Changing Behaviors: Stealth Interventions, Mindsets and Screenomics
Thomas N. Robinson, M.D., M.P.H. designs solutions to help children and families improve their health and reduce disparities. Dr. Robinson is the Irving Schulman, MD Endowed Professor in Child Health and Professor of Pediatrics, of Medicine, and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University. He directs the Stanford Solutions Science Lab and the Center for Healthy Weight and co-directs the Stanford Screenomics Lab and the Human Screenome Project. He originated the solution-oriented research paradigm, to advance study designs and methods to rapidly inform medical and public health practice and policy. He is known for his pioneering obesity prevention and treatment research, including the theory of stealth interventions. Dr. Robinson’s solution-oriented research is primarily experimental in design, conducting clinic-, family-, school-, community-based randomized controlled trials to test the efficacy and effectiveness of theory-driven behavioral, social, environmental, and technology-driven interventions to prevent and reduce obesity, improve nutrition, increase physical activity and decrease inactivity, reduce children's screen time, improve mental health and well-being, prevent tobacco and alcohol use, reduce aggressive behavior, and promote energy efficiency and environmental sustainability. Dr. Robinson received his B.S. and M.D. from Stanford, M.P.H. in Maternal and Child Health from University of California, Berkeley, Pediatrics training at Children's Hospital, Boston and Harvard Medical School, and post-doctoral training as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at Stanford.