Faculty & Staff

Tara Smith, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology


Office:  S431 CPHB and B168 MTF
Phone:  (319) 384-1555
Email:  tara-smith@uiowa.edu

Biosketch (pdf)

 

Courses Taught

  • Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • Introduction to Molecular Epidemiology
  • Infectious Causes of Chronic Disease

Current Research Interests

  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Zoonotic disease
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Streptococcus pyogenes
  • Streptococcus suis
  • Bacterial ecology and antibiotic resistance
  • Infection and chronic disease