The Directory of Research and Researchers at Brown: Katherine Smith

I am broadly interested in conservation biology, global change ecology, public health and environmental policy. The unifying theme of my research is the study of Conservation Medicine - an emerging interdisciplinary field that studies the link between anthropogenic environmental change, the health of all species, and the conservation of biodiversity. Within the purview of Conservation Medicine I am interested in three research topics: 1) the effects of disease on biodiversity, 2) the role of invasive species in disease emergence, and 3) the scope, implications and regulation of global wildlife trade. My principal approach in exploring these topics has been to test hypotheses using a combination of meta-analyses, theory and field studies.

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2008-present Assistant Professor (research), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University.

2008-present Senior Consulting Scientist. Ecohealth Alliance (formerly Wildlife Trust).

2006-2008 David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow. Wildlife Trust.

2006 Postdoctoral Research Associate. University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology.

2006 Ph.D. Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology. University of California at Santa Barbara.

2001 B.S. Biology. University of New Mexico.

KATHERINE SMITH, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Biology (Research)
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Phone: +1 401 863 1266
E-mail: Katherine_Smith@brown.edu

Katherine Smith's Brown Research URL:
http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Katherine_Smith

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