Wendie A. Robbins

Telephone: (310) 825-8999
E-mail: wrobbins@sonnet.ucla.edu

The newest member of the COEH faculty, Dr. Robbins came to UCLA as an Assistant Professor in Fall 1998. She serves as Director of UCLA's Occupational Health Nursing program, with a joint appointment in the UCLA Schools of Public Health (Environmental Health Sciences) and Nursing. Dr. Robbins earned a B.S. degree in nursing from Arizona State University (1978), a M.S. in nursing from the University of Arizona (1991), a M.S. in Epidemiology from the University of Washington (1990) and a Ph.D. (1994) in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is also certified as an OB-Gyne Nurse Practitioner.

Dr. Robbins' research interests include genetic biomarkers used in epidemiologic studies of reproductive/offspring health (development, application and evaluation of biomarkers); reproductive and environmental epidemiology; genetic toxicology (specifically germ cell mutagenesis); gene environment interactions; environmental/occupational exposures related to semen ; and surveillance for occupational disease and injury. Her clinical interests include germ cell cytogenetics (induced damage and offspring health); occupational and environmental health; infertility; and family and women's health care.