Lorraine B. Robbins, PHD, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN
Professor Emerita
Research
1355 Bogue St. #C245, East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Biography
I am interested in testing interventions that include parental support to promote physical activity and healthy eating among children and adolescents to assist them in attaining or maintaining a healthy weight. I have served as the PI of 3 NIH/NHLBI-funded research grants (2 successfully completed; 1 ongoing).
I am taking on PhD students as a co-advisor.
Interest Areas:
Physical activity
Nutrition
Adolescent health
Obesity
Parent/guardian support
Education
Post-master's-Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, University of Michigan
National Institutes of Health Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, Health Promotion/Risk Reduction
PhD, Widener University
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2025 MSU Community Engagement Scholarship Lifetime Achievement Award. University Outreach and Engagement.
2024 MSU College of Nursing Graduate Teaching Award
2022 Expertscape's PubMed-based algorithms place you in the top 1% Of scholars writing about Obesity over the past 10 years, a level labeled as "Expert." Expertscape tweeted the following on Twitter on Wednesday, January 19, 2022: “In keeping with Healthy Weight Week (Jan 16-22, 2022), congratulations to Dr. Lorraine B Robbins of Michigan State University -- Recognized as an Expertscape Expert in Obesity. Reaching this level of expertise is a tremendous achievement.”
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Research and Grants
09/01/2019 – 08/31/24 (PI) Guys/Girls Opt for Activities for Life (GOAL) Trial (R61HL144896/R33) Funder: NIH/NHLBI $3,861,456
04/01/2019 – 03/31/2021 (Co-I) Using Facebook and Participatory Learning in an Intergenerational Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Head Start Preschoolers (R21NR017958) Funder: NIH/NINR (J. Ling, PI) $426,132
01/01/2020 – 12/31/2021 (Co-PI) FirstStep2Health: An Intergenerational Program to Promote Healthy Eating Habits (R-1904-144322) Funder: Michigan Health Endowment Fund (J. Ling, PI) $425,618
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