Sheria G. Robinson-Lane, PhD, MSN, MHA, RN is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing in the Department of Systems, Populations, and Leadership and affiliate faculty with the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center, the Michigan Center for Contextual Factors in Alzheimer’s Disease, and the Michigan Institute of Clinical and Health Research. Dr. Robinson-Lane’s work aims to reduce health disparities and improve health equity for diverse older adults who aim to age in place within their communities. Her research examines the structures and strategies that support active community living for older adults including effective pain management programs and supportive family caregivers. Dr. Robinson-Lane is a long-time clinician and gerontological nurse educator with extensive experience in both long-term care and hospice/ palliative care practice. As a recognized expert, she has advised the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services through technical expert panels and special convening sessions. Like many, her work shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide both formal and informal community education on COVID-19, COVID vaccines, and managing care of older adults inside and outside of long-term care communities. She has been recognized by the National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence as a distinguished educator in gerontological nursing and has been awarded The Daisy Award for Nurses Advancing Health Equity, by the University of Michigan School of Nursing. Dr. Robinson-Lane completed her PhD in Nursing at Wayne State University in Detroit along with a graduate certificate in gerontology from the same institution. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training at the University of Michigan Medical School in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.