Robin Kjerstin Ohls MD

Dr. Robin Ohls is a Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the University of New Mexico (1995 - 2018). She completed her undergraduate degree in Human Biology at Stanford University in 1983, and completed medical school, and pediatric and neonatal training at the University of Utah in 1993. Following training in developmental hematology at the University of Utah.

Dr. Ohls began her career in research focused on fetal and neonatal hematology. She has been on faculty at the University of New Mexico since 1995. Dr. Ohls has been active in clinical/translational research for over 25 years. Her basic science research focuses on the developmental regulation of erythropoietin gene expression in the human fetus as a model organ system for evaluating the impact of preterm birth on changes in gene expression. She has completed a number of national and international collaborative projects throughout her 23 years as director of the DREAM (Developmental Research, Education and Mentoring) Lab.

Dr. Ohls was the Fellowship Director as well as Division Chief for Neonatology. Dr. Ohls has mentored trainees at all levels: high school, undergraduate, medical school, residency, and fellowship, and was very active in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows for the School of Medicine. She was committed to enhancing collaborative pediatric basic science and translational research and increasing the number of new investigators in child health research.