Gary Smith, MA, MA, D.Phil, Cert. Ed.
Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Department: Biomedical Sciences
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
Dept of Clinical Studies
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348-1692
School of Veterinary Medicine
Dept of Clinical Studies
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
Kennett Square, PA 19348-1692
Office: 610 925- 6312
Fax: 610 925-8130
Fax: 610 925-8130
Email:
garys@vet.upenn.edu
garys@vet.upenn.edu
Publications
Links
Search PubMed for articles
School of Veterinary Medicine faculty webpage.
Parasitology graduate group faculty webpage.
Search PubMed for articles
School of Veterinary Medicine faculty webpage.
Parasitology graduate group faculty webpage.
Education:
(10 GCE 0-Levels, 4 GCE A-Levels)
Bromsgrove County High School, 1967.
BA Honors (Zoology)
Oxford University, 1970.
Cert. Ed. (Education)
Cambridge University, 1971.
BA Honors (Education)
Cambridge University, 1972.
DPhil (Parasite Ecology)
University of York, 1978.
Permanent link(10 GCE 0-Levels, 4 GCE A-Levels)
Bromsgrove County High School, 1967.
BA Honors (Zoology)
Oxford University, 1970.
Cert. Ed. (Education)
Cambridge University, 1971.
BA Honors (Education)
Cambridge University, 1972.
DPhil (Parasite Ecology)
University of York, 1978.
Description of Research Expertise
Research Interests- Epidemiology of parasitic and infectious diseases
- Parasite population ecology
- Mathematical modeling of infectious and parasitic diseases of veterinary and medical importance
- Public health.
Research focus: the use of mathematical modeling techniques to facilitate the control of infectious and parasitic disease. Areas of interest include parasite population biology; the epidemiology of parasitic diseases (including those caused by viruses and bacteria); mathematical modeling of parasitic diseases of veterinary and medical importance; and economic evaluation of chemotherapeutic and vaccination strategies.
Selected Publications
Pelletier ST, Rorres C, Macko PC, Peters S, Smith G. : Models of highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemics in commercial poultry flocks in Nigeria and Ghana. Trop Anim Health Prod. Epub, Apr 3 2012.Bruhn, M.C., Munoz, B., Cajka, J., Smith, G., Curry, R.J., Wagener, D.K., Wheaton, W.D. : Synthesized population databases: A geospatial database of US poultry farms Citation RTI Press Publication No. MR-0023-1201. ( & et al.) Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI Press Jan 2012.
Tildesley MJ, Smith G, Keeling MJ. : Modeling the spread and control of foot-and-mouth disease in Pennsylvania following its discovery and options for control. Prev Vet Med. 104: 224-39, May 1 2012.
Smith G. : Preferential sexual transmission of pseudorabies virus in feral swine populations may not account for observed seroprevalence in the USA. Prev Vet Med. 103(2-3): 145-56, Feb 1 2012.
Rorres C, Pelletier ST, Smith G. : Stochastic modeling of animal epidemics using data collected over three different spatial scales. Epidemics 3(2): 61-70, Jun 2011.
Smith G, Dunipace S. : How backyard poultry flocks influence the effort required to curtail avian influenza epidemics in commercial poultry flocks. Epidemics 3(2): 71-5, Jun 2011.
Rorres C, Pelletier ST, Bruhn MC, Smith G. : Ongoing estimation of the epidemic parameters of a stochastic, spatial, discrete-time model for a 1983-84 avian influenza epidemic. Avian Dis 55(1): 35-42, Mar 2011.
Smith G. : Models of macroparasitic infections in domestic ruminants: a conceptual review and critique. Rev Sci Tech. 30(2): 447-56, Aug 2011.
Aceto H, Miller SA, Smith G. : Onset of diarrhea and pyrexia and time to detection of Salmonella enterica subsp enterica in feces in experimental studies of cattle, horses, goats, and sheep after infection per os. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 10: 1333-9, May 15 2011.