Health Psychology

Tenured

Faculty

Education and Training

• Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Brown Medical School
• Ph.D., Syracuse University
• Clinical Internship, Brown Medical School
• B.S., Duke University

Research Interests

Dr. Robin Everhart’s program of research is focused on understanding chronic disease management from a family systems perspective, particularly within the context of equity, culture, and community. Her work is focused primarily in pediatric pulmonary diseases (e.g., asthma, cystic fibrosis [CF]) and uses a community-engaged approach that partners with the community in research endeavors aimed at reducing health inequities. Dr. Everhart has been funded as Principal Investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth, Society of Pediatric Psychology (APA Division 54), and internal funding from VCU (Quest Fund). Her primary line of research has included working with the community to develop, implement, and evaluate an asthma intervention program (RVA Breathes) in a randomized clinical trial. Other areas of research include tobacco use prevention among African American youth with asthma, and mental health and adherence behaviors among people with CF. Dr. Everhart is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in Virginia.

Select Publications

* denotes a student author at the time of writing

• Everhart, R. S., *Lohr, K. D., *Holder, R. L., *Morton, S. C. M., *Miller, A., Corona, R., Mazzeo, S. E., Thacker II, L. R., & Schechter, M. S. (2024). Main outcomes from the RVA Breathes randomized controlled trial. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsae052.
• *Kelleher, J., Durkin, K., Fedele, D. A, Moffett, K., Filigno, S. S., Lynn, C., Everhart, R. S., Stark, L. J., Duncan, C. L. (2024). Giving adolescents with cystic fibrosis a voice: Predicting cystic fibrosis nutritional adherence from their decision-making involvement. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsae034
• Everhart, R. S., *Lohr, K. D., *Ramos, M., *Hernández Dubon, R. E., Heron, K. E., Mazzeo, S. E., & Corona, R. (2023). Perceived stress, religiosity, and substance use in African American and Latinx college students with asthma in the USA. Journal of Religion and Health, 62(2), 1050-1069. doi: 10.1007/s10943- 023-01754-2
• *Lohr, K. D., Everhart, R. S., *Holder, R. L., *Boutté, R., Corona, R., & Mazzeo, S. E. (2023). Changes in caregiver mental health and pediatric asthma control during COVID-19. Journal of Asthma, 60(9), 1741-1750. https://doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2023.2185892
• Everhart, R. S., Mazzeo, S. E., Corona, R., *Holder, R. L., Thacker II, L. R., & Schechter, M. S. (2020). A community-based asthma program: Study design and methods of RVA Breathes. Contemporary Clinical Trials. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2020.106121

Affiliations

• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's PRIME Working Group
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's STRC
• Society of Pediatric Psychology

Courses

• Child Health Psychology, graduate level
• Child Health Psychology, undergraduate level
• Human Services Fieldwork (Service Learning), undergraduate level
• Psychological Tests and Measurement, undergraduate level

Awards

• Eminent Scholar Award, College of Humanities and Sciences, 2018
• Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award, VCU Department of Psychology, 2017
• Outstanding Teaching Award, VCU Department of Psychology, 2015

Links

• VCU professor receives $5.8M grant to launch program that will help Richmond children with asthma 
• VCU Quest Fund provides grants to 21 faculty-led projects that target society’s biggest challenges