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Wendie Robbins

Associate Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

Fax Number: 310-206-3241
Work Phone Number: 310-825-8999

Work Email Address: wrobbins@sonnet.ucla.edu

Research Interests: Dr. Robbins' research interests include biomarkers used in epidemiologic studies of reproductive/offspring health (development, application and evaluation of biomarkers); reproductive and environmental epidemiology; germ cell mutagenesis; gene environment interactions; and community-based participatory research. She is Biolaboratory Core Director for the UCLA Center for Vulnerable Populations Research. Her clinical interests include germ cell cytogenetics (induced damage and offspring health); occupational and environmental health; infertility; and family and women's health care.

Bio: Dr. Robbins came to UCLA as an Assistant Professor in Fall 1997. She earned a B.S. in Nursing from Arizona State University (1978), M.S. in Nursing from the University of Arizona (1981), and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley (1994). She did her dissertation work with the Biomedical Research Group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Selected Publications:

Young KE, Robbins WA, Xun L, Elashoff D, Rothmann SA, Perreault SD. Evaluation of chromosome breakageand DNA integrity in sperm: an investigation of remote semen collection conditions. Journal of Andrology 2003; 24: 853-861.

Robbins WA. FISH (Fluorescence in situ hybridization) to detect effects of smoking, caffeine, and alcohol on human sperm chromosomes. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 2003; 518: 59-72.

Chapin RE, Robbins WA, Scheive L, Sweeney A, Tabacova S, Tomashek K. History Matters: The influence of pre- and peri-conceptional exposures, parental fertility, and nutrition on childrens�� health. Environmental Health Perspectives 2003; 112: 69-78.

Pekler VA, Robbins WA, Nyamathi A, Yashina TL, Leak B, Robins TA. Use of Versant (TM) TMA and bDNA 3.0 assays to detect and quantify hepatitis C virus in semen. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis 2003; 17(6): 264-270.

Ong TD, Xun L, Perreault SD, Robbins WA. Aneuploidy and chromosome breakage in swim-up versus unprocessed semen from 20 healthy men. Journal of Andrology 2002; 23: 270-277.
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Fax Number: 310-206-3241
Work Phone Number: 310-825-8999

Work Email Address: wrobbins@sonnet.ucla.edu

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