Derek K. Smith | Department of Biostatistics

Dissertation: Empirical Bayes Methods for Everyday Statistical Problems

Advisor: Jeffrey Blume

DDS, Indiana University; MPH, Dental Public Health, A. T. Still University of Health Sciences

At Vanderbilt University Medical Center since 2012. Currently Assistant Professor of Biostatistics.

Research interests include: long-term oral side-effects of cancer therapy; models of care for oral health across the cancer care trajectory; novel methods for assessing risk and predicting the likely course of survivorship-related outcomes

Service and honors include: MASCC Outstanding Young Investigator Award (2019); International Society of Oral Oncology board of directors (2023–2025)

More information: biostat.app.vumc.org/DerekSmith