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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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Neighbor Thursday: Hello from Rwanda!

Hi neighbors!

I’m writing to you from the gorgeous country of Rwanda. They call this country the land of a thousand hills, and I can believe it! It’s hill after hill after hill - dotted with different shades of green that look like a patchwork quilt. It’s stunning. I keep saying it looks like a calendar picture or something you’d see on a screenshot. It takes your breath away.

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

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An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence

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The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life

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Emily Smith wrote a new blog post Neighbor Tuesday: ACIP mayhem It has been an awful few days in the public health/child health/child vaccination world. Last week, ACIP (the Advisory Committee on Immunization Pract Read more of this blog post »
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