Tracy Rabin, MD, SM
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Appointments
Titles
Director, Office of Global Health, Internal Medicine; Associate Program Director for Global and Community Health, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Internal Medicine; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Founding Member/Core Faculty, Women's & Gender Health Education Program, Internal Medicine; Director, Global Health Capacity Building Fellowship, Internal Medicine; Director, Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway, Internal Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Program for Biomedical Ethics; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine, Internal Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Uganda Site Director, Yale/Stanford J&J Global Health Scholars Program
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General Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, PO Box 208030
New Haven, CT 06520-8030
United States
Appointments
Titles
Director, Office of Global Health, Internal Medicine; Associate Program Director for Global and Community Health, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Internal Medicine; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Founding Member/Core Faculty, Women's & Gender Health Education Program, Internal Medicine; Director, Global Health Capacity Building Fellowship, Internal Medicine; Director, Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway, Internal Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Program for Biomedical Ethics; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine, Internal Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Uganda Site Director, Yale/Stanford J&J Global Health Scholars Program
Contact Info
General Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, PO Box 208030
New Haven, CT 06520-8030
United States
Appointments
Titles
Director, Office of Global Health, Internal Medicine; Associate Program Director for Global and Community Health, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Internal Medicine; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Founding Member/Core Faculty, Women's & Gender Health Education Program, Internal Medicine; Director, Global Health Capacity Building Fellowship, Internal Medicine; Director, Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway, Internal Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Program for Biomedical Ethics; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine, Internal Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Uganda Site Director, Yale/Stanford J&J Global Health Scholars Program
Contact Info
General Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, PO Box 208030
New Haven, CT 06520-8030
United States
About
Titles
Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Clinical Professor of Nursing
Director, Office of Global Health, Internal Medicine; Associate Program Director for Global and Community Health, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Internal Medicine; Program Co-Director, Global Health Ethics Program, Yale Institute for Global Health; Founding Member/Core Faculty, Women's & Gender Health Education Program, Internal Medicine; Director, Global Health Capacity Building Fellowship, Internal Medicine; Director, Global Health & Equity Distinction Pathway, Internal Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Program for Biomedical Ethics; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Center for Asylum Medicine, Internal Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health; Uganda Site Director, Yale/Stanford J&J Global Health Scholars ProgramBiography
Dr. Rabin is an Internist and Pediatrician who joined the Yale faculty in 2011 as a member of the Section of General Internal Medicine (YSM Department of Internal Medicine), and currently serves as the Director of the Office of Global Health, and the Associate Program Director for Global and Community Health in the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program (YPC). She attends and teaches on the medical wards at the St. Raphael's Campus (SRC) of Yale-New Haven Hospital; directs care and precepts residents in the SRC Adult Primary Care Diabetes Clinic; co-directs the YPC Community Engagement Curriculum; directs the YPC Home Visit Elective; and co-directs the Makerere University-Yale University (MUYU) medical education capacity building collaboration which is based at the Makerere University College of Health Sciences/Mulago National Referral & Teaching Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Her areas of academic interest include global health education and clinical ethics, outpatient diabetes management, and health care transitions.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
Associate Professor on TermPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Global Health Chief Resident
- Yale University Primary Care Program (2011)
- Med-Peds Chief Resident, Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Combined Residency
- Yale University (2010)
- Resident
- Yale University (2010)
- MD
- Univ of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2006)
- SM
- Harvard University School of Public Health (2000)
- BA
- College of William and Mary (1997)
Research
Overview
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
ORCID
0000-0002-4829-9051
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Research Interests
Jeremy I. Schwartz, MD
Nicola Hawley, PhD
Evelyn Hsieh, MD, PhD
Christine Ngaruiya, MD, MSc, DTMH
Felix Knauf, MD
Kasia Lipska, MD, MHS, BS
Global Health
Diabetes Mellitus
Health Education
