David Smith
University of Minnesota · Food Science
Active 1894–2025
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About
David Smith is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota. His areas of interest include value-added dairy products, such as milk protein fractions and the addition of prebiotics to dairy products. He teaches courses including the Science of Food & Cooking and Food Processing Operations. Dr. Smith serves as Associate Director of the Midwest Dairy Center and is an adviser to the North Central Cheese Industries Association. He has held various roles in professional organizations, including Editor for the International Dairy Journal, Chair of the Academy for Science and Agriculture School Board, and has been involved in judging dairy products at state fairs. His research profile indicates active involvement in evaluating dairy products and reorganizing dairy product categories for judging contests since the 1980s. Dr. Smith's contributions extend to advisory roles within the dairy industry and participation in research groups and outreach activities related to dairy science.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Chemistry
- Pharmacology
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
Selected publications
Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics · 2025-03-24
articleOpen accessAim : This study evaluated the Genetic Addiction Risk Severity (GARS) panel, which assesses genetic predisposition to addictive disorders by examining eleven polymorphisms in ten genes associated with dopaminergic reward system functioning. Methods : The GARS registered mark instead panel includes six single-nucleotide polymorphisms [DRD1, DRD2, DRD3, DRD4, OPRM1, and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT )], four simple sequence repeats (5HTT, DAT1, DRD4, and MAOA ), and one dinucleotide repeat (G…
Lessons from reforestation of agricultural landscapes in South-Eastern Australia
Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science · 2024-10-05
book-chapterExtensive areas spanning billions of hectares within the world’s arable landscapes are heavily degraded, have suffered losses of biodiversity, and require major restoration efforts. Indeed, the United Nations declared 2021-2030 to be the decade of restoration. The restoration challenges facing south-eastern Australia’s woodlands are not dissimilar to challenges which characterize many agricultural landscapes internationally, and thus form the basis of the case study featured in this chapter, inc…
Focal Press eBooks · 2022-03-04
book-chapter1st authorCorrespondingPurpose, Meaning, Reason and Research
Focal Press eBooks · 2022-03-04
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Recent grants
NIH · $3.5M · 2014
NIH · $4.7M · 2014
NIH · $1.7M · 2020
Frequent coauthors
- 53 shared
Yongjun Hu
- 48 shared
Richard W. Virgilio
Columbus State University
- 39 shared
Richard F. Keep
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- 36 shared
Donald R. Wesson
- 35 shared
Richard B. Seymour
- 33 shared
Richard M. Peters
- 31 shared
Kenneth Blum
Wright State University
- 25 shared
Christopher K. Zarins
Stanford University
Education
- 1981
Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California
- 1975
B.S., Pharmacy
State University of New York
Awards & honors
- Chair of the Academy for Science and Agriculture School Boar…
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