jksmith@wmcarey.edu (601) 318-6093
Dr. Smith graduated from Boston College in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. He earned a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2008 where he published in multiple peer reviewed journals and received several awards including The Charles Randall Research Award and the AACR’s Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award.
Dr. Smith completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Thoracic Head and Neck Medical Oncology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center shortly before joining the faculty at WCU-COM in 2011. His research interests include insulin receptor and insulin-like growth factor receptor involvement in tumor development and progression.