Robin Rentrope, MPH, MSW, LSW comes to the social welfare doctoral program with over a decade of experience working in humanitarian, social service, and public health systems globally. She specializes in working with nonprofits, government agencies and research groups in strategic planning, human-centered design, and organizational change efforts to transform health Rosystems and professional practices so that they better reach vulnerable, marginalized and crisis-affected populations in mental health stabilization, chronic disease management, and crisis and emergency response services. Before entering the PhD program, she served as a Global Health Security Fellow in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Global Health Center’s Emergency Response and Recovery Branch, working in the realms of organizational change management, strategic planning, information systems development, and global health operations focused on protecting health and saving lives by building the capacity of emergency response systems to respond effectively and equitably to humanitarian crises and disease outbreaks in some of the world’s most fragile settings. As a Mandel Leadership Fellow of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ (ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½), Robin earned a dual MPH/MSW in 2019 and a graduate certification in nonprofit management in 2021. As a Peace Corps Volunteer working in health and education in Uganda, East Africa, a social worker and mental health therapist in various human service nonprofits and healthcare systems, and as a co-investigator and supervisor in research labs focused on HIV and trauma at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, Robin has been deeply involved in adapting, developing, and directing initiatives to address social determinants of health, gender-based violence, gender inequities in education and sexual and reproductive health, and social exclusion in HIV prevention and treatment services. Robin will focus her research on identifying the intersections of social marginalization, trauma/toxic stress, environmental context, and health systems factors that impact the wellbeing and biobehavioral outcomes of individuals and of societies at large. She plans to apply this knowledge to advance social work education and practice and to develop more equitable and responsive public health systems that involve and better serve vulnerable populations such as racially and ethnically marginalized females and gender minorities, marginalized populations affected by public health emergencies in fragile and conflict-affected settings, and people living with highly stigmatized health conditions such as HIV and severe mental illness.
Publications
Holmes, M. R., Rentrope, C. R., Korsch-Williams, A., & King, J. A. (2021, March). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Posttraumatic Stress, Grief, Burnout, and Secondary Trauma of Social Workers in the United States. Clinical Social Work Journal 49(4), 495-504. doi: 10.1007/s10615-021-00795-y
Wright, C.H., Longencker, C.T., Nazzindah, R., Kityo, C., Najjuuko, T., Taylor, K., Rentrope, C.R. & Webel, A.R. (2021, December)). A Mixed Methods, Observational Investigation of Physical Activity, Exercise, and Diet Among Older Ugandans Living With and Without Chronic HIV Infection. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 32(6), 640-651. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000221.
Webel, A.R. Schexnayder, J., Rentrope, C.R., Bosworth, H., Hileman, C., Okeke, N.L., Vedanthan, R., & Longencker, C.T. (2020, November). The Influence of Healthcare Financing on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in People Living with HIV. BMC Public Health, 1768.
Holmes, M.R., Rentrope, C.R., King, J.A., & Korsch-Williams, A. (2020) COVID-19 Pandemic and Emotional Well-Being Study: April 2020 United States Data Snapshot. Available at: /socialwork/traumacenter/resources/covid-19-research/april-2020-data-snapshot
Aifah, A., Okeke, N.L., Rentrope, C.R., Schexnayder, J., Bloomfield, G.S., Bosworth, H., Grover, K., Hileman, C.O., Muiruri, C., Oakes, M., Webel, A.R., Longenecker, C.T., & Vedanthan, R. (2020, February). Use of a human-centered design approach to adapt a nurse-led cardiovascular disease prevention intervention in HIV clinics. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases.
Webel, A.R., Perazzo, J., Phillips, J.C., Nokes, K.M., Rentrope, C.R., Schnall, R., Musanti, R., Adams Tufts, K., Sefcik, E., Hamilton, M.J., Portillo, C., Chaiphibalsarisdi, P., Orton, P., Davis, L., & Rose, C.D. (2019, October). The relationship between physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness among people living with human immunodeficiency virus throughout the lifespan. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 34(5), 364-371. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000589
Presentations
Horvat Davey, C., Rentrope, C., Tunac, C., Gripshover, B., Willig, A.L., & Webel, A.R. (November 2022). The Impact of Food Insecurity and Low Food Access Areas on Adults with HIV in the United States. Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Conference, Tampa, FL.
Webel, A., Schexnayder, J., Rentrope, C.R., Bosworth, H., Hileman, C., Okeke, N.W., Vedanthan, R., Longenecker, C. (2020, July). The Influence of Healthcare Financing on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in People Living with HIV. Oral abstract presented at the 23rd International AIDS Conference, Virtual.
Aifah, A., Okeke, N.L., Rentrope, C.R., Schexnayder, J., Bloomfield, G.S., Bosworth, H., Grover, K., Hileman, C.O., Muiruri, C., Oakes, M., Webel, A.R., Longenecker, C.T., & Vedanthan, R. (2019, December). A human-centered design approach to engage stakeholders: Development of a nurse-led intervention to extend the HIV treatment cascade for cardiovascular disease prevention (EXTRA-CVD). Poster presented at the 12th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, Arlington, VA.