Caroline Robinson

About

Dr. Caroline Robinson joined the Department of Organ at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance as an assistant professor in the fall of 2024. She is an accomplished organist, pedagogue, church musician, and music collaborator with performance experience across the United States and internationally in England, Denmark, France, and Germany. Her performances have been broadcast on American Public Media’s Pipedreams, Pipedreams LIVE!, and Philadelphia’s WRTI’s Wanamaker Organ Hour. Robinson has been featured at conventions of the Organ Historical Society, the East Texas Pipe Organ Festival, and the American Guild of Organists, including performing at the 2022 National AGO Convention in Seattle. Her 2024-2025 performances will take her to notable venues such as the Gulangyu Organ Museum in China, the West Point Cadet Chapel, and St. Paul’s Cathedral in Pittsburgh, where she will also give masterclasses.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Internal medicine
• Psychiatry
• Psychology
• Neuroscience
• Psychotherapist
• Family medicine
• Demography
• Physical therapy
• Bioinformatics

Selected publications

• Dietary Reversal Ameliorates Short- and Long-Term Memory Deficits Induced by High-fat Diet Early in Life

  PLoS ONE · 2016-09-27 · 59 citations

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  A high-fat diet (HFD), one of the major factors contributing to metabolic syndrome, which is associated with an increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases, leads to insulin resistance and cognitive impairment. It is not known whether these alterations are improved with dietary intervention. To investigate the long-term impact of a HFD on hippocampal insulin signaling and memory, C57BL6 mice were placed into one of three groups based on the diet: a standard diet (control), a HFD, or a HFD for 1…

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• The Role of Oxidized Cholesterol in Diabetes-Induced Lysosomal Dysfunction in the Brain

  Molecular Neurobiology · 2015-05-14 · 33 citations

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  Abnormalities in lysosomal function have been reported in diabetes, aging, and age-related degenerative diseases. These lysosomal abnormalities are an early manifestation of neurodegenerative diseases and often precede the onset of clinical symptoms such as learning and memory deficits; however, the mechanism underlying lysosomal dysfunction is not known. In the current study, we investigated the mechanism underlying lysosomal dysfunction in the cortex and hippocampi, key structures involved in…

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• The role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in hippocampal insulin resistance

  Experimental Neurology · 2016-01-14 · 32 citations

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• Intranasal Insulin Helps Overcome Brain Insulin Deficiency and Improves Survival and Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment in Male Mice

  Figshare · 2023-01-01

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  Raw data sets for hippoampal insulin levels, relative CSF:Insulin, blood glucose measurements, male and females post-stroke survival, modified neurological severity scores, pre and post stroke novel object location data, post-stroke weights, and blood flow.

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• Hyperinsulinemia impairs clathrin-mediated endocytosis of the insulin receptor and activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase in brain endothelial cells

  Figshare · 2023-01-01

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  Raw data sets and images for flow cytometry and western immunoblotting. Microsoft Excel files with analysis also provided.

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant K01NS079461

  NIH · $586k · 2016

• COBRE in Stroke Recovery Administrative Supplement: Equipment

  NIH · $46.5M · 2014–2025

• Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Obesity-related Memory Deficits

  NIH · $1.8M · 2017–2022

Frequent coauthors

• Eva L. Feldman

  Johns Hopkins University

  18 shared

• Patrick Kanju

  Duke University

  12 shared

• Serena‐Kaye Sims

  Medical University of South Carolina

  10 shared

• Alexus Williams

  7 shared

• John M. Hayes

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  6 shared

• Stephanie DiLucia

  6 shared

• Subramaniam Uthayathas

  Howard University

  6 shared

• Anna Bakeman

  University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

  5 shared

Awards & honors

• Laureate of the National Young Artists Competition in Organ…
• First prize from the 11th annual Albert Schweitzer Organ Fes…
• First prize from the 10th annual West Chester University Org…
• Semifinalist in the Dublin International Organ Competition (…
• Chosen as one of The Diapason’s “20 Under 30” promising youn…

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