Lisa Robinson (scientist)

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Lisa Robinson
NationalityCanadian
Education University of Toronto (1991)
Occupation(s) Clinician-scientist, Professor, Pediatric Nephrologist

Lisa Robinson is a Canadian clinician-scientist. She is a University of Toronto professor in the Department of Paediatrics and the Dean [1] of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, former Head of the Division of Nephrology at The Hospital for Sick Children, a Senior Scientist at the SickKids Research Institute, [2] [3] [4] President American Pediatric Society 2022-2023, and the first-ever Chief Diversity officer for the Faculty of Medicine at University of Toronto. [5]

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Education and training

Robinson is originally from Toronto, Canada. [6] She completed her undergraduate and medical education (1991) at the University of Toronto, [4] [6] [7] where she was one of two black medical students in her class. [7] [8] [9]

Robinson completed an internal medicine internship at the Toronto General Hospital (1991-1992), and then a pediatrics residency at the Children's Hospital of Western Ontario (1992-1995). [3] [4] [6] In 1995, she became a fellow of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. [3] She held a fellowship in pediatric nephrology at Duke University, in North Carolina (1995-1999). [4] [6] She completed research training in the Departments of Immunology and Medicine at Duke University, as a part of the Pediatric Scientist Development Program. [3] [6] [7]

From 1999 to 2002, Robinson was a clinician-scientist at the Duke University Medical Center. She returned to Toronto in 2002, joining the Hospital for Sick Children as a staff nephrologist and a scientist-track investigator in inflammation, immunity, injury and repair. [3] [7]

Career

Research

Robinson's research interests lies in inflammation, with a focus on the pathways underlying white blood cell migration. [6] As a pediatric nephrologist, her clinical interests lie in kidney transplantation and acute kidney injury. [7] She is a Canada Research Chair for leukocyte migration in inflammation and injury. [3] [6]

Science outreach and advocacy for diversity

In 2006, Robinson founded the Manulife Kids Science program at the Hospital for Sick Children, which provides interactive science outreach to at-risk middle and high school youth (including patients who receive care at the hospital, and youth in remote and/or disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the Greater Toronto Area). [4] [6] [7] [10] [11] 16,000 children have participated in the program [7] In 2008, she received the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Synapse Award ($5,000) in recognition of her outreach efforts through the Kids Science Program. [12] In 2014, she founded the Student Advancement Research (StAR) Program, a SickKids summer research program that provides a six-week paid internship (in research and clinical shadowing) for under-represented minority high school students, particularly Black and Indigenous students. [4] [13]

In 2016, Robinson was appointed the first-ever Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine. [4] [7] [14] In this role, she promotes diversity and inclusion of faculty and staff across the Faculty of Medicine. [15] She is a faculty mentor in the University of Toronto's Diversity Mentorship Program.

Awards

Selected bibliography

References

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  5. "Dr. Lisa Robinson". ArtBeat. 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
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  8. "How a Toronto university aims to attract more black med school applicants". CTVNews. 2017-03-13. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  9. ""In My White Coat, I Am More Black than Ever"". Flare. 2018-02-01. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  10. Children, The Hospital for Sick. "Manulife Kids Science". www.sickkids.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  11. "Standard Life and SickKids take students behind the scenes to experience the cool side of science". www.newswire.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  12. Children, The Hospital for Sick. "SickKids Scientist Dr. Lisa Robinson nationally recognized as a mentor of tomorrow's researchers". www.sickkids.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  13. "Dr Lisa Robinson | BPAO" . Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  14. "Ep 43: Dr. Lisa Robinson". Raw Talk Podcast. 2018-07-25. Archived from the original on 2018-10-07. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
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