Communicating with Patients - Vaccine Truth vs. Myth

Dr. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Louisville. He completed his fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he developed an interest in vaccine risk communication under the tutelage of Dr. Paul Offit.

During fellowship, Dr. Smith also earned a master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the epidemiology of vaccine preventable diseases, especially as this relates to parental vaccine hesitancy. His thesis examined the impact of media coverage of the MMR-autism controversy on MMR uptake in the United States. He has written numerous articles, book chapters, and editorials on vaccine safety, and is the co-author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Vaccinations, to be published this winter.

He is currently Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Louisville, and an attending physician at Kosair Children’s Hospital, both in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Smith’s research focuses on the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases in the community and the healthcare setting.

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