Patrick Tyjuan Smith

· Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics

Duke University · Business Administration

Active 1888–2025

h-index79

Citations21.3k

Papers48886 last 5y

Funding$344.7M1 active

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Patrick Tyjuan Smith is an Associate Research Professor of Theological Ethics and Bioethics at the Divinity School, where he has been serving since 2018. He is also the Co-Director in the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities & History of Medicine since 2021, and the Director of the Capacious Minds Initiative at the Kenan Institute for Ethics since 2025. Additionally, he holds a position as an Associate Professor in Population Health Sciences within the Basic Science Departments since 2021. His research focuses on addressing ethical challenges in health equity, racial inequalities in healthcare, and the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion within bioethics. Smith has contributed to the field through publications that advocate for pushing back against assaults on diversity and addressing racism in bioethics. His work includes exploring strategies to promote health equity, particularly in perioperative health and ICU prognostication, supported by grants from institutions such as the National Institutes of Health and the John and Wauna Harman Foundation.

Research topics

Medicine
Internal medicine
Biology
Environmental health
Intensive care medicine
Microbiology
Bioinformatics
Anesthesia
Genetics
Dermatology

Selected publications

Medication Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Changes from 2010 to 2018
The Journal of Pediatrics · 2021 · 137 citations
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Invasive fungal infections in neonates: a review
Pediatric Research · 2021 · 73 citations
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Influence of Eat, Sleep, and Console on Infants Pharmacologically Treated for Opioid Withdrawal
JAMA Pediatrics · 2024-04-15 · 20 citations
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Importance: The function-based eat, sleep, console (ESC) care approach substantially reduces the proportion of infants who receive pharmacologic treatment for neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). This reduction has led to concerns for increased postnatal opioid exposure in infants who receive pharmacologic treatment. However, the effect of the ESC care approach on hospital outcomes for infants pharmacologically treated for NOWS is currently unknown. Objective: To evaluate differences in o…
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Risk factors and epidemiology of spontaneous intestinal perforation among infants born at 22–24 weeks’ gestational age
Journal of Perinatology · 2023-09-27 · 14 citations
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Association of Growth During Infancy with Neurodevelopment and Obesity in Children Born Very Preterm: The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort
The Journal of Pediatrics · 2024-04-17 · 10 citations
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Recent grants

NIH Grant R21HD08060601A1
NIH · $259k · 2017
NIH Grant K23HD060040
NIH · $320k · 2013
NIH Grant R01FD005101
NIH · $1.1M · 2020

Frequent coauthors

Daniel K. Benjamin
Duke University
701 shared
C. Michael Cotten
Duke University
484 shared
Rosemary D. Higgins
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
378 shared
Christoph P. Hornik
Clinical Research Institute
342 shared
Michael Cohen‐Wolkowiez
Clinical Research Institute
327 shared
Abhik Das
RTI International
315 shared
Edward F. Bell
University of Iowa
313 shared
Betty R. Vohr
Brown University
288 shared

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