Emily Smith
Assistant Professor in Surgery
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health

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Emily Smith
Assistant Professor in Surgery
Assistant Research Professor of Global Health
Emily Smith, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Duke University with research interests including children’s global surgery, health-systems strengthening in low-income countries, health economics, and global health policy. As an epidemiologist, she has worked with her in-country partners at the Edna Adan Hospital in Somaliland for the past 5 years on projects related to children’s surgical care, including defining the epidemiologic burden, assessing poverty trajectories among families with a child’s surgical need, geospatial analyses, and healthcare infrastructure. Prior to DGHI, her work at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) involved utilizing epidemiological methods, mathematical modeling techniques and cost-effectiveness research to determine effectiveness of various testing strategies among HIV exposed infants in sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Smith also frequently talks about the COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of “love-thy-neighbor” on social media and her Substack blog with a monthly reach of 2-4 million. Her work has been featured in TIME Magazine, NPR, the Washington Post, Christianity Today, and Baptist News Global.
Publications
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Canick J, Petrucci B, Patterson R, Saunders J, Htoo Thaw M, Omosule I, et al. An analysis of the inclusion of ear and hearing care in national health policies, strategies and plans. Health Policy Plan. 2023 Jun 16;38(6):719–25.Zadey S, Iyer H, Nayan A, Shetty R, Sonal S, Smith ER, et al. Evaluating the status of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery indicators for India. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia. 2023 Jun 1;13.Majaliwa E, Smith ER, Cotache-Condor C, Rice H, Gwanika Y, Canick J, et al. Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Care at a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Tanzania: A Retrospective Study. JCO Glob Oncol. 2023 Jun;9:e2200263.Smith ER, Kapoor P, Concepcion T, Ramirez T, Mohamed M, Dahir S, et al. Does reducing out-of-pocket costs for children's surgical care protect families from poverty in Somaliland? A cross-sectional, national, economic evaluation modelling study. BMJ Open. 2023 May 2;13(5):e069572.
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