Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN
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Associate Professor Family and Community Health
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Program Director, Environmental Health Certificate Family and Community Health
- Location:
- Room 645C, School of Nursing Building
- Phone:
- 410-706-4803
- Office Hours:
- by appointment
- Email:
Education
- BS, Nursing, Salisbury State University, 1997
- MS, Community Public Health Nursing, University of MD School of Nursing, 2001
- Post Master's Certificate in Environmental Health Nursing, University of MD School of Nursing, 2003
- PhD, Philosophy in Nursing Research, University of MD School of Nursing, 2010
Contracts, Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research
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- Date:
- 2011 - 2012
- Title:
- Analysis of Eco-Healthy Child Care Program Data
- Sponsoring Organization:
- University of Maryland School of Nursing
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2014 - 2015
- Title:
- Pesticide Monitoring on Soccer Fields via Wipe and Urine Samples
- Sponsoring Organization:
- University of Maryland School of Nursing
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2016 - 2017
- Title:
- Creating an IPE Climate Change Elective
- Sponsoring Organization:
- MADE CLEAR Climate Change
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2016 - 2019
- Title:
- Community and Public Health Environmental Initiative
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Funding received from Mary Catherine Bunting Foundation
- Role:
- Supporting
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- Date:
- 2017 - 2019
- Title:
- Determining the Contribution of Pesticides to Asthma in Children
- Sponsoring Organization:
- University of Maryland School of Nursing
- Role:
- Principal
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- Date:
- 2018 - 2019
- Title:
- Baltimore City Lead Testing
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Private Donor
- Role:
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- Date:
- 2019 - 2020
- Title:
- ICTR Voucher Program Award
- Sponsoring Organization:
- UMB ICTR Genomic Research Center: Microbiome Service Lab
- Role:
- Multiple Principal Investigator
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- Date:
- 2019 - 2020
- Title:
- Research Facilitation Award
- Sponsoring Organization:
- BBAL Research Center
- Role:
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- Date:
- 2022 - 2023
- Title:
- Summer 2022 Research Facilitation Grant for PEACH
- Sponsoring Organization:
- UMSON BBAL Research Center
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
Research Interests
- Pesticide exposure
Children's Environmental Health
Early childhood learning environments
Research Activity
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- Duration:
- 2011 - 2012
- Title:
- Analysis of Eco-Healthy Child Care Program Data
- Description:
- UMSON DRIF Funding
- Status:
- Complete
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- Duration:
- 2014 - 2015
- Title:
- Pesticide Monitoring on Soccer Fields via Wipe and Urine Samples
- Description:
- UMSON BBAL DRIF and FCH Funding
- Status:
- Complete
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- Duration:
- 2015 - Current
- Title:
- Evaluation of presence of environmental hazards in preschools
- Status:
- On-Going
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- Duration:
- 2015 - Current
- Title:
- Evaluation of program to educate preschool staff about environmental hazards
- Status:
- Complete
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- Duration:
- 2016 - Current
- Title:
- Evaluation of relationship of biomarkers for exposure to wheeze in young children
- Status:
- Complete
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- Duration:
- 2023 - Current
- Title:
- IPEC Seed Grant: Climate Change and Health Equity in Maryland: An Interprofessional Education Collaboration
- Description:
- Through this grant, our multidisciplinary Climate Change and Health Equity in Maryland collaboration aims – as a first step – to address this educational gap by developing and implementing a Climate and Health Equity course, which will empower students from professional tracks across UMB and UMCP to take greater responsibility for addressing societal problems arising from climate change through analysis and action. The course will be followed up with a culminating symposium focused on real-world, practical solutions for communities in the Baltimore metro area.
- Status:
- On-Going
Publications
- Gilden, R. C., Friedmann, E., Sattler, B., Squibb, K. & McPhaul, K. (2012, May 1). Potential health effects related to pesticide use on athletic fields.. Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.), 29 (3), 198-207. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1446.2012.01016.x
- Gilden, R. C., McElroy, K., Friedmann, E., Witherspoon, N. O. & Paul, H. (2015, March 1). Evaluation of the Children's Environmental Health Network's environmental stewardship checklist responses.. Journal of environmental health, 77 (7), 22-8.
- Gilden, R. C., Plisko, M., Hiteshew, K., Friedmann, E. & Milton, D. (2016, May). Pesticide monitoring on soccer fields via shoe wipes and urine samples. Environmental Research, 147, 294-296. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2016.02.027
- Gilden, R. C., McElroy, K., Friedmann, E., Spanier, A., Son, H., Obot Witherspoon, N., et al. (2018). Train-the-Trainer Approach in the Eco-Healthy Child Care® Program.. Health Behav Policy Rev.™, 5 (2), 59-65. doi:10.14485/HBPR.5.2.6
- Spanier, A. J., McLaine, P. L. & Gilden, R. C. (2019, April (2nd Quarter/Spring)). Screening for Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children and Pregnant Women. no, Journal of the American Medical Association.
- Gilden, R. C., Friedmann, E., Holmes, K., Yolton, K., Xu, Y., Lanphear, B., et al. (2020, September 30). Gestational Pesticide Exposure and Child Respiratory Health.. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17 (19). doi:10.3390/ijerph17197165
- Indoor air quality monitoring in Baltimore City, MD head start centers.. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03785-2
- Gilden, R. C. (2022, May). PESTICIDES AND CHILD VULNERABILITIES. Environmental Health in Nursing, 2nd Ed. Rockville, MD.
- Systematic review: Association of pesticide exposure and child wheeze and asthma. Current Pediatric Reviews, 19 (2), 169 – 178. doi:10.2174/1573396318666220510124457
- Gestational and Early Childhood Pesticide Exposure and Child Neurobehavioral Health: A Literature Review. Neurotoxicology.
