School of Nursing

Education

• PhD, The University of Kansas
• MEd, Auburn University
• BM, The Florida State University

External Funding

R01 NR008583 (2005 – 2010). Co-I. Music Video and Adolescent Resilience during Transplant.

Children’s Oncology Group ANUR06031 (2005 – 2010). Study Co-Chair. Music Video and Adolescent Resilience during Transplant.

National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Musi-Cares Grant (2000 – 2006). Co-PI. The Effect of an Active Music Engagement (AME) Intervention on Coping Behaviors of Children with Cancer.

Biosketch

Dr. Robb's program of research focuses on the development and testing of music-based interventions to manage distress, improve positive health outcomes, and prevent secondary psychosocial morbidity in children/adolescents with cancer and their parents. Her Contextual Support Model of Music Therapy has guided development of two music-based interventions that are being tested for children/adolescents with cancer. In 2009, Dr. Robb received an Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) Young Investigators Award, funded by the National Institutes of Health. She collaborates on research that has received funding from the National Association for Recording Arts & Sciences, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, and the Children’s Oncology Group. Dr. Robb has published her research in the Journal of Music Therapy, Psycho-Oncology, Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, Journal of Health Psychology, Cancer Nursing, and Music Therapy Perspectives. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Music Therapy and previously served on the editorial board of Music Therapy Perspectives. Dr. Robb is nationally recognized for her work in pediatric music therapy and was awarded an Outstanding Research/Publications Award (2006) from the American Music Therapy Association.

Selected Publications 

Burns, D., Robb, S. L., Haase, J. E. (2009). Exploring the feasibility of a therapeutic music video intervention in adolescents and young adults during stem cell transplant. Cancer Nursing, 32(4).

Robb, S. L., & Carpenter, J. S. (2009). A review of music-based intervention reporting in pediatrics. Journal of Health Psychology, 14, 490-501.

Robb, S. L., Clair, A. A., Watanabe, M., Monahan, P. O., Azzouz, F., Stouffer, J. W. et al. (2008). Non-randomized controlled trial of the active music engagement (AME) intervention on children with cancer. Psycho-Oncology, 17, 699-708.

Robb, S. L. (2003). Designing music therapy interventions for hospitalized children and adolescents using a contextual support model of music therapy. Music Therapy Perspectives, 21, 27-40.

Robb, S. L., & Ebberts, A. G. (2003). Songwriting and digital video production interventions for pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation Part I: An Analysis of depression and anxiety levels according to phase of treatment. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 20, 1-14.

Robb, S. L., & Ebberts, A. G. (2003). Songwriting and digital video production interventions for pediatric patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation Part II: An analysis of patient-generated songs & patient perceptions regarding intervention efficacy. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing, 20, 15 – 25.

Robb, S. L. (2000). The effect of therapeutic music interventions on the behavior of hospitalized children in isolation: Developing a contextual support model of music therapy. Journal of Music Therapy, 37, 118-146. 

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