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Services
Work Experience
Miami Cancer Institute
September 2017 - Present 
Research Associate
Baptist Health South Florida
December 2016 - August 2017
Education
PhD
Florida International University
September 2012 - August 2016
MPH
Florida International University
January 2008 - September 2011
MD (Medicine)
Government Medical College Kozhikode
September 1996 - December 2003
Certifications
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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Muni Rubens, Sandeep Appunni, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Vivek Anand, Madhuram Khandelwal, Alpana Sharma(2021). Biglycan: an emerging small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP) marker and its clinicopathological significance . Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Muni Rubens, Sandeep Appunni, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Vivek Anand, Madhuram Khandelwal, Anshul Saxena, Peter McGranaghan, Yazmin Odia, Rupesh Kotecha, Alpana Sharma(2021). Lumican, pro-tumorigenic or anti-tumorigenic: A conundrum . Clinica Chimica Acta. 514. p. 1--7. Elsevier {BV}
Muni Rubens, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Anshul Saxena, Chintan Bhatt, Sankalp Das, Sandeep Appunni, Emir Veledar, Peter McGranaghan, Nancy Shehadeh, Ana Viamonte-Ros, et al.(2021). Prevalence and Inpatient Hospital Outcomes of Malignancy-Related Ascites in the United States . American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. p. 104990912092898. {SAGE} Publications
Muni Rubens, Anshul Saxena, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Sankalp Das, Rohan Khera, Jonathan Hong, Donna Armaignac, Emir Veledar, Khurram Nasir, Louis Gidel(2020). Increasing Sepsis Rates in the United States: Results From National Inpatient Sample, 2005 to 2014 . Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. p. 088506661879413. {SAGE} Publications
Muni Rubens, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Anshul Saxena, Chintan Bhatt, Sankalp Das, Emir Veledar, Peter McGranaghan, Ana Viamonte-Ros, Yazmin Odia, Michael Chuong, et al.(2020). A risk model for prediction of 30-day readmission rates after surgical treatment for colon cancer . International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 35. (8). p. 1529--1535. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}
Muni Rubens, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Anshul Saxena, Sankalp Das, Sandeep Appunni, Sagar Rana, Brittany Puebla, Deborah T. Suarez, Mariana Khawand-Azoulai, Suleyki Medina, et al.(2019). Palliative Care Consultation Trends Among Hospitalized Patients With Advanced Cancer in the United States, 2005 to 2014 . American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®. 36. (4). p. 294--301. {SAGE} Publications
Muni Rubens, Anshul Saxena, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, H. Virginia McCoy, Consuelo Beck-Sagué, Michèle Jean-Gilles, Florence George, Nancy Shehadeh, Jessy G. Dévieux(2018). HIV-Related Stigma, Quality of Care, and Coping Skills: Exploring Factors Affecting Treatment Adherence Among PLWH in Haiti . Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 29. (4). p. 570--579. Elsevier {BV}
Muni Rubens, Anshul Saxena, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Rohan Khera, Jonathan Hong, Emir Veledar, Khurram Nasir(2018). Trends in Diabetes-Related Preventable Hospitalizations in the U.S., 2005–2014 . Diabetes Care. p. dc171942. American Diabetes Association
Armaignac DL, Saxena A, Rubens M, Valle CA, Williams LS, Veledar E, Gidel LT(2018). Impact of Telemedicine on Mortality, Length of Stay, and Cost Among Patients in Progressive Care Units: Experience From a Large Healthcare System . Critical care medicine.
Shehadeh N, Rubens M, Attonito J, Jennings T(2018). Social Support and Its Impact on Ethnic Identity and HIV Risk among Migrant Workers . Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities.
Muni Rubens, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Adriana Campa, Sabrina S. Martinez, Christina Fleetwood, Tiffanie Stewart, Juan P. Liuzzi, Florence George, Hafiz Khan, Yinghui Li, et al.(2017). Caffeine and Insomnia in People Living With HIV From the Miami Adult Studies on HIV (MASH) Cohort . Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 28. (6). p. 897--906. Elsevier {BV}
Ramamoorthy V, Campa A, Rubens M, Martinez SS, Fleetwood C, Stewart T, Liuzzi JP, George F, Khan H, Li Y, et al.(2017). The Relationship Between Caffeine Intake and Immunological and Virological Markers of HIV Disease Progression in Miami Adult Studies on HIV Cohort . Viral immunology.
Appunni S, Rajisha PM, Rubens M, Chandana S, Singh HN, Swarup V(2017). Targeting PknB, an eukaryotic-like serine/threonine protein kinase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with phytomolecules . Computational biology and chemistry.
Cruz MA, Rubens M, Garcia SJ, Malilay J, Levin KL, Williams OD(2017). Knowledge of and Preparedness for Use of Environmental Assessments in Shelters During Disasters: Results of the 2013 State and Territorial Use of Shelter Assessments Survey . Disaster medicine and public health preparedness.
