Top Researchers
Top Medicine Researchers at University of Delaware for 2026
Research at the University of Delaware spans a wide range of Medicine, with recent work that connects clinical care, rehabilitation, imaging, and population health. Across the last year, the institution’s output shows a clear interest in both patient-facing questions and the methods used to answer them.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of researchers whose recent publications reflect that breadth, from musculoskeletal care and stroke rehabilitation to cardiovascular science, infectious disease, and medical imaging.
Featured Researchers
Karin Grävare Silbernagel
Karin Grävare Silbernagel’s recent work at the University of Delaware centers on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, with Surgery also featuring prominently in studies on shockwave therapy, Achilles tendinopathy, and ACL outcomes.
Activity over the last year: 23 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Recommendations for use of extracorporeal shockwave therapy in sports medicine: an international modified Delphi study (Mar 2025)
- Diagnostic domains, differential diagnosis and conditions requiring further medical attention that are considered important in the assessment for Achilles tendinopathy: a Delphi consensus study (Apr 2025)
- Clinical, Functional, Sports Participation, and Osteoarthritis Outcomes After ACL Injury (Feb 2025)
Thomas A. Buckley
Thomas A. Buckley’s University of Delaware research spans Epidemiology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, and Physical Therapy, with recent publications on diagnostic models, injury risk, and collision sports.
Activity over the last year: 15 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Comparison of Frontier Open-Source and Proprietary Large Language Models for Complex Diagnoses (Mar 2025)
- A Machine Learning Model for Post-Concussion Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in Collegiate Athletes (Mar 2025)
- Collision Sports and Neurodegenerative Disease: Inclusion of Moderating Risk Factors (May 2025)
Curtis L. Johnson
Curtis L. Johnson focuses on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, reflected in recent studies of brain biomechanics and magnetic resonance elastography.
Activity over the last year: 14 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Average Biomechanical Responses of the Human Brain Grouped by Age and Sex (Apr 2025)
- Deep Brain Stimulation Electrode Deviations are Associated With Brain Stiffness Interfaces Measured by Magnetic Resonance Elastography (Feb 2025)
- Multimodal characterization of intracranial biomechanics in a 3D biofidelic head surrogate (Oct 2025)
Daniel K. White
Daniel K. White’s work at the University of Delaware draws on Rheumatology, Surgery, and Physiology, with recent papers addressing exercise management and walking-related osteoarthritis risk.
Activity over the last year: 13 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Recent highlights and uncertainties in exercise management of knee osteoarthritis (Jun 2025)
- Research priorities for physical activity and exercise management of people with knee and hip osteoarthritis: A multi-stage international priority-setting study from the OARSI Rehabilitation Discussion Group (Jul 2025)
- Association of walking with incident knee osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study using data from the UK Biobank (Jan 2025)
Darcy S. Reisman
Darcy S. Reisman’s recent publications emphasize Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, and Cognitive Neuroscience, especially in studies of gait training and motor adaptation after stroke.
Activity over the last year: 11 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Training Parameters and Adaptations That Mediate Walking Capacity Gains from High-Intensity Gait Training Poststroke (Mar 2025)
- The Detrimental Effect of Stroke on Motor Adaptation (Jan 2025)
- Effects of maximal speed locomotor training on spatiotemporal gait changes in individuals with chronic stroke: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial (Jul 2025)
Christopher R. Martens
Christopher R. Martens works across Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, with recent studies on hypertension, LDL-C, and tissue properties in older adults.
Activity over the last year: 12 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Nicotinamide riboside combined with exercise to treat hypertension in middle-aged and older adults: a pilot randomized clinical trial (Aug 2025)
- Elevated LDL-C induces T-cell metabolic dysfunction and increases inflammation and oxidative stress in midlife adults (Aug 2025)
- Mechanical Properties of the Cortex in Older Adults and Relationships With Personality Traits (Feb 2025)
Valerie A. Earnshaw
Valerie A. Earnshaw’s recent University of Delaware research links Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and General Health Professions, with attention to antiretroviral access, stigma, and alcohol-related public health concerns.
Activity over the last year: 12 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Pre-implementation findings on the barriers and potential solutions to initiate same-day antiretroviral therapy among people who inject drugs in Malaysia (Aug 2025)
- “Once You’re Labeled a Drug User, You Might as Well Stay the F*** Home”: Adverse Police Experiences Among People Who Inject Drugs (Dec 2025)
- Women and alcohol: A call to action (Nov 2025)
Jody L. Greaney
Jody L. Greaney’s work blends Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, and Behavioral Neuroscience, including studies of endothelial function and stress responsivity.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- IL-6 induces mitochondrial ROS production and blunts NO bioavailability in human aortic endothelial cells (Mar 2025)
- Negative affective responsivity to daily stressors in young adults: The influence of depressive symptom severity (Feb 2025)
- Sympathetic reactivity to emotional stress in women with major depressive disorder (Mar 2025)
What University of Delaware's Medicine Community Is Working On
The most common subfields point to an active community working at the intersection of musculoskeletal health, rehabilitation, epidemiology, and imaging. Orthopedics and Sports Medicine appears alongside Surgery and Physical Therapy, suggesting sustained attention to injury, recovery, and mobility. Epidemiology and radiology-linked work add a broader health-systems and measurement perspective, showing that researchers are not only studying clinical conditions but also how they are assessed, tracked, and managed across diverse patient groups.- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Surgery - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Epidemiology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
Taken together, these researchers show how medical scholarship at the University of Delaware moves between lab-based inquiry, clinical decision-making, and real-world health outcomes. If you’re exploring similar literature or preparing your own manuscript, Resub can help streamline citation discovery, formatting, and submission prep so you can spend more time on the science.
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