Cordelia Robinson, Ph.D., R.N., B.S. Nursing, D'Youville College, Buffalo, NY, M.A. Special Education; Ph.D. Psychology, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Dr. Robinson, Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Since 1993 Dr. Robinson has been director of JFK Partners, an interdepartmental program of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the CU School of Medicine In this role she is responsible for providing leadership, direction to an interdisciplinary professional staff of over 40 faculty members. Dr. Robinson has professional preparation in Nursing (BS) Special Education (MA) and Developmental Psychology with a research specialty in Intellectual Disabilities (PhD) from Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. She is currently Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Preventative Medicine. She has worked in the field of early intervention for children with developmental disabilities as a clinician, researcher and educator of personnel from multiple disciplines since 1973. She has been the PI on over 30 federally funded demonstration, training or research projects in the field of Developmental Disabilities and Intellectual Disabilities. Work since 2001 has been focused on Autism Spectrum Disorders. She is Co-Principal Investigator on the CDCP funded Colorado CADDRE and Surveillance projects and Co-Principal Investigator on the Colorado site of the Autism Treatment Network. Community work in Colorado includes service on the Developmental Disabilities Council and the Colorado Autism Commission.