Robin Harris
Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Public Health
Drachman Hall, room A234
Education:
- MPH, University of Texas, Houston 1973
- PhD, University of Washington, Seattle 1986
Robin B. Harris, MPH, PhD is Professor of Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. She is also Co-Director of the Skin Cancer Institute at the Arizona Cancer Center. Robin is a native Arizonan, although many years have been spent away from the state. Her PhD in epidemiology is from the University of Washington and Master’s in Public Health from the University of Texas at Houston. Her basic philosophy as an epidemiologist is that the practice of epidemiology is collaborative by nature. She seeks to blend teaching, research and service by working with faculty from multiple departments, with health department officials, with students, and with communities.
Environmental research interests - Melanoma, arsenic contamination, sun safety, prospective epidemiologic studies, chronic diseases (cancer), arsenic and other metal exposure, UVR exposures