Robb is a leader in the community-based research movement in Canada; he is involved in research partnerships that focus on social exclusion and the health and well-being of LGBT youth and trans communities (including Trans PULSE). Supported by a CIHR New Investigator Award (HIV/AIDS Population Health/Health Services), he is the Director of the Equity, Sexual Health and HIV Research Group at the Centre for Community Research, Learning and Action at Laurier where he mentors students in collaborative, action-oriented research.