Rate My Professor Chris Robbins

Christopher Robbins, Ph.D., MPA, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Allied and Population Health within the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions at South Dakota State University, a position he has held since 2022. He earned his Ph.D. in health behavior from Indiana University, Bloomington in 2015, Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Michigan in 2003, and B.S. in clinical and community psychology from the University of Michigan in 1995. Prior to his current role, Robbins served as a Research Data Analyst in the Department of Surgery at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (2020-2021), Research Fellow at the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (2018-2019), Senior Research Area Specialist in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Michigan (2013-2019), and held various research associate and analyst positions at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Hurley Medical Center.

Robbins is a prolific researcher specializing in health behavior and gerontology, with expertise in health outcomes, acute and chronic injuries in older adults, injury prevention, active aging, and determinants of unintentional injury and interpersonal violence. He has collaborated with major agencies including the Department of Defense, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Institutes of Health. His scholarly output includes over 80 peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts, as well as more than 100 peer-reviewed presentations (18 international, 72 national, 28 regional). Key publications include "Promoting harm reduction in rural South Dakota utilizing an interdisciplinary consortium" (JAPhA, 2023), "Opioid use reduced in trauma patients after implementation of multimodal pain protocol" (JSR, 2023), "The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric firearm injuries" (Pediatrics, 2021), and "Surgical versus nonsurgical management of rotator cuff tears: A matched-pair analysis" (JBJS, 2019). His work has garnered 1358 citations, an h-index of 19, i10-index of 28, and a mean journal impact factor of 3.0.