About me
Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Morehouse School of Medicine | Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine | Medical Director, The Rubin Center for Autism and Developmental Pediatrics | Director, Break the Cycle Program, Southeast PEHSU at Emory | Founder, Break the Cycle of Health Disparities, Inc.
Leslie Rubin is a Developmental Pediatrician who cares for children with developmental disabilities and their families and is the primary editor of 3 editions of a textbook addressing health care for children and adults with developmental disabilities.
In 2004, he started the annual Break the Cycle of Children’s Environmental Health Disparities program to raise awareness among university students andcultivate future leaders to address the challenges of children’s health disparities. To date there have been 19 annual programs with over 200 students from across the USA and from countries in Latin American and Africa. This program has published more than 200 papers in international journals and 16 books in a Public Health series. In July 2024 he successfully launched the first Break the Cycle of Children’s Health Disparities in Africa program.
He serves on national and international committees, relating to children with developmental disabilities, children’s environmental health, and health disparities in the context of social, economic, environmental and political determinants of health, with a goal to reduce children’s health disparities and promote health equity for all children.