Education, Medical
Ethics, Clinical
Social Justice
Publications
2024
It Takes a Village: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Preparing Internal Medicine Residents to Care for Patients at the Intersection of Women's Health, Gender-Affirming Care, and Health Disparities
Henrich J, Richman I, Rabin T, Gielissen K, Dhond M, Canarie J, Hirschman A, Windham M, Maya S, McNamara C, Pathy S, Bernstein P, Smith R, Vasquez L. It Takes a Village: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Preparing Internal Medicine Residents to Care for Patients at the Intersection of Women's Health, Gender-Affirming Care, and Health Disparities. Journal Of Women's Health 2024, 33: 152-162. PMID: 38190490, DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2023.0217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternal medicine residentsSelf-reported comfortWomen's healthHealth disparitiesMedicine residentsGender-Affirming CareProportion of residentsCare conditionsHealth equityElectronic surveyMeaningful increaseHealthCareFormative evaluation methodPrevious yearResidentsResident learningHigh levelsPatientsSurgeryGynecologyObstetricsDisparitiesCore team
2023
Bringing Generalists to Global Health: a Missed Opportunity and Call to Action
Heller D, Hudspeth J, Kishore S, Mercer T, Schwartz J, Rabin T. Bringing Generalists to Global Health: a Missed Opportunity and Call to Action. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2023, 1-4. PMID: 38135777, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-023-08573-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricSelf-care and healthcare seeking practices among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda
Tusubira A, Ssinabulya I, Kalyesubula R, Nalwadda C, Akiteng A, Ngaruiya C, Rabin T, Katahoire A, Armstrong-Hough M, Hsieh E, Hawley N, Schwartz J. Self-care and healthcare seeking practices among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda. PLOS Global Public Health 2023, 3: e0001777. PMID: 38079386, PMCID: PMC10712841, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001777.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricUsing the modified Delphi technique to develop a framework for interprofessional education during international electives in health professions training institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nawagi F, Munabi I, Vyt A, Kiguli S, Rabin T, Waggie F, Mubuuke A. Using the modified Delphi technique to develop a framework for interprofessional education during international electives in health professions training institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers In Medicine 2023, 10: 1225475. PMID: 37920599, PMCID: PMC10618419, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1225475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth professional training institutionsProfessional training institutionsHealth professions training institutionsInterprofessional educationTraining institutionsInternational electivesIPE frameworkCollaborative practice skillsDelphi techniqueInterprofessional collaborative practiceAreas of teamworkPrinciples for task shifting hypertension and diabetes screening and referral: a qualitative study exploring patient, community health worker and healthcare professional perceptions in rural Uganda
Ingenhoff R, Munana R, Weswa I, Gaal J, Sekitoleko I, Mutabazi H, Bodnar B, Rabin T, Siddharthan T, Kalyesubula R, Knauf F, Nalwadda C. Principles for task shifting hypertension and diabetes screening and referral: a qualitative study exploring patient, community health worker and healthcare professional perceptions in rural Uganda. BMC Public Health 2023, 23: 881. PMID: 37173687, PMCID: PMC10176286, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15704-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCommunity health workersNon-communicable diseasesHealthcare workersRural UgandaHealth workersCHW knowledgeNCD screeningDiabetes mellitusMiddle-income countriesCHW characteristicsHypertensionCHW programsCare deliveryHealthcare accessHealthcare professionalsReferralPatient accessHealthcare systemSuccessful program implementationDiabetesPatientsProfessionals' perceptionsFramework methodFocus group discussionsScreeningProtocol: Implementation and evaluation of an adolescent-mediated intervention to improve glycemic control and diabetes self-management among Samoan adults
Hawley N, Rivara A, Naseri J, Faumuina K, Potoa’e-Solaita N, Iopu F, Faiai M, Naveno E, Tasele S, Lefale T, Lantini R, Carlson J, Rabin T, Semaia P, Mugadza P, Rosen R. Protocol: Implementation and evaluation of an adolescent-mediated intervention to improve glycemic control and diabetes self-management among Samoan adults. PLOS ONE 2023, 18: e0279084. PMID: 36795707, PMCID: PMC9934313, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279084.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsGlycemic controlPrimary efficacy outcomeCardiovascular risk factorsChronic disease riskType 2 diabetesSelf-care strategiesSelf-care practicesHealth behavior changeBehavior changeEfficacy outcomesUsual careDiabetes InterventionsAdult family membersRisk factorsDiabetes knowledgeSamoan adultsIntervention acceptabilityFamily-centered culturePositive behavior changeDisease riskHealth disparitiesActive interventionDisproportionate riskInterventionEthnic minority groups
2022
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Academic Global Health Programs: Results of a Large International Survey
