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Donald Rubin, MD, Infectious Disease, Nashville, TN

Donald Howard Rubin MD

Microbiology


Professor, Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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  • 1310 24th Ave SVa TVHS Acre Building F201Nashville, TN 37212

  • Phone+1 615-873-7066

  • Fax+1 615-873-8561

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Education & Training

  • Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1977 - 1980
  • Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1977
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Hospital
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1974 - 1976
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
    Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 1974
  • State University of New York
    State University of New YorkB.A., Sociology, 1965 - 1969

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2020 - 2026
  • TN State Medical License
    TN State Medical License 1992 - 2022
  • Internal Medicine
    American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • Infectious Disease
    American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Cornell Alumni Association Award for Special Achievement Cornell Alumni Association, 2018
  • Fellow AAAS, 2014
  • Levi Watkins faculty Diversity Award Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2009
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Identification of an epithelial cell receptor responsible for Clostridium difficile TcdB-induced cytotoxicity  
    LaFrance ME, Farrow MA, Chandrasekaran R2, Sheng J3, Rubin DH4, Lacy DB5., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 7/2015
  • Identification of the Epithelial Cell Receptor Responsible for Clostridium difficile TcdB-Induced Cytotoxicity  
    LaFrance M, Farrow MA, Chandrasekaran R, Sheng J, Rubin DH, Lacy DB, Proc. Nat’l. Acad. Sci, 1/1/2015
  • A Role for H/ACA and C/D Small Nucleolar RNAs In Viral Replication  
    Murray JL, Sheng J, Rubin DH, Molecular Biotechnology, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Identification of a cellular receptor for Clostridium difficile toxin B
    LaFrance ME, Farrow MA, Sheng J, Rubin DH, Lacy DB, MEEGID, XII, Bangkok, Thailand, 1/12/2014
  • Systems biology-based host-virus pathogen gene interaction network analysis
    Cheng F, Murray J, Sheng J, Zhao Z, Rubin DH, MEEGID, XII, Bangkok, Thailand, 1/11/2014
  • Genes, Genes, Genes
    Rubin, DH, Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Vanderbilt University Medical School, 1/5/2011
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Lectures

  • Non-protein coding mammalian genes associated with virus infection: Broad affects on virus replication MEEGID 
    New Orleans, LA - 1/31/2012
  • Mammalian genes associated with intoxication of Clostridium (C) perfringens, e-toxin: Discovery of an intoxication pathway shared by viruses MEEGID 
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands - 1/7/2010
  • Defining risk to pathogenic infections: utilizing the HAPMAP database and broad based screens to discover host susceptibility genes to infectious diseases 
    Bangkok,Thailand - 1/1/2006
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Other

  • Rotaviruses. In Decision Support in Medicine, Infectious Diseases 
    Modjarrad, K, Rubin DH, ePublication
    1/1/2013

Press Mentions

  • Guido Imbens, Former UCLA Professor, Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
    Guido Imbens, Former UCLA Professor, Wins Nobel Prize in EconomicsOctober 11th, 2021
  • Mathematics World Marks Rao’s 100th Birthday
    Mathematics World Marks Rao’s 100th BirthdayOctober 16th, 2020
  • Richmond to Speak at National VA Research Conference on Cancer Immunotherapy
    Richmond to Speak at National VA Research Conference on Cancer ImmunotherapyMay 11th, 2017
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Grant Support

  • Gene TRAP Retrovirus Selection Of Virus Resistant CellsNational Cancer Institute1995–1998

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