Spencer Robinson

Spencer (he/him) is a Master of Public Health student in the Health & Social Behavior program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research interests center on understanding how social determinants of health shape diet-related health disparities, and developing policies and interventions to further health equity. He is currently investigating childhood exposures to digital food and beverage advertising through the mixed-methods Child Advertising and Product Placement Study (Kids APPS). Spencer is also supporting the Harvard Prevention Research Center’s new community-engaged project to adapt evidence-based healthy eating and physical activity interventions for Boston’s under-resourced Early Childhood Education centers.

Before coming to Harvard, Spencer worked at the Food as Medicine Collaborative in San Francisco where he supported African American patients with hypertension control through a program called Food Pharmacy. He later helped launch a community food hub in San Francisco which provides culturally relevant foods as well as nutrition and cooking education in English, Chinese and Spanish. Informed by his prior experiences, Spencer seeks to employ a community-based participatory research approach via cultivating ongoing relationships with community partners, and co-developing effective nutrition interventions adapted to their communities.

Spencer earned a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Earth Systems from Stanford University. Always engaged in his local community, Spencer is a current member of the Harvard Chan Student Government Association and also enjoys volunteering at youth development programs and community farms. His hobbies are soccer, dancing, and cooking.

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