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Ruben Rathnasingham, PhD

Assistant Dean for Health Product Innovation & Managing Director of Texas Health CoLab

Expertise 

  • Biomedical Leadership
  • Business Growth
  • Translational Research.

About Ruben

Ruben has more than 15 years of biomedical leadership experience in several companies founded on technologies invented and developed in academic institutions. In his current role, Ruben is responsible for creating and growing initiatives to support health-related translational research at UT Austin. Prior to his tenure in academia, Ruben co-founded and grew a number of healthcare companies, including most recently, StrataGent Life Sciences, where he helped developed a needle free, wearable infusion pump that was honoured with a 2010 Edison Award for Best New Product. Ruben has a Masters in Engineering from Imperial College, London University, and a MS and Ph.D. from MIT.