Doris M. Rubio, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Biostatistics, Nursing, and Clinical and Translational Science

Director, Data Center, Center for Research on Health Care

Co-Director, Institute for Clinical Research Education

Director, Office for Evaluation

Director, Office of Lifelong Learning

Office: 200 Meyran Avenue
Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-2023
Fax: 412-246-6954
E-mail: rubiodm@upmc.edu

Education
BS, Florida Atlantic University, 1988
MS, Florida International University, 1991
PhD, Washington University, 1996

Content Areas
Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Women's Health
Method Areas
Evaluation and Survey Research, Psychometrics, Statistical Analysis

Area of Specialization/Research Interest  
Alcohol use and depression
Quality of life and well-being
Women's health
Psychometrics
Structural equation modeling
Health services research
 

Profile
Dr. Rubio is a professor of medicine, biostatistics, nursing, and clinical and translational science. She is the director of the Center for Research on Health Care (CRHC) Data Center, which provides Web design, database development, data management, and statistical analysis across the University. She is also the co-director of the Institute for Clinical Research Education (ICRE), which provides training in clinical and translational research and offers multiple programs for career development. Dr. Rubio directs the Evaluation & Tracking Core in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Her research focuses on the co-occurrence of alcohol use and depression in women and, in particular, on how life events impact alcohol use and depression. She has published on topics such as psychometrics, structural equation modeling, quality-of-life indicators, aging, and alcoholism.

Recent Grants
Title: The Subjective Well-Being of Older Adults
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: $370,842
Funding Agency: NCCAM and NIA
Start Year: 2011
End Year: 2016
Title: University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute Mentored Career Development Award-Clinical Research Scholars Program
Role: Co-Director
Amount:
Funding Agency: NIH
Start Year: 2011
End Year: 2016
Title: University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute-Research, Education, Training, and Career Development Core
Role: Co-Director
Amount:
Funding Agency: NIH
Start Year: 2011
End Year: 2016
Title: University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science Institute – Evaluation and Tracking Core
Role: Core Director
Amount:
Funding Agency: NIH
Start Year: 2011
End Year: 2016
Title: Communication on Illicit Drug and/or Alcohol Use in Obstetrics
Role: Co-Investigator
Amount: $366,838
Funding Agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Start Year: 2010
End Year: 2015
Title: Pittsburgh Older Americans Independence Center
Website: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-10-003.html
Role: Co-Leader, Data Management and Analysis Core
Amount: $1,195,977
Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging
Start Year: 2004
End Year: 2014

Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
Title: Evaluation metrics for biostatistical and epidemiological collaborations.
Author(s): Rubio DM, del Junco DJ, Bhore R, Lindsell CJ, Oster RA, Wittkowski KM, Welty LJ, Li YJ, DeMets D
Year: 2011
Journal: Statistics in Medicine
Volume: In press
Page(s):
Title: Psychometric properties of the mentor role instrument when used in an academic medicine setting.
Author(s): Dilmore TC, Rubio DM, Cohen E, Seltzer D, Switzer GE, Bryce C, Primack B, Fine MJ, Kapoor WN
Year: 2010
Journal: Clinical and Translational Science
Volume: 3
Page(s): 104-108
Title: Defining translational research: implications for training.
Author(s): Rubio DM, Schoenbaum EE, Lee LS, Schteingart DE, Marantz PR, Anderson KE, Platt LD, Baez A, Esposito K
Year: 2010
Journal: Academic Medicine
Volume: 85
Page(s): 470-475
Title: Burnout among early-career clinical investigators.
Author(s): Primack BA, Dilmore TC, Switzer GE, Bryce CL, Seltzer DL, Li J, Landsittel DP, Kapoor WN, Rubio DM
Year: 2010
Journal: Clinical and Translational Science
Volume: 3
Page(s): 186-188
Title: Implementation and evaluation of a Web-based communication skills learning tool for training internal medicine interns in patient-doctor communication.
Author(s): Spagnoletti CL, Bui T, Fischer GS, Gonzaga AM, Rubio DM, Arnold RM
Year: 2009
Journal: Journal of Communication in Healthcare
Volume: 2
Page(s): 159-172
Title: Factors associated with alcohol use, depression, and their co-occurence during pregnancy.
Author(s): Rubio DM, Kraemer KL, Farrell MH, Day NL
Year: 2008
Journal: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
Volume: 32
Page(s): 1543-1551
Title: Internal medicine residents' preparedness to care for reproductive-age pregnant women.
Author(s): Spagnoletti CL, Rubio DM, McNeil M
Year: 2007
Journal: Teaching and Learning in Medicine
Volume: 19
Page(s): 257-263
Title: A risk stratification tool to assess commercial influences on continuing medical education.
Author(s): Barnes B, Cole J, King CT, Zukowski R, Allgier-Baker T, Rubio DM, Thorndyke LE
Year: 2007
Journal: Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
Volume: 27
Page(s): 234-240
Title: Relationship between staff perceptions of hospital norms and hospital-level end-of-life treatment intensity.
Author(s): Barnato AE, Bost JE, Farrell MH, Lave JR, Arnold RM, Rubio DM, Angus DC
Year: 2007
Journal: Journal of Palliative Medicine
Volume: 10
Page(s): 1093-1100
Title: The 8-item short-form health survey and the physical comfort composite score of the quality of recovery 40-item scale provide the most responsive assessments of pain, physical function, and mental function during the first 4 days after ambulatory knee surgery with regional anesthesia.
Author(s): Bost JE, Williams BA, Bottegal MT, Dang Q, Rubio DM
Year: 2007
Journal: Anesthesia and Analgesia
Volume: 105
Page(s): 1693-1700
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