Her nursing career of 14 years includes practice in the intensive care unit as a staff nurse and as a critical care educator. Robin joined academia seven years ago and established a successful faculty practice as a nurse practitioner at a community-based health care clinic where she manages the health care of acutely and chronically ill patients with multiple, complex health problems and co-morbid illnesses such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Her work includes a therapeutic lifestyle intervention project shown to decrease cardiovascular risk reduction through a healthy diet and physical activity. Robin received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Masters of Science in Nursing from the University of South Alabama. She will complete her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of South Alabama in December 2007.