Robin Richardson

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.