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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
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Ice-dancing, self-criticism, and freedom

a man ice skating Photo by Anita Austvika on Unsplash

Anyone love the Olympics? Ever since my kids were small, I’ve loved watching the Olympics and have used those seasons to try to teach them about the wonderful world we live in - complete with Olympic cookies, a “trip around the world” in the house, and a HUGE tent in the living room. (You can see the pictures and read about that here!)

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