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    Tracy Rabin, MD, SM

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    Associate Professor of Medicine (General Medicine) and Clinical Professor of Nursing
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    Director, Office of Global Health, 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 & 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

    Director for Global and Community Health, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Internal Medicine

    Uganda Collaboration Director, Yale/Stanford Global Health Scholars Program

    Contact Info

    tracy.rabin@yale.edu
    203.785.2905

    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; 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 & 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; Director for Global and Community Health, Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Internal Medicine; Uganda Collaboration Director, Yale/Stanford Global Health Scholars Program

    Biography

    Dr. Rabin is an Internist and Pediatrician who joined the Yale faculty in 2011 as a member of the Department of Internal Medicine (Section of General Internal Medicine). Within the Department, she serves as Director of the Office of Global Health, and Director for Global and Community Health in the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program (YPC). Within YPC, Dr. Rabin directs and precepts residents in the interprofessional Diabetes Clinic; directs the longitudinal Community Engagement Curriculum; and attends and teaches within the outpatient practice and on the medical wards at the St. Raphael's Campus of Yale New Haven Hospital.


    Dr. Rabin additionally co-directs the Global Health Ethics Program at the Yale Institute for Global Health and is Graduate Medical Education Director for Global and Community Health Education at Yale New Haven Health. Since 2011, she has served as the Yale co-director of the Makerere University-Yale University (MUYU) Collaboration, a bidirectional clinical education capacity building collaboration based in Kampala, Uganda and New Haven, CT (USA). Her academic areas of focus include global health workforce education and clinical ethics, diabetes management, and health care transitions.




    Last Updated on October 12, 2025.

    Appointments

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    Education & Training

    Global Health Chief Resident
    Yale University Primary Care Program (2011)
    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 Research Interests

    Diabetes Mellitus; Education, Medical; Ethics; Ethics, Clinical; Global Health; Health Education; Social Determinants of Health; Social Justice

    Public Health Interests

    Bioethics; Community Health; Ethics; Global Health; Community Engagement; Women's Health; Health Systems Strengthening; Non-Communicable Diseases; Health Equity, Disparities, Social Determinants and Justice

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Tracy Rabin's published research.

    Publications

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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      2024 Global Fellow, North America

      03/31/2025Other AwardWomenLift Health
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      Scholar

      04/28/2017National AwardSociety of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) TEACH Certificate Program
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      Fellow

      07/01/2015National AwardAmerican College of Physicians
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      Fellow

      07/02/2012National AwardAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
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    Activities

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      Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD)

      01/01/2013 - PresentResearch

    Honors

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      Advocacy Grant Award Recipient

      07/01/2008National AwardNational Med-Peds Resident Association
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      Global Health Scholar

      06/30/2008National AwardYale Johnson & Johnson Physician Scholars in International Health Program
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      Member, Gold Humanism Honor Society

      05/31/2006National AwardUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
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      MD with Distinction in Community Service

      05/31/2006Regional AwardUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
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      Rudolph Angell Award

      05/31/2006Regional AwardUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
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    Clinical Care

    Overview

    Tracy Rabin, MD, SM, 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 interprofessional diabetes clinic within the Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine residency practice. 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 associate professor of medicine (general medicine) at Yale School of Medicine, as well as director of the Office of Global Health in the Department of Internal Medicine.

    Clinical Specialties

    Diabetes Medicine & Management; General Internal Medicine

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    General Internal Medicine

    Department of Internal Medicine, PO Box 208030

    New Haven, CT 06520-8030

    United States