Ronald Aubert is the interim dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Race and Ethnicity at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and The School of Public Health.
With experiences working in the academy, government sector, and health care organizations, Dr. Aubert has a deep and unique background in public health. In addition to teaching at Brown, he has held academic appointments at the University of North Carolina, Rutgers University, and Emory University. Early in his career, Dr. Aubert worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, initially as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer and later as the Chief of Epidemiology in the Division of Diabetes Translation. While on assignment at the CDC, he was a Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service. He later moved into a series of leadership roles focused on issues related to financing and delivery at health care organizations, including Bayer Healthcare, Medco Health Solutions, Aetna, and Research & Evaluation Analytics.
At Brown, Dr. Aubert has been a dedicated teacher and accomplished administrator. The Presidential Scholars Program, which he directs, focuses on attracting and mentoring high-performing undergraduate students from historically underrepresented groups interested in STEM, social sciences, and the humanities to provide them the support to realize their full academic potential. In his time as Interim Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at the School of Public Health, Dr. Aubert has focused on increasing the diversity of students enrolled in master’s and doctoral programs and helped to advance several strategic priorities, including the School’s partnerships with HBCUs.
Dr. Aubert received a B.A. in Biology from Oberlin College, an M.S.P.H. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and completed the Epidemic Intelligence Service fellowship at the CDC.