Education
Emmanuel College.
Emmanuel College.
A consultant physician and professor of therapeutics at Nottingham University since 1987, he has an interest in medical problems that may occur in pregnancy. Rubin has also served as chairman of several Medical Research Council committees investigating drug research in pregnancy. He chaired a number of committees devoted to education, such as the General Medical Council"s Education Committee from 2005 to 2008 and the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) in the same years.
He was the dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Nottingham University between 1997 and 2003.
During his time as dean he helped to develop both the university"s Graduate Entry Medical School, which opened in 2004, and the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, which opened in 2006 as the first new veterinary school in the United Kingdom for more than half a century. He was appointed to the council of the General Medical Council, beginning on 1 January 2009.
He was elected to the position of Chair and his tenure began on 20 April 2009 when he replaced Professor Sir Graeme Catto. While he held this office he continued to work as a practising doctor in Nottingham.
In 2012 the process of selecting the chair was changed and he became the first chair to be appointed.
He was succeeded by Terence Stephenson on 1 January 2015. He was knighted for services to medicine in the 2010 Queen"s Birthday.
Rubin was the first member of his family to attend university. He served as a board member of the Higher Education Funding Council for England from 2003-2009 and co-chaired one of their committees that recommended the establishment of a new dental school in the South West of the country.