Dr. Ethel Rubin PhD

Dr. Rubin has over 20 years’ experience within the life sciences sector, leading healthcare innovation and commercialization strategies for a wide range of organizations – from early-stage operations to large global corporate businesses.

Early in her career, Dr. Rubin served as Chief Scientific Officer and Operations Officer at BioFortis, Inc. (now Q² Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of IQVIA) and then as Chief Scientific Officer at CSA Medical, Inc. (now Steris Healthcare), where she played a key role in technology development and commercialization. Ethel then moved to Medtronic, plc., where she held multiple leadership roles spanning external innovation, global clinical strategy and medical affairs. Dr. Rubin later took on a role at BioHealth Innovation, Inc. where she currently serves as Head of Ventures, leading a team of strategy and finance consultants who prepare and connect companies with private capital and support the entrepreneurial and investment programs of the National Institutes of Health.