Dr. Robinson-Whelen is a Scientist at TIRR Memorial Hermann’s Spinal Cord Injury and Disability Research Center (SCIDR), Senior Investigator at Baylor College of Medicine’s (BCM) Center for Research on Women with Disabilities (CROWD), and Assistant Professor at BCM’s H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She has served as PI or Co-I on over 25 federally funded studies designed to understand and/or promote the physical, psychological, and social health of people with disabilities.