Dr. Emily Smith

Associate Professor

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Biography

Emily Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and also serves as an Associate Research Professor in Global Health at Duke University. Her research interests focus on children's global surgery, poverty metrics, health economics, and global health policy. Emily has worked with in-country partners, specifically at the Edna Adan Hospital in Somaliland, over the past five years, addressing projects related to children's surgical care. Her work includes defining the epidemiologic burden of surgical issues and assessing the poverty trajectories of families needing surgical care, utilizing geospatial analyses and examining healthcare infrastructure. Prior to her tenure at Duke University, she worked at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, where she employed epidemiological methods and mathematical modeling to conduct cost-effectiveness research to determine the effectiveness of HIV testing strategies among exposed infants in sub-Saharan Africa.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

Duke University • Durham, NC

Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Associate Research Professor

— Present

Duke University • Durham, NC

Conducting research within the Duke Global Health Institute.

Assistant Research Professor

— Present

Duke University • Durham, NC

Research and clinical work in the field of global health.

Assistant Professor

— Present

Duke University • Durham, NC

Teaching and conducting research in Emergency Medicine.

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)