Robin Lindquist-Grantz, PhD, LISW-S is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cincinnati Institute for Policy Research. She received her doctorate in Educational Studies with a concentration in Educational and Community-based Action Research. She is also formally trained as a social worker, and has spent her career as an evaluator and applied researcher working with community organizations on issues related to mental health, substance abuse, child welfare, housing and homelessness, and child and family health. Her most recent work has focused on adolescent and young adult behavioral health, including the use of youth participatory action research with high school students to develop suicide prevention programs that are more relevant to adolescents. She is particularly interested in studying how collaborative processes contribute to individual development, as well as improved community health and well-being outcomes.
Contact: lindqurn@uc.edu