Education: PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Michigan, 1999; BA, English, Duke University, 1992

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Scott Roberts, PhD

Roberts Research Group Director

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Dr. Scott Roberts is a Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Equity (HBHE) at the University of Michigan School of Public Health (SPH). Before joining the HBHE faculty in 2006, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, where he was a Co-Director of the Education Core at the NIH-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Center. At U-M, he co-directs the MPH/MS Dual Degree Program in Public Health and Genetic Counseling. He is a core faculty member in the SPH Certificate Program in Public Health Genetics and directs the Genomics, Health & Society within the U-M Center for Bioethics & Social Sciences in Medicine. Additionally, he serves as the Director of the Outreach, Recruitment, and Education (ORE) Core at the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (MADRC), Co-Chair of the Michigan Dementia Coalition, and Associate Director of the U-M National Poll on Healthy Aging (NPHA).

Dr. Roberts is currently co-leading an NIH-funded R01 study examining the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of workplace genetic testing (wGT). In addition, Dr. Roberts has led numerous other federally-funded projects examining issues, including the following: (1) the motivations, attitudes, and behaviors of consumers receiving personal genomic services; (2) protocols for returning individual cancer and aortic disease genetic test results to research participants; and (3) communication challenges in disclosing germline and tumor sequencing results to patients with cancer and kidney disease. In addition to his work on the disclosure of genetic results, Dr. Roberts is interested in mental health and has previously studied and implemented a wellness program, Mood Lifters for Seniors, to improve the well-being of older adults.

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