Morse Scholar Alumni 2017–2019
Current Position
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Boston University School of Public Health
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Eric Rubenstein, PhD, ScM is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. His work is focused on improving the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), including Down syndrome (DS) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Epidemiology, the science of public health, is the crucial tool that can help reach the ultimate goal of improving health and well-being for the population with IDD. That work cannot be done without input and collaboration from the IDD community, which motivates and drives the work to be impactful and translatable.
Dr. Rubenstein’s work covers issues that impact health and well-being across the life course for people with IDD. He is currently the PI of a National Institute for Child Health and Human Development study of pregnancy in women with IDD. He has extensive work examining phenotype and service type in children on the autism spectrum. Dr. Rubenstein uses Medicaid data to examine service use and health outcomes for people with IDD who are often served by the public insurance system.
Education
| 2012 | BS | Environmental Science, Public Health | Rutgers University |
| 2014 | ScM | Epidemiology | Johns Hopkins School of Public Health |
| 2017 | PhD | Epidemiology | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2017-2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 2017–2019 | Morse Scholar | Faculty Mentor: Maureen Durkin, PhD, DrPh | Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
In the News
Selected Publications
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Rubenstein, E., Tewolde, S., Skotko, B. G., Michals, A., & Fortea, J. (2024). Occurrence of mosaic Down syndrome and prevalence of co-occurring conditions in Medicaid enrolled adults, 2016-2019. American journal of medical genetics. Part C, Seminars in medical genetics, 196(4), e32097. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.c.32097
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Levine, A. A., Cole, M. B., Michals, A. L., Wang, N., & Rubenstein, E. (2024). Inequities in medicaid home- and community-based services waiver enrollment among people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities: A nationwide claims-based analysis. Disability and health journal, 101676. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101676
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Rubenstein, E., Tewolde, S., Michals, A., Weuve, J., Fortea, J., Fox, M. P., Pescador Jimenez, M., Scott, A., Tripodis, Y., & Skotko, B. G. (2024). Alzheimer Dementia Among Individuals With Down Syndrome. JAMA network open, 7(9), e2435018. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35018
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Tewolde, S., Scott, A., Higgins, A., Blake, J., Michals, A., Fox, M. P., Tripodis, Y., & Rubenstein, E. (2024). Doubly marginalized: the interplay of racism and disability in outcomes for minoritized people with Down syndrome. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001789. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001789
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Van Dyke, J., Rosenberg, S. A., Crume, T., Reyes, N., Alexander, A. A., Barger, B., Fitzgerald, R., Hightshoe, K., Moody, E. J., Pazol, K., Rosenberg, C. R., Rubenstein, E., Wiggins, L., & DiGuiseppi, C. (2024). Child Age at Time of First Maternal Concern and Time to Services Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP, 45(4), e293–e301. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000001283
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Rubenstein, E., Toth, M., & Tewolde, S. (2024). Autism Among Adults with Down Syndrome: Prevalence, Medicaid Usage, and Co-Occurring Conditions. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 10.1007/s10803-024-06484-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06484-2
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Rubenstein, E., Tewolde, S., Levine, A. A., Droscha, L., Meyer, R. M., Michals, A., & Skotko, B. (2024). Medicare, Medicaid, and dual enrollment for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Health services research, 59(3), e14287. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14287