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 NewsResearchers in Baylor University’s Robbins College are celebrating a number of recent, significant external funding awards. Totaling more than $7.4 million, the awards stretch across departments and disciplines, but share a common theme of seeking to enhance health, quality of life, and human flourishing for individuals and communities.
Many stroke, traumatic brain injury, or neurological disease survivors experience aphasia, which is an impairment in their ability to communicate. Researcher Jungjun Park, PhD, CCC-SLP, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, says a speech-language pathologist can help individuals relearn language skills or develop alternative ways to communicate through electronic devices, gestures, notebooks, and pictures.
As environmental challenges amplify wildfires to grow more frequent and more destructive, the lines between rural and urban danger have begun to blur. Professor of Interior Design Debra Harris, PhD, facilitated a national taskforce to create a “guidance toolkit” that shares expert safety tips for before, during, and after wildfires.
Communication 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.