Dr James Rubin  BSc PGCAP MSc PhD
Research fellow

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address	Flat 7, Binfield Court (MPRU) James Black Centre 125 Coldharbour Lane Camberwell London SE5 9NU
location	Weston Education Centre
departments	Psychological Medicine and Psychiatry
also	General Hospital Psychiatry Neurobiology of Mood Disorders

biography

James has been a researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry since 1999 and was awarded his PhD in psychology as applied to medicine in 2003 for his work on psychological factors affecting recovery from surgery. His research interests have since expanded to encompass the causes and treatment of the various modern illnesses that afflict Western societies, such electrosensitivity and multiple chemical sensitivity, and the psychological impact of terrorism or major public health incidents.

James is in charge of the day to day running of the Mobile Phone Research Unit at Kings College London and is also the co-ordinator for a programme of research into potential public reactions to chemical, biological or radiological terrorism. He currently holds a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Career Development Fellowship, which will allow him to study public reactions to any future major incidents which occur in the UK. He has previously studied how the general public reacted to the 7 July London bombings, the polonium 210 incident, and the outbreak of swine flu , and has won awards for his work in this area.


Photo credit: Naresh Verlander

teaching activities

publications

Rubin GJ, Amlot R, Page L & Wessely S (2009). Public perceptions, anxiety and behaviour change in relation to the swine flu outbreak: cross sectional telephone survey. British Medical Journal;339:b2651.

Page L, Rubin J, Amlot R, Simpson J & Wessely S (2008). Are Londoners prepared for an emergency? A longitudinal study following the London bombings. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, 6, 309-319.

Rubin GJ, Amlot R, Page L, Wessely S (2008). Methodological challenges in assessing general population reactions in the immediate aftermath of a terrorist attack. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 17, S29-S35.

Nieto-Hernandez R, Rubin GJ, Cleare AJ, Weinman JA, Wessely S (2008). Can evidence change belief? Reported mobile phone sensitivity following individual feedback of an inability to discriminate active from sham signals. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 65, 453-460.

Rubin GJ, Cleare AJ, Wessely S (2008). Psychological factors associated with self-reported sensitivity to mobile phones. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 64, 1-9.

Rubin GJ, Page L, Morgan O, Pinder RJ, Riley P, Hatch S, Maguire H, Catchpole M, Simpson J, Wessely S (2007). Public information needs following the poisoining of Alexander Litvinenko with Polonium 210 in London: cross sectional telephone survey and qualitative analysis. British Medical Journal, 335, 1143-1146.

Das-Munshi J, Rubin GJ, Wessely S (2007). Multiple chemical sensitivites: Review. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, 15, 274-280.

Rogers MB, Amlot R, Rubin GJ, Wessely S, Krieger K (2007). Mediating the social and psychological impacts of terrorist attacks: The role of risk perception and risk communication. International Review of Psychiatry, 19, 279-288.

Rubin GJ, Brewin CR, Greenberg N, Hacker Hughes J, Simpson J & Wessely S (2007). Enduring consequences of terrorism: A seven month follow-up survey of reactions to the bombings in London on 7 July 2005. British Journal of Psychiatry, 190, 350-356.

Das Mushi J, Rubin GJ & Wessely S (2006). Multiple chemical sensitivities: A systematic review of provocation studies. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 118, 1257-1264.

Sheppard B, Rubin GJ, Wessely S & Wardman J (2006). Terrorism and dispelling the myth of a panic prone public. Journal of Public Health Policy, 27, 219-245.

Rubin GJ & Wessely S (2006). The role of stress in the aetiology of medically unexplained syndromes. In B.B. Arnetz & R. Ekman Stress in Health and Disease. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH.

Rubin GJ & Wessely S (2006). Psychological reactions to the 7 July London bombings. Chemical Hazards and Poisons Report, 7, 16-18.

Allen JS, Skowera A, Rubin GJ, Wessely S & Peakman M (2006). Long-lasting T cell responses to biological warfare vaccines in human vaccinees. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 43, 1-7.

Rubin GJ, Hahn G, Everitt BS, Cleare AJ & Wessely S (2006). Are some people sensitive to mobile phone signals? Within participants double-blind randomised provocation study. British Medical Journal, 332, 886-889.

Rubin GJ, Das Munshi J & Wessely S (2006). A systematic review of treatments for electromagnetic hypersensitivity. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, 75, 12-18.

Rubin GJ, Brewin CR, Greenberg N, Simpson J & Wessely S (2005). Psychological and behavioural reactions to the 7 July London bombings. A cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of Londoners. British Medical Journal, 331, 606-611.

Rubin GJ, Hotopf M, Papadopolous A & Cleare A (2005). Salivary cortisol as a predictor of post-operative fatigue. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 441-447.

Rubin GJ, Das Munshi J & Wessely S (2005). Electromagnetic hypersensitivity: A systematic review of provocation studies. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 224-232.

Rubin GJ, Hahn G, Allberry E, Innes R & Wessely S (2005). Drawn to drink: A double-blind randomised crossover trial of the effects of magnets on the taste of cheap red wine. Journal of Wine Research, 16, 65-69.

Rubin GJ, Chalder T & Wessely S (2004). Psychological aspects of infectious diseases. In J. Cohen & W.G. Powderly (Eds.), Infectious diseases (2 ed). London; Mosby.

Rubin GJ, Cleare A & Hotopf M (2004). Psychological factors in postoperative fatigue. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 959-964.

Rubin GJ, Hardy R & Hotopf M (2004). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence and severity of post-operative fatigue. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, 317-326.

Rubin GJ & Hotopf M (2002). Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions for postoperative fatigue. British Journal of Surgery, 89, 971-984.

Rubin GJ & Wessely S (2001). Dealing with dualism. Advances in Mind-Body Medicine, 17, 256-259.

Rubin GJ & Smith AP (1999). Caffeine withdrawal and headaches. Nutritional Neuroscience, 2, 123-126.

last updated: Monday, July 06, 2009