Top Researchers
Top Medicine Researchers at Auburn University for 2026
Auburn University’s recent Medicine research spans everything from exercise physiology and rehabilitation to cardiology, epidemiology, and microbial diagnostics. Looking across the last year of work, a clear picture emerges of researchers connecting basic science with clinical questions and real-world health needs.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of faculty whose publications reflect that range: studies of movement, aging, heart health, health economics, community pharmacy, and laboratory methods that support diagnosis and treatment.
Featured Researchers
Michael D. Roberts
Michael D. Roberts, at Auburn University, focused on exercise physiology, cell biology, and physiology through work on nitric oxide, resistance training, and gait patterns.
Activity over the last year: 19 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Nitric oxide in exercise physiology: past and present perspectives (Jan 2025)
- Resistance training-induced appendicular lean tissue mass changes are largely unrelated to pre-training bone characteristics in a larger cohort of untrained adults (Dec 2025)
- Higher Fat Mass To Fat-free Mass Is Associated With Modified Gait Patterns In Middle-aged Adults (Sep 2025)
Jaimie A. Roper
Jaimie A. Roper, at Auburn University, worked across rehabilitation, psychiatry, and neurology with studies on thalamotomy for tremor, mobility across the healthspan, and cognitive-motor interference.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Connectomic-guided stereotactic radiosurgery thalamotomy for tremor: a patient-specific approach to enhance outcomes (Feb 2025)
- Knee Health Is a Major Determinant of Mobility Across the Healthspan (Nov 2025)
- Verbal fluency dual-tasks show greater age-related cognitive-motor interference: a meta-analysis of walking performance (Oct 2025)
Chin‐Yen Lin
Chin‐Yen Lin, at Auburn University, centered recent work on cardiology, endocrinology, and psychology, including health literacy, patient assessment, and the links between rurality, sedentary time, and cognitive function.
Activity over the last year: 15 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Cognitive impairment and limited health literacy are associated with poor health outcomes among patients with heart failure residing in rural areas (Jan 2025)
- Psychometric Testing of the Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patient Assets, Risks, and Experiences (PRAPARE) in Patients With Heart Failure and Coronary Heart Disease (Jan 2025)
- Degree of rurality moderates the association of sedentary time with cognitive function in rural patients with cardiac diseases and depressive symptoms (Sep 2025)
Lindsey Hohmann
Lindsey Hohmann, at Auburn University, examined geriatrics, public health, and epidemiology through studies of community pharmacy readiness, stimulant misuse knowledge, and naloxone training programs.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Expanding pharmacogenomics in the community pharmacy setting: A survey of Alabama community pharmacists' confidence, perceptions, interest, and preparedness (Dec 2025)
- Sociodemographic differences in knowledge, perceptions, and intentions regarding stimulant misuse: A theory-informed national cross-sectional survey (Dec 2025)
- Naloxone training programs in corporately-owned versus independently-owned Alabama community pharmacies: A pilot cross-sectional survey (Apr 2025)
Gretchen D. Oliver
Gretchen D. Oliver, at Auburn University, drew on surgery, orthopedics, and epidemiology to study pitching biomechanics, movement variability, and in-game kinetics.
Activity over the last year: 8 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Chengming Wang
Chengming Wang, at Auburn University, concentrated on parasitology, molecular medicine, and microbiology with diagnostic methods for canine and equine pathogens.
Activity over the last year: 8 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Highly sensitive multiplex PCR for convenient quantification and differentiation of canine Oomycota pathogens: Pythium insidiosum , Lagenidium giganteum f. caninum, and Paralagenidium karlingii (Apr 2025)
- High-resolution melting curve FRET-qPCR rapidly distinguishes Streptococcus equi subsp. equi and zooepidemicus (Jul 2025)
- Improving noninvasive diagnosis of cutaneous and gastrointestinal forms of Pythium insidiosum infections in dogs: complementary roles of serum-based ELISA and polymerase chain reaction (Oct 2025)
Surachat Ngorsuraches
Surachat Ngorsuraches, at Auburn University, connected economics, geriatrics, and health in work on AI-based synthetic data, public vaccine preferences, and cost-effectiveness in cancer treatment.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Roles of Artificial Intelligence--Based Synthetic Data in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (Apr 2025)
- Shots or shutdowns? Public preferences for COVID-19 vaccines and societal restrictions in the US (Dec 2025)
- Cost-effectiveness of cemiplimab plus chemotherapy vs pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced non–small cell lung cancer (Feb 2025)
C. Brooks Mobley
C. Brooks Mobley, at Auburn University, bridged cell biology, molecular biology, and rehabilitation in research on nitric oxide, muscle recovery, and the mobility effects of protective gear.
Activity over the last year: 12 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Nitric oxide in exercise physiology: past and present perspectives (Jan 2025)
- Effects of leg immobilization and recovery resistance training on skeletal muscle-molecular markers in previously resistance-trained versus untrained adults (Jan 2025)
- Protective Gear Negatively Impacts Police Officer Mobility, Stability, and Power Generation (Sep 2025)
What Auburn University's Medicine Community Is Working On
Across Auburn University’s Medicine research, the most common threads over the past year were cell biology, geriatrics and gerontology, and epidemiology. That mix suggests a community that is actively moving between molecular mechanisms, aging and function, and population-level health questions. The featured work also points to practical concerns in rehabilitation, cardiovascular care, and community-based health interventions, showing how basic and applied research are informing one another across the institution.- Cell Biology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Geriatrics and Gerontology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Epidemiology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Complementary and alternative medicine - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
- Physiology - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
Taken together, this body of work shows a broad medical research community at Auburn University, with scholars advancing both mechanistic understanding and practical care. Explore the featured researchers below to see how these themes appear across different areas of Medicine, and consider using Resub to streamline your own citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission preparation.
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