Rubens M, Ramamoorthy V, Saxena A, George F, Shehadeh N, Attonito J, McCoy HV, Beck-Sagué CM(2016). Relationship Between Metabolic Syndrome and Cognitive Abilities in U.S. Adolescents . Metabolic syndrome and related disorders.
McCoy HV, Shehadeh N, Rubens M(2016). Alcohol Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors in a Migrant Worker Community . Journal of immigrant and minority health.
McCoy HV, Williams ML, Atkinson JS, Rubens M(2016). Structural Characteristics of Migrant Farmworkers Reporting a Relationship with a Primary Care Physician . Journal of immigrant and minority health.
Rubens M, Ramamoorthy V, Attonito J, Saxena A, Appunni S, Shehadeh N, Dévieux JG(2016). A review of 5-HT transporter linked promoter region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism and associations with alcohol use problems and sexual risk behaviors . Journal of community genetics.
Rubens M, Ramamoorthy V, Attonito J, Saxena A, Nair RR, Shehadeh N(2015). Health promotion and disease prevention strategies for today's physicians . The American journal of the medical sciences.
Dévieux JG, Saxena A, Rosenberg R, Klausner JD, Jean-Gilles M, Madhivanan P, Gaston S, Rubens M, Theodore H, Deschamps MM, et al.(2015). Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Beliefs about Medical Male Circumcision (MMC) among a Sample of Health Care Providers in Haiti . PloS one.
Agarwal A, Tijare M, Saxena A, Rubens M, Ahuja R(2015). Exploratory Study to Evaluate Changes in Serum Lipid Levels as Early Diagnostic and/or Prognostic Indicators for Oral Submucous Fibrosis and Cancer among Gutkha Consumers in India . Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP.
Agarwal, A., Tijare, M., Saxena, A., Rubens, M., Ahuja, R.(2015). Exploratory study to evaluate changes in serum lipid levels as early diagnostic and/or prognostic indicators for oral submucous fibrosis and cancer among Gutkha consumers in India . Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 16. (15). p. 6439-6444.
Muni Rubens, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Anshul Saxena, Nancy Shehadeh, Sandeep Appunni(2015). HIV Vaccine: Recent Advances, Current Roadblocks, and Future Directions . Journal of Immunology Research. 2015. p. 1--9. Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Ramamoorthy, V., Rubens, M., Saxena, A., Shehadeh, N.(2015). Selenium and vitamin E for prostate cancer - Justifications for the SELECT study . Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 16. (7). p. 2619-2627.
Ramamoorthy V, Rubens M, Saxena A, Shehadeh N(2015). Selenium and vitamin E for prostate cancer--justifications for the SELECT study . Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP.
Sinha B, Rubens M(2014). Systemic immune activation in HIV and potential therapeutic options . Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology.
Capriles-Quirós JA, McCoy HV, Darrow WW, Ríos RE, Rubens M, Silva-Suarez G, Hughes S(2014). A needs assessment of health department employees in Puerto Rico and Florida . Health promotion practice.
Rubens M, Shehadeh N(2014). Gun violence in United States: in search for a solution . Frontiers in public health.
Muni Rubens, Anshul Saxena, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Hafiz Khan(2014). Risk of Second Cancers in Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis of Population Based Cohort Studies . Journal of Skin Cancer. 2014. p. 1--7. Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Rubens M(2014). Political and medical views on medical marijuana and its future . Social work in public health.
Rubens M, McCoy HV, Shehadeh N(2014). Proficiency in condom use among migrant workers . The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC.
Rubens M, Ramamoorthy V, Saxena A, Shehadeh N(2014). Public health in the twenty-first century: the role of advanced technologies . Frontiers in public health.
Rubens, M., Ramamoorthy, V., Attonito, J., Saxena, A., Nair, R.R., Shehadeh, N.(2014). Health promotion and disease prevention strategies for today's physicians . American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 349. (1). p. 73-79.
McCoy HV, Shehadeh N, Rubens M, Navarro CM(2014). Newcomer Status as a Protective Factor among Hispanic Migrant Workers for HIV Risk . Frontiers in public health.
Rubens M(2013). The world of community-based research is a complicated place . The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.
Shehadeh N, Virginia McCoy H, Rubens M, Batra A, Renfrew R, Winter K(2012). The impact of ethnic identity on changes in high risk HIV behaviors in sexually active migrant workers . Journal of immigrant and minority health.
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Muni Rubens, Sandeep Appunni, Venkataraghavan Ramamoorthy, Anshul Saxena, Raees Tonse, Peter McGranaghan, Adeel Kaiser, Rupesh Kotecha (2021). Emerging Evidence on the Effects of Dietary Factors on the Gut Microbiome in Colorectal Cancer .
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