Ben Rubin is the Executive Director of the Weill Cancer Hub West, a joint UCSF–Stanford initiative focused on advancing team science to accelerate cancer research and improve patient outcomes.

Prior to this role, Ben held several precision medicine–focused positions at UCSF, including Associate Director of Precision Medicine in the Office of Science Policy and Strategy, Director of Industry Partnerships at the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute, and Science Officer for the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM). In these roles, he helped develop and implement cross-sector programs at the intersection of biomedical research, clinical care, and data science.

Before joining CIAPM, Ben led efforts at Children Now to apply the science of resilience, toxic stress, and childhood trauma to inform multi-sector public policy initiatives. He also served as a Science & Technology Policy Fellow in the California State Senate Health Committee.

Ben completed postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology and Brandeis University. He earned a PhD in Neurobiology from Duke University and graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Biology and Psychology from Cornell University.