Dr. Smith is Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. He has a deep history of clinical research. Dr. Smith is the former chair of the American Lung Association’s Scientific Advisory Committee and led Northwestern University and the Lung Association in the inception of the Airways Clinical Research Centers Network. He was consortium center principal investigator for the ACRC from its inception until 2017, and co-principal investigator for the Chicago center of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) supported AsthmaNet program.
