Joshua C. Rubin, JD, MBA, MPH, MPP is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School’s first-of-its-kind basic science Department of Learning Health Sciences. He also serves as Executive Director and Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Joseph H. Kanter Family Foundation. Previously, Rubin was a Senior Policy Fellow at eHealth Initiative (eHI) and a Senior Consultant at IBM Global Business Services, working at the intersection of the health information technology, health policy, consumer engagement, and public health arenas in both roles.
On a pro bono basis, Rubin serves as Founding President and CEO of the Learning Health Community, an international multi-stakeholder grassroots movement dedicated to realizing the Learning Health System vision on a national (and ultimately global) scale. Rubin has presented on the Learning Health System vision and the need for multi-stakeholder, trans-disciplinary collaboration to realize it at conferences and meetings nationwide (and has advised and consulted internationally as well).
A valedictorian, a life member of MENSA and Intertel, and a graduate of Georgetown University’s College of Arts and Sciences (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Rubin holds a Juris Doctor (JD) law degree from Georgetown University Law Center (Cum Laude) and is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. He also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from Georgetown University, as well as a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, all with healthcare concentrations (and all with high honors/distinction).