Presentations
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- Year:
- 2011
- Title:
- Potential Health Effects Related to Pesticide Use on Athletic Fields
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
- Location:
- Washington DC
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- Year:
- 2012
- Title:
- Preliminary Data Analysis of the Eco-Healthy Child Care Program Checklist and Train-the-Trainer Program.
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
- Location:
- San Francisco CA
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- Year:
- 2014
- Title:
- Pesticide Monitoring on Soccer Fields Via Wipe and Urine Samples.
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
- Location:
- New Orleans LA
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- Year:
- 2015
- Title:
- Pesticide Monitoring on Soccer Fields Via Wipe and Urine Samples.
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- National Environmental Health Association Conference
- Location:
- Orlando FL
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- Year:
- 2017
- Title:
- Nurses at the forefront of climate change education and solutions.
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
- Location:
- Atlanta GA
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- Year:
- 2018
- Title:
- Building a Culture of Health in Baltimore City Early Head Start
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- MD Action Coalition
- Location:
- Baltimore MD United States
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- Year:
- 2018
- Title:
- Gestational pesticide exposure and child respiratory health
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- American Public Health Association
- Sponsoring Organization:
- American Public Health Association
- Location:
- San Diego CA United States
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- Year:
- 2020
- Title:
- Climate Change and Environmental Health at UMSON
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- GCCHE Quarterly Member Webinar
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education
- Location:
- United States
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- Year:
- 2022
- Title:
- Planetary Health Nursing for Justice and Health Equity: A Call to Action
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- Midwest Nursing Research Society Annual Conference
- Location:
- Chicago IL United States
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- Year:
- 2022
- Title:
- State-wide Expansion of a Public Health School Nurse Model in Low-Income Child-Care Centers in Maryland
- Conference/Meeting Name:
- American Public Health Association Meeting and Expo
- Sponsoring Organization:
- American Public Health Association
- Location:
- Boston MA United States
Areas of Specialization
- Environmental Health
Primary Teaching Areas
- Environmental Health I
Advanced Environmental Health
Applied Toxicology
Public Health for the Registered Nurse
Media Appearances and Interviews
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- Title:
- Healthy Air Act
- Name:
- MD General Assembly
- Type:
- Other
- Date:
- 2006
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- Title:
- No More Toxic Tub
- Name:
- WBFF Fox 45
- Type:
- TV
- Date:
- 2009
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- Title:
- Child Safe Playing Fields
- Name:
- MD House of Delegates
- Type:
- Other
- Date:
- 2015
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- Title:
- Nontherapeutic Use of Antimicrobial Drugs in Cattle, Swine and Poultry and Antibiotic Drug Usage - Food-Producing Animals
- Name:
- MD General Assembly
- Type:
- Other
- Date:
- 2017
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- Title:
- Pesticides-Use, Release, Sale and Purchase Reporting
- Name:
- MD General Assembly
- Type:
- Other
- Date:
- 2013
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- Title:
- Support for the Clean Power Plan on behalf of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE)
- Name:
- Hearing for US Environmental Protection Agency at MD General Assembly
- Type:
- Other
- Date:
- 2018
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- Title:
- Who Cares - We Do: Keeping Children Out of Harm’s Way
- Name:
- UMSON Office of Research
- Type:
- Internet
- Date:
- July 2017
Honors/Awards
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- Name:
- Doctoral Merit Scholar
- Date:
- 2006
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- Name:
- UMSON Alumni Association Award, Outstanding PhD Graduate
- Date:
- 2010
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- Name:
- Daily Record Leading Woman Under 40
- Date:
- December 2015
Academic and Professional Activities
University
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- Date:
- 2010 - Current
- Organization:
- Community Public Health Master's Admissions Committee
- Role:
- Member
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- Date:
- 2013 - Current
- Organization:
- Green SON Team
- Role:
- Co-Chair
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- Date:
- 2021 - 2023
- Organization:
- AACN Essentials Curriculum Revision Committee
- Role:
- Post-Bachelor's Certificate Representative
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- Date:
- 2021 - 2024
- Organization:
- Campus-wide Engagement and Education Sustainability Sub-Committee
- Role:
- Co-Chair
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- Date:
- 2010 - Current
- Organization:
- Community Public Health Master's Admissions Committee
- Role:
- Member
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- Date:
- 2023 - Current
- Organization:
- Community Public Health Faculty Interview Committee
- Role:
- Member
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- Date:
- 2023 - Current
- Organization:
- PhD Curriculum Committee
- Role:
- Member
Professional
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- Date:
- 2020 - Current
- Organization:
- American Public Health Association Environment Section
- Role:
- Governing Councilor
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- Date:
- 2019 - Current
- Organization:
- Salisbury University College of Health and Human Services
- Role:
- Board of Advisors
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- Date:
- 2015 - Current
- Organization:
- Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
- Role:
- Committee Member
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- Date:
- 2015 - Current
- Organization:
- Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education
- Role:
- Committee Member
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- Organization:
- American Journal of Nursing
- Role:
- Manuscript Reviewer/Referee
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- Organization:
- Public Health Nursing
- Role:
- Manuscript Reviewer/Referee
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- Organization:
- IJERPH
- Role:
- Manuscript Reviewer/Referee
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- Organization:
- Environmental Research
- Role:
- Manuscript Reviewer/Referee
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- Date:
- 2010 - 2017
- Organization:
- US Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Program Dialog Committee
- Role:
- Committee Member
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- Date:
- 2015 - 2023
- Organization:
- MD Keep Antibiotics Working
- Role:
- Committee Member
Public
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- Date:
- 2003 - 2012
- Organization:
- Carroll County Commissioners Environmental Advisory Council
- Role:
- Committee Member