Keim Lab Staff

Sarah A. Keim, PhD, MA, MS
Principal Investigator
Sarah.Keim@NationwideChildrens.org

Sarah A. Keim, PhD, MA, MS, is a principal investigator in the Center for Biobehavioral Health at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She is a professor of Pediatrics in The Ohio State University College of Medicine and of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health.  She is a pediatric and perinatal epidemiologist.  Her research focuses on prenatal and early childhood influences like nutritional factors, breastfeeding, or maternal lifestyle on child development, behavior and physical growth.  Many of her studies focus on special populations like children born preterm and children with autism spectrum disorder. 

Lisa Robinette, PhD, MS
Postdoctoral Scientist
Lisa.Robinette@NationwideChildrens.org

Lisa Robinette, PhD, MS, is a Postdoctoral Scientist studying nutrition and neurodevelopment in the Center for Biobehavioral Health at The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and MS and PhD in Human Nutrition from The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on the effects of nutrition and dietary intake on neurodevelopment, with a special interest in children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Lin Sun, PhD, MA
Postdoctoral Scientist
Lin.Sun@NationwideChildrens.org

Lin Sun is a postdoctoral scientist in the area of neurodevelopmental disorders and autism in the Center for Biobehavioral Health at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute ay Nationwide Children's Hospital. He is also a fellow in the patient-centered pediatric research program.

Growing up with a childhood-onset fluency disorder (a neurodevelopmental disorder under DSM-V), he struggled with expressive communication. Personal experiences with speech therapies prompted him to pursue a career related to neurodevelopmental conditions among pediatric populations. Sun’s research interests center around autism early intervention, evidence-based practices, family support, and technology-aided interventions. He obtained a bachelor of arts and master's degree in early childhood education and subsequently worked at a Polytechnic High School before starting his doctoral studies in special education. At Nationwide Children’s, Sun expects to expand his research in the areas of family preferences for intervention programming and decision-making on intervention choices for children with autism and other neurodevelopmental needs.