Rose ES, Rabin TL, Samaan J, Hudspeth JC, Ibrahim L, Azain MCP, Evert J, Eichbaum Q. COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Academic Global Health Programs: Results of a Large International Survey. Annals Of Global Health 2022, 88: 84. PMID: 36247197, PMCID: PMC9524235, DOI: 10.5334/aogh.3843.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricPatient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment
Moor SE, Tusubira AK, Wood D, Akiteng AR, Galusha D, Tessier-Sherman B, Donroe EH, Ngaruiya C, Rabin TL, Hawley NL, Armstrong-Hough M, Nakirya BD, Nugent R, Kalyesubula R, Nalwadda C, Ssinabulya I, Schwartz JI. Patient preferences for facility-based management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Uganda: a discrete choice experiment. BMJ Open 2022, 12: e059949. PMID: 35863829, PMCID: PMC9310153, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059949.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPeer support groupsAvailability of medicinesHealthcare providersPatient preferencesHealth facilitiesHealth educationRural UgandaFacility-based managementCost of treatmentLow-resource settingsDiabetes mellitusNakaseke districtDiscrete choice experimentHealthcare service deliveryAverage respondentIntervention designHTNMedicineUgandan shillingsDCE attributesProvidersGroupService delivery
2021
The rural Uganda non-communicable disease (RUNCD) study: prevalence and risk factors of self-reported NCDs from a cross sectional survey
Siddharthan T, Kalyesubula R, Morgan B, Ermer T, Rabin TL, Kayongo A, Munana R, Anton N, Kast K, Schaeffner E, Kirenga B, Knauf F. The rural Uganda non-communicable disease (RUNCD) study: prevalence and risk factors of self-reported NCDs from a cross sectional survey. BMC Public Health 2021, 21: 2036. PMID: 34743687, PMCID: PMC8572568, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-12123-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsSelf-reported hypertensionSelf-reported chronic diseasesNon-communicable Disease studyChronic disease informationRural Ugandan districtSelf-reported diseasesDiagnosis of diabetesCross-sectional surveyMiddle-income settingsBaseline demographicsMale sexKidney diseasePatient cohortResultsA totalHealth districtRisk factorsChronic diseasesDisease cohortHypertensionLower oddsNCD prevalenceAverage ageSectional surveyHealth statusDiseaseGlobal Health Crisis, Global Health Response: How Global Health Experiences Prepared North American Physicians for the COVID-19 Pandemic
Coria AL, Rabin TL, Rule ARL, Haq H, Hudspeth JC, Ratner L, Walker-Descartes I. Global Health Crisis, Global Health Response: How Global Health Experiences Prepared North American Physicians for the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2021, 37: 217-221. PMID: 34561829, PMCID: PMC8475882, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-021-07120-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPatient-centered careHealth educational activitiesCOVID-19 pandemicNorth American physiciansGlobal health responseCOVID-19 pandemic responseHealth system functionsHealth responseGlobal health activitiesHealth systemFlu pandemicHealth activitiesGlobal health crisisHospital systemHealth educatorsHealth experiences
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
honor Scholar
National AwardSociety of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) TEACH Certificate ProgramDetails04/28/2017United Stateshonor Fellow
National AwardAmerican College of PhysiciansDetails07/01/2015United Statesactivity Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD)
ResearchDetails01/01/2013 - PresentKampala, Central Region, UgandaCollaboratorsAbstract/SynopsisFounding Member (2013-2014) and Member of the Governing Board (2014-present); mission is to build capacity in the realms of prevention, care, training, and research to enable the provision of effective and integrated care along the NCD management spectrum.
honor Fellow
National AwardAmerican Academy of PediatricsDetails07/02/2012United Stateshonor Advocacy Grant Award Recipient
National AwardNational Med-Peds Resident AssociationDetails07/01/2008United States
Clinical Care
Overview
Tracy Rabin, MD, MS, is an internist and pediatrician who cares for adult primary care patients and draws from her experience working in Uganda. “I am particularly attuned to the problem of poor access to healthcare for patients with diseases such as hypertension and diabetes,” says Dr. Rabin.
In addition to her general clinical work, Dr. Rabin directs the diabetes clinic in the Adult Primary Care Center at the Yale New Haven Hospital, Saint Raphael Campus. The referral clinic is for patients who need help with diabetes management, she says. It takes a multidisciplinary team approach that includes physicians, a nutritionist and a pharmacist. When it comes to comforting new patients in the clinic, Dr. Rabin tells them that a medical diagnosis does not “define who you are as a person. It is important for us to talk about how it affects your life and your family’s life.”
Dr. Rabin is an assistant professor of medicine (general medicine) at Yale School of Medicine, as well as assistant director in the Yale Office of Global Health.
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- May 10, 2024
Interdisciplinary Curriculum Boosts Women's Health and Gender-Affirming Care in Internal Medicine Residency
- April 10, 2024
Insights from the 2024 CUGH Annual Conference
- March 15, 2024
Announcing the New Residents in the Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency Program!
- March 15, 2024
Announcing the New Residents in the Internal Medicine Combined Medicine/Pediatrics Residency Program!
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General Internal Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine, PO Box 208030
New Haven, CT 06520-8030
United States