To prevent getting or spreading COVID over the holidays, you should complete a strict, two week, self-quarantine before gathering with others.
Emily Smith, ScD MPH
Emily Smith, ScD MPH
The George Washington University
Editor-in-Chief & Co-Founder
Emily Smith is an Assistant Professor of Global Health and Nutrition at The George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health. She also holds a research appointment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Smith completed her undergraduate studies at Northwestern University, and she received a Master of Public Health from the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Smith earned her doctorate from the Department of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she focused on population health, epidemiologic methods, and infectious disease epidemiology.
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