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Matthew P. Rubach

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
181 Hanes House, Box 90519, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Medicine · 2025 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine
Associate Research Professor of Global Health · 2020 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published August 1, 2023
Tanzanian Researcher’s NIH Award is a Win for Duke, Too
Published April 20, 2016
Technology Enables DGHI Professors To Teach Across the World

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Recent Publications


Mass Spectrometry-Based Quantification of Proteins and Post-Translational Modifications in Dried Blood: Longitudinal Sampling of Patients With Sepsis in Tanzania.

Journal Article Proteomics · December 3, 2025 The proteomic analysis of blood is routine for disease phenotyping and biomarker development. Blood is commonly separated into soluble and cellular fractions. However, this can introduce pre-analytical variability, and analysis of a single component (which ... Full text Link to item Cite

BAYESIAN LEARNING OF CLINICALLY MEANINGFUL SEPSIS PHENOTYPES IN NORTHERN TANZANIA.

Journal Article Ann Appl Stat · September 2025 Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Recently, researchers have hypothesized that sepsis consists of a heterogeneous spectrum of distinct subtypes, motivating several studies to identify clusters of se ... Full text Link to item Cite

Epidemiologic and Genomic Characterization of an Outbreak of Rift Valley Fever Among Humans and Dairy Cattle in Northern Tanzania.

Journal Article J Infect Dis · August 14, 2025 BACKGROUND: A periurban outbreak of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) among dairy cattle from May through August 2018 in northern Tanzania was detected through testing samples from prospective livestock abortion surveillance. We sought to identify concurrent ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2030

Unified Program for Therapeutics in Children

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2030

Transmission dynamics and epidemiology of Rift Valley fever virus in northern Tanzania

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Arizona, College of Medicine · 2007 M.D.