Research
Across Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, our faculty and students are engaged in transformational research inspired by our calling as Christians to serve others. With a focus on health, quality of life, and human flourishing, Robbins College research is conducted in the lab, in the classroom, and out in the communities we serve.
Signature Research Initiatives
Learn MoreInspired by our Christian mission, we seek to enhance health, quality of life, and human flourishing for all individuals and communities.
Examining and modifying the environmental, psychological, and social determinants that influence behavior and health.
Understanding, preventing, and treating chronic diseases and conditions.
Investigating and improving access to care and opportunities for healthy living.
Optimizing function and independence for those who experience injury, illness, disability, or developmental delay.
Research News
More NewsCommunication Sciences and Disorders alumna Katherine A. Hutcheson, PhD, BCS-S, SLP-CCC, is a nationally known expert in head and neck cancer dysphagia. Through her current research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, she focuses on two core survivorship areas: communication abilities and eating abilities.
In Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, faculty are pursuing innovative research aimed at making a positive impact across the cancer journey—from prevention to treatment to survivorship. Driven by a calling to make a difference through their skills and expertise, these researchers are transforming lives, one study at a time.
In the heart of Dallas, Texas, Master of Public Health in Epidemiology alumna Natalie Noreen, MPH, works directly with individuals who are currently living at the edges of America’s healthcare system. She says Baylor professors helped to shape how she sees people—not as diagnoses or datasets, but as whole human beings.
In Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, undergraduate students step into the research environment—labs, field sites, creative studios, and data projects—and find themselves reshaping how they think and learn. For many, their undergraduate research experience is a turning point in their academic journeys and personal lives.