Dr. Robson's research interests focus on family exposures to pesticides and phthalates, including children, residential, agricultural, and worker exposures. Recently he expanded this effort to include pesticide effects on amphibians.

He serves on many international, national and state committees on environmental health, among them are: The Advisory Board of the European Centre for Occupational Health, Safety and the Environment in Glasgow, Scotland, the Environmental Health Centre in Cluj, Romania, the Chair of the Peer Exposure Review Committee for the EPA National Agricultural Health Study, the Chair of the National Committee for Pesticide Resource for Health Care Providers. In April 2003 he was appointed by Governor McGreevey to be the Chair of the Drinking Water Quality Institute.

Dr. Robson is the author of many scientific peer-reviewed articles and numerous reports, abstracts, and popular articles. Dr. Robson is on the editorial boards for the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health , the Journal of Environmental Health , and New Solutions, A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy .

In addition to his responsibilities at UMDNJ, Dr. Robson is the Deputy Director and Member of the Joint Graduate Program in Toxicology a collaborative effort with Rutgers University, as well as the Rutgers Environmental Science Graduate Program and the Rutgers Entomology Graduate Program. He a Visiting Professor at Prince of Songkla University in Hat Yai, Thailand and the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He is also Profesor Asociat (Associate Professor) at Babes-Bolyai University Environmental Health Program in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Dr. Robson has won numerous awards including UMDNJ Master Educator 2001, SPH Student Association Excellence in Teaching Award 2001, and Foundation of UMDNJ Excellence Award for Teaching 2002. In December 2002 he was elected a Fellow in the Academy of Toxicological Sciences.

	Jirachaiyabhas, V., Visuthismajarn, P., Hore, P., and Robson, M. Organophosphate pesticide exposure of traditional and integrated pest management farmers: A case study in Thailand. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 10:300-306. 2004
	Tabbot, P., Robson, M., and Breen, K. Foodborne pathogens: The risk to the health of merchant seafarers. Medicina Maritima . 3(1): 47-71. 2003.
	Haas, N.S., Gochfeld, M., Robson, M.G., Wartenberg, D. Latent Health Effects in Firefighters. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health , 9:95-103. 2003
	Robson, M. Methodologies for assessing exposures to metals: Human host factors. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety . 56:104-109. 2003