Background
Rubin, Donald Howard was born on February 3, 1948 in New York City. Son of Robert Daniel and Frances (Wallack) Rubin.
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Donald Howard Rubin
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Bachelor in Sociology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1969; Doctor of Medicine, Cornell Univercity, 1974.
Career
Physician employee health, Boston Lying-In Hospital, 1978-1980;
instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1979-1980;
assistant professor medicine and microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1980-1988;
associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1988-1991;
physician, Philadelphia Veterans Administration Hospital., 1985-1991;
professor medicine, microbiology, immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1992;
associate chief of staff Research and development, Nashville VA Medical Center, since 1992. Member long-range planning committee Lower Marion School District, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1988-1989. Chair various professional organizations national and international meetings.
Virginia co-chair National Biosafety Advisory Committee.
Achievements
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Achievements include patent for peptides analoges to Major histocompatibility complex class II antigen binding site in down regulating T-cell stimulation. Definition of receptor binding and infection of intestinal cells with reovirus. Description of role of M-cells in uptake of viruses, new pathogenic model of reovirus infection in SCID mice.
Research on role of envronmental toxins in stimulating liver cell infection. Molecular techniques to define cellular genes associated with lytic virus infection. Molecular techniques to find novel tumor suppressous and oncogenes.
Membership
Fellow American College of Physicians, Infectious Disease Society. Member American Society Clinical Investigation.
Connections
Married Esther Eisenberg, April 9, 1972. Children: Benjamin, Joshua, Daniel.
