Lorraine B. Robbins, PHD, RN, FNP-BC, FAAN

Professor Emerita

Research

1355 Bogue St. #C245, East Lansing, Michigan 48824

(517) 353-3011

robbin76@msu.edu

ORCID

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

...

Awards

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.”

...

Publications

Full list of publications

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

...