Rate My Professor Gavin Smith

Professor Gavin James Smith serves as the Programme Director of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, which operates in collaboration with the National University of Singapore. His primary academic training is in ecology and evolution, obtained at the University of Melbourne. He earned his PhD from the University of Hong Kong and completed postdoctoral training in the Department of Microbiology at the same institution prior to joining Duke-NUS in 2010.

Professor Smith’s research focuses on the ecology and evolution of zoonotic viruses as well as the molecular epidemiology of human respiratory pathogens. His work examines viral disease ecosystems in Asia, with particular emphasis on the animal-human interface, to support improved disease control measures and pandemic prevention. He has conducted studies on genetic changes in SARS-CoV-2 and their implications for the COVID-19 pandemic, including projects investigating intra-host genetic diversity of the virus to identify mutations associated with host adaptation, emerging drug resistance, or vaccine escape. In addition to his research leadership, Professor Smith contributes to academic efforts in virology and infectious disease epidemiology through his role at the institution.

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