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Robin Gabriels, PsyD
- Program Director, Neuropsychiatric Special care
I strive to provide the best care for my patients. I believe in treating the child as a whole, taking every aspect of a patient's life and health into consideration during diagnosis and treatment.
Get to know Robin Gabriels, PsyD
Dr. Robin Gabriels, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Depts. of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Anschutz campus School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Dr. Gabriels has over 30 years’ experience developing intervention programs along with assessing and treating a variety of pediatric and adult psychiatric populations, including those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Dr. Gabriels established the Neuropsychiatric Special Care program at Children’s Hospital Colorado, one of the few nationally recognized specialized psychiatric inpatient and day treatment units for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or intellectual disabilities. Her research efforts have focused on the autism population for the past 25 years and for the past 14 years, on evaluating the effects of Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) on youth with ASD. Dr. Gabriels successfully completed an NIH/NINR-funded R01 protocol studying the Effects of Therapeutic Horseback Riding on Children and Adolescents with Autism and she is currently the PI of a 5-year multi-site R01 protocol studying the physiological mechanisms of action relating to immediate and long-term therapeutic horseback riding intervention effects in a psychiatric population of youth with autism spectrum disorder (Project #: 1R01HD097693-01A1).
Fellowship 1900
University of Colorado
Undergraduate 1983
University of Northern Colorado (CO)
Graduate 1985
Norwich University
Graduate 1997
University of Denver
Internship 1997
University of South Carolina School of Medicine Program (Public Health)
Fellowship 1998
University of Colorado
For Patients:
My research interests are primarily focused on evaluating autism treatment outcomes to improve medical procedures community and hospital-based care for individuals on the autism spectrum. I currently have an R01 NIH grant under the National Institute of Nursing Research studying the effects of therapeutic horseback riding on children with autism.
My research interests are primarily focused on evaluating autism treatment outcomes to improve medical procedures community and hospital-based care for individuals on the autism spectrum. I currently have an R01 NIH grant under the National Institute of Nursing Research studying the effects of therapeutic horseback riding on children with autism.
For Referring Providers:
My research interests are primarily focused on evaluating autism treatment outcomes to improve medical procedures community and hospital-based care for individuals on the autism spectrum. I currently have an R01 NIH grant under the National Institute of Nursing Research studying the effects of therapeutic horseback riding on children with autism.
My research interests are primarily focused on evaluating autism treatment outcomes to improve medical procedures community and hospital-based care for individuals on the autism spectrum. I currently have an R01 NIH grant under the National Institute of Nursing Research studying the effects of therapeutic horseback riding on children with autism.
2013 Masters Program Scholar 2013
University of Denver
