Dr. Robin A. Richardson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Rollins School of Public Health. Her work examines the social, contextual, and structural causes of poor mental health, intimate partner violence, and low empowerment. Her research program integrates methods and approaches from multiple disciplines, including epidemiology, economics, sociology, and psychology, and is conducted in low-resource settings, including Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as among people experiencing social and economic disadvantage in high-resource settings. The over-arching focus of her research is to inform the design of programs and policies through the generation of high-quality evidence on the underlying causes of these health conditions.
Areas of Interest
- Econometrics
- Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Health Disparities
- Injury & Violence Prevention
- Maternal and Child Health
- Mental Health
- Population Sciences
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social Epidemiology
Education
- PhD 2018, McGill University
- MPH 2013, Oregon Health & Science University
- BA 2001, Oberlin College
Affiliations & Activities
Society for Epidemiologic Research
Population Association of America
Full publication list available here.
Publications
- RA Richardson, S Haight, A Hagaman, S Sikander, J Maselko, LM Bates, 2022, Social support and intimate partner violence in rural Pakistan: a longitudinal investigation of a bidirectional relationship, Social Science & Medicine - Population Health, ,
- RA Richardson, S Harper, S Weichenthal, A Nandi, V Mishra, P Jha, 2020, 2020, Extremes in water availability and suicide: evidence from a nationally representative sample of rural Indian adults, Environmental Research, ,
- RA Richardson, KM Keyes, JT Medina, E Calvo, 2020, Sociodemographic inequalities in depression among older adults: cross-sectional evidence from 18 countries, Lancet Psychiatry, ,