Rachel Lenko


Rachel Lenko

Education

  • PhD in Nursing, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan: 2022
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan: 2017

Specialty

  • Adult

Professional experience

  • Assistant Professor of Nursing, Concordia University Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI: 2022-2023
  • Adjunct Faculty, Nursing Clinical Instructor, Concordia University Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI: 2022
  • Research Assistant, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI; 2021-2022
  • Predoctoral Fellow, Complexity: Innovations in Improving Health and Safety T32 training program, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI; 2019-2022
  • Registered Nurse, Mount Nittany Medical Center: Medical-Oncology Unit, State College, PA; 2018-2019
  • Registered Nurse, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, Pleasant Gap, PA; 2017-2018

Research and scholarship

Research Interests

  • Palliative and end-of-life care
  • Advance care planning
  • Health disparities and health equity

Research Experience

  • 05/2021-08/2022 Graduate Student Research Assistant, The Symptom-Associated Pathway to Substance Use and Misuse during Adolescence
    PI: Dr. Terri Voepel-Lewis, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 07/2021-12/2021 Graduate Student Research Assistant, Patients with Pets Survey PI: Dr. Tiffany Braley, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI Advance care planning
  • 09/2019-06/2021 Graduate Student Research Assistant, Scenario Tailored Opioid Messaging Program
    (STOMP) to Improve Risk Understanding in Young Adults (STOMPYA)
    PI: Dr. Terri Voepel-Lewis, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI

Publications

  • Senger-Carpenter, T., Scott, E. L., Isaman, D. J. M., Lenko, R., Seng, J., Ploutz-Snyder, R., Robinson-Lane, S. G., Cofield, C., Chen, B., Voepel-Lewis, T. (2022). Biopsychosocial Attributes of Single- and MultiRegion Body Pain during Early Adolescence: Analysis of the ABCD Cohort. The Clinical Journal of Pain.
    doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001069
  • Lenko, R., Voepel-Lewis, T., Robinson-Lane, S. G., Silveira, M. J., Hoffman, G. J. (2022). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Informal and Formal Advance Care Planning Among U.S. Older Adults. Journal of Aging and Health, 34(9-10). doi: 10.1177/08982643221104926
  • Voepel-Lewis, T., Veliz, P. T., Heinze, J., Boyd, C. J., Zikmund-Fisher, B., Lenko, R., Grant, J., Bromberg, H., Kelly, A., Tait, A. (2022). Enhancing Risk Perception may be Insufficient to Curtail Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse among Youth after Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Patient Education and Counseling, S0738-3991(22)00040-4. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2022.01.015
  • Lenko, R., Voepel-Lewis, T. (2021). To relieve pain or avoid opioid-related risk? A comparison of parents’ analgesic trade-off preferences and decision-making in 2019 versus 2013 in a single U.S. pediatric hospital. Pediatric Anesthesia, 31(8), 878–884. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.14209
  • Polick, C., Cho, Y., Harris, M. L., Johnson, F. U., Granner, J. R., Lee, H., Lenko, R., Liestenfeltz, B., Webster, K., Youmans, A., Zhou, W. (2021). The Future Speaks: The next generation of nurse scientists’ perspectives on team science as the discipline’s future. Nursing Outlook, 69(4), 518-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2021.03.008

    • Presentations

    1. Senger-Carpenter, T., Seng, J., Scott, E. L., Lenko, R., Isaman, D., Ploutz-Snyder, R., Voepel-Lewis, T., 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference: Abstract accepted for poster presentation: Sex, Puberty and Pain in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Anaheim, CA 10/2022
    2. Senger-Carpenter, T., Lenko, R., Ploutz-Snyder, R., Isaman, D., Chen, B., Voepel-Lewis, T., University of Michigan School of Nursing Research Day 2022: Abstract accepted for oral presentation: Pain Prevalence and Associated Psychological/Somatic Symptoms in the ABCD Cohort. Ann Arbor, MI 04/2022
    3. Voepel-Lewis, T., Lenko, R., Bromberg, H., Kelly, A., Tait, A., Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology 2022: Abstract accepted for poster presentation: Pain and Analgesic Pain Relief Preferences predict Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Intentions/Behavior among Youth after Surgery: Findings from a Randomized Trial. Tampa, FL 04/2022
    4. Voepel-Lewis, T., Lenko, R., Bromberg, H., Kelly, A., Tait, A., Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine 2022: Abstract accepted for oral presentation: Pain and Analgesic Trade-off Preferences Predict Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Intentions/Behavior in Youth after Surgery: Findings from an RCT. Tampa, FL 03/2022. SPPM Research Award Winner.
    5. Voepel-Lewis, T., Veliz, P., Boyd, C., Lenko, R., Bromberg, H., Tait, A., 13th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain: Abstract accepted for oral presentation: Pain and Analgesic Pain Relief Preferences predict Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Intentions/Behavior among Youth after Surgery: Findings from a Randomized Trial. 03/2022 (Virtual)
    6. Lenko, R., 2022 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care: Abstract accepted for paper (oral) presentation: Differences in Informal and Formal Advance Care Planning Use by Race/Ethnicity Among Rachel A. Lenko 11/29/22 3U.S. Older Adults [Paper session cancelled due to COVID-19; Recorded presentation uploaded to conference website]. 02/2022
    7. Lenko, R., Veliz, P., Heinze, J., Grant, J., Malviya, S., Zikmund-Fisher, B., Bromberg, H., Kelly, A., Tait, A. R., Voepel-Lewis, T., 2nd Annual Virtual Injury Prevention Center Research Symposium: Abstract accepted for oral presentation: Enhancing Risk Perception may be Insufficient to Curtail Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Among Youth. 11/2021 (Virtual)
    8. Lenko, R., Malviya, S., Bromberg, H., Kelly, A., Voepel-Lewis, T., Society for Medical Decision Making 43rd Annual North American Meeting: Abstract accepted for oral presentation: Gist-based Education Program Enhances Opioid Misuse Risk Perceptions but does not Impact Prescription Opioid Use or Misuse Among Youth. 10/2021 (Virtual)
    9. Lenko, R., Voepel-Lewis, T., Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine 8th Annual Meeting: Abstract accepted for poster presentation: A recent shift toward analgesic risk aversion among parents of pediatric surgical patients influences their hypothetical decision to administer a prescribed opioid. 04/2021 (Remote due to COVID-19)
    10. Lenko, R., Voepel-Lewis, T., University of Michigan School of Nursing, Dean’s Research Day: Abstract accepted for poster presentation: To relieve pain or avoid analgesic risk? Changes in parents’ analgesic trade-off preferences and decision-making amidst the opioid crisis. 4/2021 (Remote due to COVID-19)

    Professional associations

    • Hospice & Palliative Nurses Association 2017 – Present
    • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 2016 – Present
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