Rebecca is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Board Certified Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She specializes in neuropsychiatry among military and agency Special Operations Forces. She is particularly concerned with the long term mental health care of Operators who have been exposed to chronic sub concussive traumatic brain injuries, including low level blast.Rebecca partners with the Special Operations Forces community through community engagement and community-based participatory research initiatives to address urgent, unmet health and wellbeing concerns.She was trained as a nurse at the University of Delaware and holds a masters degree from Northeast College of Health Sciences. Rebecca is originally from New Jersey.

Ivory, R.A. & Hoagie. (2023). Stellate ganglion block as treatment for risk taking behaviors among Naval Special Warfare operators & veterans. DNA Reporter, 48(3).

McEvoy, C., Crabtree, A., Case, J., Means, G.E., Muench, P., Thomas, R.G., Ivory, R.A., Mihalik, J., & Meabon, J.S. (2024). Utility of cumulative blast impulse and baseline measures of neurobehavioral symptoms in predicting changes in traumatic brain injury symptoms after low-level blast exposure during military training. Military Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae082

Crabtree, A., McEvoy, C., Muench, P., Ivory, R.A., Rodriguez, J., Omer, M., Charles, T., Meabon, J.S. (2024). Modeling highly repetitive low-level blast exposure in mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38856207/

Crabtree, A., McEvoy, C., Muench, P., Ivory, R.A., Rodriguez, J., Omer, M., Charles, T., Meabon, J.S. (2024). Author Spotlight: Deciphering the long-term effects of low-level blast exposure in mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. https://www.jove.com/t/66592/author-spotlight-deciphering-long-term-effects-low-level-blast

Ivory, R.A., Graber, J., Frueh, B.C., & Cady, H. (2024). Operator Syndrome education for the bedside nurse: A continuing education article. Nursing.  https://journals.lww.com/nursing/fulltext/2024/08000/operator_syndrome__nursing_care_and_considerations.8.aspx

Graber, J., Ivory, R.A., & Saylor, J. (2024). Mean girl mentality: Bullying new nursing faculty. Nursing.  [Accepted].

Ivory, R.A., Pate, K.M., Jones, B.M., Lindberg, S.M., & Frueh, B.C. (2024). Nursing considerations for ketamine infusion therapy in behavioral health. Nursing. [Under review].

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Special National Responsibilities:

• Member, Board of Health, SEAL Future Foundation, San Diego, CA
• Member, Policy and Safety Board, International Breachers Group, Southaven, MS
• Mental Health Consultant, Best Defense Foundation: Stronghold Retreats, San Diego, CA