Craig Rubens is co-founder and Executive Director of the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), a new interdisciplinary initiative of Seattle Children's established to unravel the mysteries surrounding preterm birth and stillbirth. Rubens is also a Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, an Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist. He is a graduate of the University of Washington, School of Medicine and received a PhD from the Department of Basic and Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, Medical University of South Carolina.