgery
• Internal medicine
• Pediatrics

Selected publications

• Obesity as a Predictor of Outcomes in Type III and Type IV Supracondylar Humerus Fractures

  Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma · 2021 · 7 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Internal medicine

  OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association of obesity with fracture characteristics and outcomes of operatively treated pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures. DESIGN: Retrospective multicenter. SETTING: Two Level I pediatric hospitals. PATIENTS: Patients (age <18 years) with operatively treated Gartland type III and type IV fractures 2010-2014. INTERVENTION: Closed or open reduction and percutaneous pinning of supracondylar humerus fractures. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Incidence of Gartland IV fracture, preoperative nerve palsy, open reduction and complication rates. RESULTS: Patients in the obese group had a significantly higher likelihood of having a Gartland IV fracture (not obese: 17%; obese: 35%; P = 0.007). There was a significantly higher incidence of nerve palsy on presentation in the obese group (not obese: 20%; obese: 33%; P = 0.03). No significant differences were found between groups regarding incidence of open reduction, compartment syndrome, and rates of reoperation. CONCLUSIONS: The present study demonstrates that obese children with a completely displaced supracondylar humerus fractures have an increased risk of Gartland type IV and preoperative nerve palsy compared with normal weight children. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Prognostic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

  DOI

• Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis in Children without Obesity

  The Journal of Pediatrics · 2020 · 14 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Medicine
  • Pediatrics
  • Surgery
  DOI

Frequent coauthors

• Alexander Nazareth

  83 shared

• Lindsay M. Andras

  Orthopedic Center

  68 shared

• Robert M. Kay

  Orthopedic Center

  61 shared

• David L. Skaggs

  Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  53 shared

• Ali A. Siddiqui

  University of Florida

  41 shared

• J. Lee Pace

  Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine

  27 shared

• Stephen Shymon

  Harbor–UCLA Medical Center

  24 shared

• Kyle K. Obana

  Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  23 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Department of Government

  Harvard University

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