University of Pennsylvania: School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Studies - New Bolton Center, Section of Epidemiology and Public Health

Dr. Gary Smith

Chief of the Section of Epidemiology and Public Health
Professor of Population Biology and Epidemiology Medicine
Secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Associate Scholar in the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Contact Information:

Boucher House
New Bolton Center
382 West Street Road
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Kennett Square, PA 19348

610.925.6312 (office phone/voice mail)
610.925.8123 (office fax)
garys@vet.upenn.edu General Information Email

Epidemiology is the study of the frequency, distribution, and determinants of health and disease in animal populations. The Section of Epidemiology and Public Health at New Bolton Center is responsible for the core courses in Epidemiology ("Principles of Epidemiology, VMED 606; Veterinary Public Health, VMED 607) and an elective course (Ecological Epidemiology, VCSN 631).

The Section has particular expertise in modeling the transmission dynamics of infectious and parasitic diseases but also has considerable experience with case-control methodologies and surveillance techniques, and is actively involved in the Epidemic Disease Geographical Information Systems Unit.(EDGIS).