Dr. Robin Dawson
Dr. Robin Dawson, co-founder, is the Interim Dean and Associate Dean for Academics at the University of South Carolina College of Nursing and a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner with 30 years of experience across acute care, inpatient, and community-based settings. Her research draws on clinical practice, communication science, and patient-centered methods to improve healthcare access, patient engagement, and patient outcomes. She examines communication within healthcare encounters to strengthen clinical education and patient-centered care, develops innovative screening and service-delivery approaches for rural and underserved communities to understand the experiences of patients and families. Through this work, Dr. Dawson advances evidence-informed interventions that strengthen healthcare delivery, expand preventive services, and improve outcomes for patients.
