Professor Aubert has maintained a distinguished career of academic and government roles, with a focus on the impacts of rising pharmaceutical drug prices on health and healthcare systems in the US. Among many other roles, he has been a Commander for the US Public Health Service and the Chief of the Epidemiology Section, Division of Diabetes Translation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At Brown, Dr. Aubert is the associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion for the School of Public Health and a visiting professor of the practice of race and ethnicity and health services, policy, and practice.