Ben Rubin, PhD
Assoc Dir, Precision Medicine
VC Science Policy & Strategy
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Ben Rubin serves as the Associate Director of Precision Medicine at USCF in the Office of Science Policy and Strategy. Prior to this position Ben served as a Science Officer for CIAPM at UCSF from 2018-2019, where he oversaw the selection, execution, and evaluation of demonstration projects, and provided strategy and support to CIAPM and its research and governmental partners.

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Before joining CIAPM, Rubin directed efforts at Children Now to leverage the science of resilience, toxic stress, and childhood trauma to support multi-sector public policy efforts. Before that, he served in the California State Senate Health Committee as a Science & Technology Policy Fellow.

Ben was a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology and Brandeis University, earned his PhD in Neurobiology from Duke University, and graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Biology and Psychology from Cornell University.

Education & Training

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  • Postdoc Neuroscience Brandeis 2011
  • Postdoc Neuroscience CalTech 2008
  • PhD Neurobiology Duke University 2002
  • BA Biology and Psychology Cornell University 1996

Interests

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  • computational sciences
  • precision medicine
  • science policy

Websites

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Publications (3)

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TasteRats, Inbred LECStereoisomerismOlfactory Receptor NeuronsOdorantsPentanolsChemoreceptor CellsOlfactory BulbSmellArachisBrain MappingRats, Long-EvansDiscrimination LearningMicroscopy, VideoStimulation, Chemical