Karen A. Robinson

Karen A. Robinson is a Senior Advisor at the Equity Research and Innovation Center within the Yale School of Medicine, where she focuses on business development and strategic planning to advance evidence-based health equity research. She also lectures on The Business of Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder at the Yale School of Management’s MBA for Executives-Healthcare program. Her career blends public policy, investment banking, and risk management expertise, with a focus on healthcare systems, human services, and underperforming assets.

Her professional background includes developing quantitative/qualitative tools for public sector performance monitoring, particularly in federal court systems for class action litigation. She advises organizations on logistics, dignitary protection, and security protocols through affiliations with the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSCAC) and Women in Security (WIS) under the U.S. Department of State. Robinson holds an MPA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Her work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to resilience-building in healthcare and public systems, leveraging her dual roles in academia and security strategy.