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Dr. Rabins has focused his career on the study of psychiatric disorders in older persons. He is the director of the Geriatric Psychiatry Program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has joint secondary appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Health & Policy Management.
Dr. Rabins was one of the first researchers to examine the interaction between the quality of life of both patients and caregivers. Dr. Rabins has done extensive work on ways to measure the quality of life in patients, including co-developing the Alzheimer's Disease Related Quality of Life scale (ADRQL), which can be used to compare medical and environmental treatments and compare the effectiveness of medications that may improve the patient's memory and/or mood.
Dr. Rabins co-authored The 36-Hour Day, the first comprehensive book about Alzheimer's disease for the layperson. He received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida, a M.D. from Tulane University School of Medicine and a M.P.H from Tulane University School of Public Health. | 