David Rubin

Black tie event helps white coats decode genes’ colors

May 30, 2017

The Gastrointestinal Research Foundation ball raises money for a device that will help researchers unravel the genetic sequences of the hundreds of strains of bacteria that inhabit the digestive tract. [Read more]

Data collection: home edition

April 28, 2017

As a new wave of devices and smartphone apps popularize the idea of “the quantified self,” UChicago Medicine physicians are finding inventive ways to use these new data streams to improve patient care. [Read more]

Superhero’s origin story just happens to include IBD

August 8, 2016

David Rubin, MD, teamed up with Marvel to help create a new superhero to spread the word that ordinary people can do extraordinary things in spite of, or perhaps because of, their hidden identity with IBD. [Read more]

Tracking real-time data to personalize treatment for IBD

May 17, 2016

A new series of research projects by David Rubin, MD, and his team uses real-time data about symptoms and physical activity to usher in an era of personalized medicine for inflammatory bowel disease. [Read more]

Smart pills take measurements from inside the body to help patients with ulcerative colitis

August 21, 2015

We’ve gotten used to electronic devices that collect data about our bodies from the outside--now two UChicago gastroenterologists are using a "smart pill" that can measure the digestive tract from the inside too. [Read more]

Why haven’t we cured inflammatory bowel disease?

March 6, 2015

A conversation with David Rubin, MD, Section Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, about why it's hard to define a "cure" for chronic diseases like IBD, and how new developments are getting us closer than ever. [Read more]

Three UChicago Medicine faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships

November 12, 2014

John Maunsell, David Rubin, and Ralph Weichselbaum are the latest UChicago Medicine faculty to receive named, distinguished service professorships [Read more]

In Patients with Ulcerative Colitis, Inflammation Ups Cancer Risk

October 18, 2013

Although persistent inflammation has long been associated with colon cancer in patients with ulcerative colitis, a large study by University of Chicago Medicine's David Rubin, MD, has confirmed the link between the severity and duration of inflammation and increased colorectal cancer risk. [Read more]