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Emily Smith is an assistant professor in the department of emergency medicine/surgery at Duke University and at the Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI). During the COVID-19 pandemic, she also became known as the Friendly Neighbor Epidemiologist through her social media outlets which reached 10 million people during 2020-2021.

Before joining the faculty at Duke University, Dr. Smith spent four years at Baylor University in the department of public health and was a research scholar at DGHI for two years. Dr. Smith received her PhD in epidemiology from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill and a MSPH from the University of South Carolina.

Emily has been married to her pastor-husband for twenty years and they have two fan ...more

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Someone the other day asked where I had been on Substack. I said, ‘What do you mean?’ and then realized I left this post in my draft folder for 6 weeks. #facepalm. So, here we are mid-summer, and I’m finally pressing ‘publish’ on my summer plans. ha! Sorry about that, neighbors! And, because it’s bringing me so much joy, here’s a picture of flowers from the backyard. I decided to try roses this ye

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The Science of the Good Samaritan: Thinking Bigger about Loving Our Neighbors

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

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