Eric Rubin

Eric J. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., joined the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and NEJM Group as Editor-in-Chief in September 2019, taking on the responsibility for oversight of all editorial content and policies.

Dr. Rubin is an Associate Physician specializing in infectious disease at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Adjunct Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He serves on several scientific advisory boards to groups interested in infectious disease therapeutics. He is a member of the American Academy of Microbiology, the American Association of Physicians and the National Academy of Medicine. His lab studies the fundamental biology of tuberculosis and how that knowledge can be used for new therapeutic approaches.