Smith, Becky
Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Health Innovation Professor
Health Innovation Professor
2001 South Lincoln Avenue
Urbana, IL 61802
M/C 002
Urbana, IL 61802
Education
- PhD in Epidemiology, Department of Population Medicine, Cornell University. Minors: Applied Economics and Management, Statistics
- MS in Biosecurity and Risk Analysis, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University.
- DVM, School of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University.
- B.A. in Biology, Gustavus Adolphus College, MN. Minor: English
Academic Positions
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cornell University, 2011-2014
- Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell University (Advisor, Yrjö Gröhn), full-time graduate student, 2007-2011
- Graduate Research Assistant, Kansas State University (Advisor, Michael Sanderson), full-time graduate student, 2005-2007
Other campus affiliations
Other campus affiliationsASSOC PROF, Biomedical & Translational Sciences, Carle-Illinois College of Medicine
ASSOC PROF, Infection Genomics for One Health, Institute for Genomic Biology
ASSOC PROF, Kinesiology & Community Health
ASSOC PROF, Women & Gender in Global Perspectives
AFFILIATE, Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute
ASSOC PROF, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
ASSOC PROF, Center for Digital Agriculture
Research Interests
- Infectious disease surveillance, forecasting, prevention, and control
- Mathematical and statistical modeling of infectious diseases
- Data biases and use of data for decision-making in disease control
- Longitudinal data analysis
- One Health
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Courses Taught
Current
- Epidemiology Seminar, PATH527, every semester
- Principles and Methods of Epidemiology, PATH517, every fall
- Orientation to Research (College of Medicine), on demand
Current Projects
- Vector-Borne Diseases at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface
- COVID-19 transmission and control, and the impact of human factors
- Transmission and control of water-borne pathogens and interpretation of wastewater pathogen data
- Biosecurity
- Infection genomics to understand disease transmission and antimicrobial resistance
Honors and Awards
- Presidential Medallion, University of Illinois, 2021
- Mark Gearhart Award. Association of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, December, 2011.
- Guild of St. Ansgar. Gustavus Adolphus College, May 2001.
Professional Affiliations
- American Veterinary Medical Association
- Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases
- United States Animal Health Association
- Association of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
- Society for Epidemiologic Research
- Entomological Society of America