Rebecca Smith
· Associate Professor, Biomedical & Translational Sciences Affiliate, Center for Social and Behavioral Science, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute Associate Professor National Center for Supercomputing Applications Associate Professor Institute for Genomic Biology Associate Professor Center for Digi Agricultural, Supercomputing Applications Associate ProfessorUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Pathobiology
Active 1977–2024
About
Rebecca Smith is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Pathobiology at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the Department of Population Medicine at Cornell University, with minors in Applied Economics and Management and Statistics. Her educational background also includes a DVM from Cornell University, an MS in Biosecurity and Risk Analysis from Kansas State University, and a BA in Biology from Gustavus Adolphus College. Her research focuses on infectious disease surveillance, forecasting, prevention, and control, utilizing mathematical and statistical modeling of infectious diseases. She is engaged in studying data biases and the use of data for decision-making in disease control, with particular interest in longitudinal data analysis. Her current projects include vector-borne diseases at the human-animal-environment interface, COVID-19 transmission and control, water-borne pathogens, and biosecurity, as well as infection genomics to understand disease transmission and antimicrobial resistance. Dr. Smith has held various academic positions, including postdoctoral research at Cornell University and graduate research assistantships at both Cornell and Kansas State University. She is affiliated with multiple campus organizations, such as the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, the Institute for Genomic Biology, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Her professional affiliations include the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, and the Society for Epidemiologic Research. She has been recognized with awards including the Presidential Medallion from the University of Illinois in 2021 and the Mark Gearhart Award from the Association of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine in 2011.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Biology
- Veterinary medicine
- Environmental health
- Virology
Frequent coauthors
- 93 shared
Yrjo T. Gröhn
- 71 shared
Y.H. Schukken
De Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren
- 43 shared
Jodi A. Flaws
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- 40 shared
Heba H. Mostafa
- 40 shared
Nicholas Gallagher
Johns Hopkins Medicine
- 38 shared
Yukari C. Manabe
Johns Hopkins Medicine
- 36 shared
Loren W. Tauer
Cornell University
- 34 shared
Matthew L. Robinson
Education
- 2010
PhD, Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Cornell University
- 2007
MS, Clinical Sciences
Kansas State University
- 2005
DVM, College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Awards & honors
- Presidential Medallion, University of Illinois, 2021
- Mark Gearhart Award, Association of Veterinary Epidemiology…
- Guild of St. Ansgar, Gustavus Adolphus College, May 2001
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