Stephanie Alayne Robinson PhD
Assistant Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
72 E. Concord Street | (617) 358-2800srobins1@bu.edu
Sections
Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Biography
I am a research psychologist and health services researcher. My work is focused on evaluating and implementing accessible, patient-facing technologies to promote self-management behaviors, such as physical activity, in patients with chronic disease. I am specifically interested in understanding how to leverage technology to expand access to pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with COPD who cannot attend conventional, in-person programs. My PhD is in social developmental psychology, where my research was focused on understanding mechanisms between psychosocial determinants (e.g., self-efficacy) and healthy behaviors (e.g., physical activity), and how these relationships vary across the lifespan. I completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship in Health Services Research at the Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR) at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, where I am currently an investigator.
Education
Psychology, PhD, Brandeis University
Psychology, MA, Catholic University of America
Psychology, BA, Elon University
Publications
Robinson SA, Burns PA, Fitzelle-Jones E, Gagnon DR, Moy ML. Pulmonary rehabilitation is associated with increased 1-year survival in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Jun 01; 212(6):1227-1236. PMID: 42085209.
Published on 4/21/2026Robinson SA, Shusterman S, Barker AM, Fix GM, Wiener RS. Patient Perceptions of Quality of Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening in Telehealth vs In-Person Discussions. Chest. 2026 Apr 21. PMID: 42025999.
Published on 3/26/2026Zocchi MS, Lipschitz JM, Bixler FR, Robinson SA, Etingen B, Hogan TP, Ndiwane N, Calkins S, Newton T, Shah N, Kragen B, Young AS, Shimada SL. Patient Sharing of Digital Health Data in the Veterans Health Administration: Cross-Sectional Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2026 Mar 26; 28:e80517. PMID: 41885918.
Published on 1/13/2026Robinson SA, Shell P, Am L, Bilodeau CL, Gordon HS, Uphold CR, Vimalananda VG, Cutrona SL, Hogan TP, Smith B, Shimada SL. Developing a Customizable Texting Intervention for Diabetes Self-Management: Participatory Design Approach. JMIR Form Res. 2026 Jan 13; 10:e83144. PMID: 41528767.
Published on 1/10/2026Sappington I, Toul M, Lee DS, Robinson SA, Goreshnik I, McCurdy C, Chan TC, Buchholz N, Huang B, Vafeados D, Garcia-Sanchez M, Roullier N, Glögl M, Kim CJ, Watson JL, Torres SV, Verschueren KHG, Verstraete K, Hinck CS, Benard-Valle M, Coventry B, Sims JN, Ahn G, Wang X, Hinck AP, Jenkins TP, Ruohola-Baker H, Banik SM, Savvides SN, Baker D. Improved protein binder design using ß-pairing targeted RFdiffusion. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 10; 17(1):1101. PMID: 41519838.
Published on 9/5/2025Robinson SA, Lipschitz JM, Ndiwane N, Bixler FR, Etingen B, Zocchi MS, Shimada SL, Palmer JA, Newton TJ, Shah N, Hogan TP. Same goal, different perspectives: Stakeholder views on context for connected care technology implementation in an integrated healthcare system. J Telemed Telecare. 2026 Jul; 32(6):502-510. PMID: 40910952.
Published on 8/7/2025Etingen B, Smith BM, Shimada SL, Robinson SA, Higashi RT, Ndiwane N, Frisbee KL, Lipschitz JM, Richardson E, Irvin D, Hogan TP. What Matters Most to Veterans When Deciding to Use Technology for Health: Cross-Sectional Analysis of a National Survey. JMIR Form Res. 2025 Aug 07; 9:e77113. PMID: 40773745.
Published on 7/1/2025Bamonti PM, Wingood M, Robinson SA, Rose GA, Moy ML. Psychometric evaluation of the exercise self-regulatory efficacy scale using objective measures of physical functioning in persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respir Med. 2025 Sep; 246:108228. PMID: 40609704.
Published on 6/6/2025Newton TJ, Shah N, Lewis K, Zocchi MS, Bixler FR, Etingen B, Lipschitz JM, Robinson SA, Hogan TP, Shimada SL. Developing Infrastructure to Realize the Value of Patient-Generated Health Data in a Large Integrated Health Care System: The Veterans Health Administration Experience. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Jun 06; 27:e70755. PMID: 40479588.
Published on 6/1/2025Wan ES, Decherd J, Stella C, Venne JR, McKeon B, Robinson SA, Bamonti P, Moy ML. Safety and Feasibility of a Two-Way Audiovisual Teleconferenced Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program. CHEST Pulm. 2025 Jun; 3(2). PMID: 41425140.