Davey M. Smith
Davey Smith
Credentials:
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M.D.
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MAS
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BS
Current Position(s):
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Professor of Medicine
Personal Statement:
Dr. Smith's role is to offer a wide range of mentoring support including research design, scientific and technical methods, presentation of results, grantsmanship and most importantly career development and guidance. He has a very good track record for mentoring physician scientists with over 60 publications co-authored with graduate students, post-doctoral fellow, and junior faculty as first authors. In recognition of these achievements, Dr. Smith was awarded a K24 mentoring grant from NIAID that took effect in May 2012 and provides more protected time for direct mentorship to Kevan in Dr. Smith's group.
Professional History:
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2003-2009 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2005-present Director, HIV/HCV and HIV/HPV Co-Infection Clinics, Special Infectious Diseases Program, Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Diego, CA
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2005-present Physician, Gay Men and Transgender Health, Family Health Centers of San Diego; CA
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2009-2013 Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2009-present Director, Translational Virology Core, UCSD Centers for AIDS Research, San Diego; CA
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2010-present Core Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2011-2017 Associate Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2013-2016 Professor of Medicine In Residence, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2013-present Co-Director, UCSD Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR), San Diego; CA
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2016-present Professor of Medicine Ladder Rank, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2016-present Vice Chair of Faculty, Department of Medicine, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2009-present Director, Translational Virology Core, UCSD Centers for AIDS Research, San Diego; CA
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2010-present Core Faculty, Internal Medicine Residency Program, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2011-2017 Associate Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program Director, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2013-2016 Professor of Medicine In Residence, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2013-present Co-Director, UCSD Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR), San Diego; CA
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2016-present Professor of Medicine Ladder Rank, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2016-present Vice Chair of Faculty, Department of Medicine, UCSD; San Diego, CA
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2017-present Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, UCSD; San Diego, CA
Education:
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Univ. of Tenn. at Chattanooga; Chattanooga, TN 05/93 Biology
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East Tenn. State Univ. (ETSU); Johnson City, TN . 05/96 Medicine
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Univ. of California, San Diego (UCSD); La Jolla, CA 06/00 Internal Medicine
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Univ. of California, San Diego (UCSD); La Jolla, CA 06/03 Infectious Diseases
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Univ. of California, San Diego (UCSD); La Jolla, CA 06/05 Clinical Research
Awards and Honors:
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2002 Associate Investigator Award, Veterans Affairs Medical Center; San Diego, CA
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2005 Study of superinfection, JAMA 2004 selected for Discover magazine’s “The Year in Science: Top 100 Stories” as story #41. Discover 26(1), January 2005.
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2008 Nominated for the 2008 Kaiser Excellence in Teaching Award by the third-year students of the UCSD School of Medicine; San Diego, CA
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2008 “40 Under 40” Award (honoring young San Diego leaders) from San Diego Metropolitan magazine; San Diego, CA
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2009 Dr. A. Brad Truax Award (for outstanding achievement in the area of HIV/AIDS) by the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency; San Diego, CA
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2010 HIV Medical Association Researcher of the Year (honoring young leaders) by the Infectious Disease Society of America; Vancouver, CA
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2012 NIDA Avant Garde Award in HIV Prevention
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2012, 2014 UCSD Internal Medicine Residency Teaching Award from Chief Residents; San Diego, CA
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2015 American Society of Clinical Investigation
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2015 Fellow American College of Physicians
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