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 NewsBaylor University is well-represented again on a prestigious list compiling the top 2% most-cited researchers in the world. In a database compiled by Stanford University, 50 current or retired Baylor faculty members appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields according to the standard Science-Metrix classification.
At Baylor University's ARKTOS Research Center, researchers uncover new insights into how people think, perform, and make decisions in some of the world's most demanding environments. Cory Smith, PhD, Director of ARKTOS, takes listeners inside this one-of-a-kind research center, which includes an environmental chamber where temperatures can be sustained at 30 degrees below zero Celsius and altitudes can be simulated up to 30,000 feet.
Gabriel A. Benavidez, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, has received a two-year, $168,839, R03 award from the National Institutes of Health for his project, “Refining Small-Area Cancer Surveillance Through AI-Driven Spatial Clustering.”
Congratulations to the 2026-27 Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences internal seed funding award recipients! In addition to the Robbins College Research Program, the College awarded the Pedagogical Scholarship Award Program and the Dr. Mike and Mrs. Micki Maris Endowed Seed Fund for Graduate Student Research.