Since joining the Pitt faculty in 2002, Dr. Rubio has collaborated on numerous research grants across several fields, serving in a leadership role on the majority of these projects. Her research spans multiple areas, and her grants have been funded by multiple institutes and centers at NIH, as well as the National Research Mentoring Network. Dr. Rubio focuses much of her current research on educating and mentoring the biomedical research workforce. She is the director of two federally funded grants that aim to help trainees launch and sustain successful careers in the biomedical sciences. In addition, she has investigated and published in fields such as psychometrics, structural equation modeling, quality-of-life indicators, alcoholism, and career development. During her career, she has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in well-respected, high-impact journals.
Dr. Rubio has directed or co-directed seven courses for post-doctoral fellows and faculty members at the Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE). These courses include Biostatistics, Nonparametric Statistics, Best Practices in Clinical Research, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Regression, Computer Methods in Clinical Research, Research Ethics, and Strategic Leadership. She has mentored several early-career faculty members in the UPSOM and currently serves as an advisor for the degree-granting programs and the KL2 Clinical and Translational Science Scholars Program, all within the ICRE.
- BS, Florida Atlantic University, 1988
- MS, Florida International University, 1991
- PhD, Washington University, 1996
Education & Training
Rubio DM, Schoenbaum EE, Lee LS, Schteingart DE, Marantz PR, Anderson KE, Platt LD, Baez A, Esposito K. Defining traslational research: Implications for training. Acad Med. 2010; 85(3): 470–475.
Rubio DM, Robinson GF, Gilliam VA, Primack BA, Switzer GE, Seltzer DL, Kapoor WN. Characterization of investigators’ approach to translational research: A qualitative study. Clin Transl Sci. 2014; 7(6): 441–446.
Corbelli J, Bonnema R, Rubio DM, Comer D, McNeil M. An effective multimodal curriculum to teach internal medicine housestaff evidence-based breast health. J Grad Med Educ. 2014; 6(4): 721–725.
Proulx CN, Rubio DM, Norman MK, Mayowski CA. Shut Up & Write!® builds writing self-efficacy and self-regulation in early-career researchers. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023; 7(1): e141.
Mayowski C, Meagher EA, Althouse AD, Patino-Sutton C, Thakar MS, Welch JL, Rubio DM, White GE. Continued impact of COVID-19 pandemic on clinical and translational science early-career researchers. J Clin Transl Sci. 2023; 7(1):e7.
- Invited Speaker, Department of Medicine Rising Stars, 2019
- Interviewee, AAMC CTSA Request for Information, 2019
- Emeritus Member, Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2019-2023
- Chancellor's Distinguished Service Award, University of Pittsburgh, 2021
