Hunter Jackson Smith, MD, MPH, MBE, FACPM

Hunter Jackson Smith, MD, MPH, MBE, FACPM is a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and the Focus Area Lead for Antimicrobial Resistant Infections at the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Branch in Silver Spring, MD. In this capacity, he oversees the DoD’s disease surveillance efforts across the globe for antimicrobial resistance, enteric pathogens, and sexually transmitted infections.

MAJ Smith is an Assistant Professor for the Uniformed Services University in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics where he teaches preventive medicine, epidemiology, and emerging infectious disease topics. He is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics where he teaches bioethics across a variety of topics. MAJ Smith practices travel medicine at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where he supervises preventive medicine residents.

Dr. Smith was elected to the Board of Regents for the American College of Preventive Medicine. He currently serves on the Editorial Boards for the Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics and AJPM Focus, and he was previously on the Board of Governors for the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Dr. Smith also serves on several national task forces, including the U.S. National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB), the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR), and the VA/DoD Evidence-Based Practice Working Group.

Dr. Smith is board certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He graduated from Tulane University with a BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies. He couldn’t stay away from the crawfish etouffee, so lived in New Orleans four more years to earn his MD and MPH in Epidemiology from Tulane University. Dr. Smith completed his intern year at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii where he met his lovely wife, Joy. He went on to complete his residency training in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Uniformed Services University, during which time he earned an MBE from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Smith has over 30 peer-reviewed publications. His bioethics research interests include the intersection of epidemiology and bioethics, military medicine, emerging infectious diseases, social drivers of health, and obesity. His medical research interests include tropical medicine, antimicrobial resistance, and infectious disease epidemiology.