Thomas N. Robinson, MD, MPH
Member, Scientific Advisory Board
Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine Irving Schulman, MD Endowed Professor in Child Health, Stanford University
Director, Stanford Solutions Science Lab, Director, Center for Healthy Weight, Division of General Pediatrics and Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Dr. Robinson originated the solution-oriented research paradigm and directs the Solutions Science Lab at Stanford. He is known for his pioneering obesity prevention and treatment research, including the concept of stealth interventions. His research applies social cognitive models of behavior to behavioral, social, environmental and policy interventions for children and families in real world settings. He is published widely in the scientific literature and a frequent appointee to expert and advisory panels for leading national and international scientific and public health agencies and organizations. Dr. Robinson also teaches undergraduate and graduate students at Stanford, and practices Pediatrics at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. He received his B.S. and M.D. from Stanford University and his M.P.H. from the University of California, Berkeley. He trained in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital, Boston and Harvard Medical School.
Representative publications:
- Robinson TN. Reducing children's television viewing to prevent obesity: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA, 1999;282:1561-1567.
- Robinson TN, Sirard JR. Preventing childhood obesity: a solution-oriented research paradigm. Am J Prev Med 2005;28(2S2):194-201.
- Dietz WH, Robinson TN. Overweight children and adolescents. N Engl J Med 2005;352:2100-2109.
- Robinson TN, Borzekowski DLG, Matheson DM, Kraemer HC. Effects of fast food branding on young children’s taste preferences. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2007;161:792-797.
- Weintraub DL, Tirumalai EC, Haydel KF, Fujimoto M, Fulton JE, Robinson TN. Team sports for overweight children: the Stanford Sports to Prevent Obesity Randomized Trial (SPORT). Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 2008;162:232-237.
- Epstein LH, Roemmich JN, Robinson JL, Paluch RA, Winiewicz DD, Fuerch JH, Robinson TN. A randomized trial of the effects of reducing television viewing and computer use on body mass index in young children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 2008;162:239-245.
- Robinson TN. Save the world, prevent obesity: piggybacking on existing social and ideological movements. Obesity, 2010;18:S17-S22
- Robinson TN, Matheson DM, Kraemer HC, Wilson DM, Obarzanek E, Thompson NS, Alhassan S, Spencer TR, Haydel KF, Fujimoto M, Varaday A, Killen JD. A randomized controlled trial of culturally-tailored dance and reducing screen time to prevent weight gain in low-income African-American girls: Stanford GEMS. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 2010;164:995-1004.
For a full publications list see here.

