Faculty
Faculty Bio
David R. Smith, DVM, PhD, DACVPM (Epidemiology)
Mikell and Mary Cheek Hall Davis Endowed Professor
Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine
Contact Information
College of Veterinary Medicine
PO Box 6100
Mississippi State, MS 39762-6100
Phone: 662.325.1344
Fax: 662.325.4548
Email: dsmith@cvm.msstate.edu
Education
- B.S. – The Ohio State University
- D.V.M. – The Ohio State University
- Ph.D. – The Ohio State University
- Diplomate – American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine –Epidemiology Specialty
Special interests
- Research –Use of field epidemiology to discover how beef cattle production-systems can be modified to improve the health, well-being, and productivity of cattle, and benefit human and environmental health.
- Teaching –Population approaches to veterinary medicine
- Service –Communicating population medicine principles; emphasizing biosecurity and pathogen containment , diagnostics, and the role of the production-system on beef cattle health, reproduction, and pre-harvest food safety
Primary Area of Expertise
Epidemiology of cattle production systems
