Gabriel Robles

Assistant Professor; Chancellor's Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health

Ph.D., New York University

Brown Latino with a short beard, wearing glasses, a blue suit, blue shirt, green site, standing in front of the Queensboro Bridge

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Area Of Expertise Dr. Robles’ research interests include the health of sexual and gender minorities, motivational interviewing, Latinx health inequities and bilingual intervention development.

Role

Faculty

Bio

Dr. Gabriel Robles (he/él) is a clinical social worker, assistant professor at the School of Social Work and the Chancellor's Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Sexual and Gender Minority Health at Rutgers. Dr. Robles conducts research focused on substance use prevention and sexual health among sexual and gender minorities (SGM) with a strong interest in addressing health inequities among Latinx SGM populations. He examines how cultural values, institutional and interpersonal support, and intersecting identities can serve as resiliency factors in mitigating negative health outcomes. Dr. Robles additionally examines the role that family and romantic/sexual partners play in the health and wellbeing of sexual and gender minorities.

Dr. Robles graduated from the Ph.D. program in social work at New York University. He earned his M.S.W. and an undergraduate degree in linguistics from the California State University in Long Beach. He holds an LCSW from the state of New York.

Dr. Robles is an experienced motivational interviewing clinician and is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.

Follow Dr. Robles and his work at https://twitter.com/GRoblesPhD.

Courses Taught

Research Methods

Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Diversity and Oppression