
Dr. Smith is interested in the impact of lifestyle interventions, such as diet and exercise, on neurocognitive function and mood. He has also published multiple studies examining the relationship between cardiovascular disease, major depressive disorder, and neurocognitive outcomes, preoperative predictors of postoperative delirium, the impact of cardiothoracic interventions on neurocognitive outcomes, and the relationship between patterns of dietary intake and cardiovascular outcomes. He is also interested in the role of modifiable risk factors, such as physical inactivity and psychosocial stress, on clinical outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients.
Education and Training
- Ph.D., Duke University, 2010
Grants
- Duke Creating ADRD Researchers for the Next Generation - Stimulating Access to Research in Residency Program (CARiNG-StARR)"
- Improving Lung Transplant Outcomes with Coping Skills and Physical Activity
- ACT with cystic fibrosis
- Healthy Skeletal Muscle, Healthy Brain: Are Kynurenine Metabolites the Link?
- Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Consortium
- Physical Resiliencies: Indicators and Mechanisms in the Elderly Collaborative (PRIME Collaborative)
- Exercise and Pharmacotherapy for Anxiety in Cardiac Patients