Director, Health Equity & Media Lab
Robin Stevens, PhD, MPH is a health communication scholar working to achieve health equity in African American and Latinx communities in the United States. Stevens uses digital epidemiology to investigate youth well-being, sexual health, mental health and substance use in the context of the digital neighborhood. She uses interdisciplinary community-engaged approaches to improve the health and well-being of Black youth. Her work is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Stevens is the director of the Health Equity & Media Lab. She received her AB from Harvard College, MPH from the University of Michigan, and PhD from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She is a proud Philadelphian.
Awards and Honors:
Early Career Award, American Public Health Association, Public Health Promotion and Health Education Section (2019)
Unsung Hero Award for dedicated service and outstanding accomplishments in the Community-Based Public Health, National Community-Based Organization Network (2019)
NIDA Diversity Scholar, National Institute of Health (2018)
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