Directory Entry For: Theodore Smith

Biography

Dr. Smith’s research focuses on community-engaged environmental technologies that provide place-based clinical insight for preventing or reducing the burden of disease. Dr. Smith co-founded the Envirome Institute in 2018 and serves as professor in the division of environmental medicine. He has a passion for research translation and the role of technologies to address social challenges. In his administrative capacity, he serves as interim associate dean for research in the School of Public Health and Information Sciences. He has published on the uses of generative AI in research translation. He directs a portfolio of environmental monitoring studies for the Green Heart clinical trial. Since June 2020, he has been a leader and partner in wastewater monitoring for Louisville Metro Public Health and Wellness and led the application of this technology for the Kentucky Dept of Corrections during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has authored over 50 publications in this field since 2021, including studies on wastewater-informed public health messaging and national public opinion. Smith was previously the Chief of Civic Innovation for the City of Louisville, KY where he created the largest real-time asthma monitoring project, AIRLouisville. Since 2019, he has served on the Board of the Citizen Science Association.  Ted received his B.S. in Biology and Psychology from Allegheny College, his M.S. and PhD in Experimental Psychology from Miami University and completed his post-doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Research Interests

 Environmental Medicine, Wastewater-Based Epidemiology, Gnerative AI Research Translation, Digital Health, Space Medicine,

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