Gary A. Smith MD, DrPH
Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Epidemiology, Ohio State University; Founder and Director, Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.Gary A. Smith, MD, DrPH, is Professor of Pediatrics, Emergency Medicine, and Epidemiology at the Ohio State University. He is founder and director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Smith is board certified in the specialties of pediatrics and general preventive medicine and public health, and in the subspecialty of pediatric emergency medicine. In addition to his clinical training, he holds MPH and DrPH degrees from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. He holds the Dimon R. McFerson Endowed Chair in Injury Research and is founder and president of the Child Injury Prevention Alliance, a NGO that works globally to prevent child injury. He has been a contributor to the field of injury, especially through research that informs public policy, for more than 35 years. His research focuses on prevention of unintentional and intentional injuries among children and adolescents.