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Lewis J. Smith, Associate Vice President for Research

Dr. Smith obtained an undergraduate degree from the City College of New York and a medical degree from the University of Rochester. He completed training in internal medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. and in pulmonary medicine at Boston University. He joined the faculty of Northwestern University in 1979, was awarded tenure in 1985 and was promoted to Professor of Medicine in 1991. He served as Chief of the Medical School's Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division from 1982 to 1998. He was Associate Director of the Office of Clinical Research and Training from 1988-2002, at which time he developed a training program in clinical investigation, which awards a Master of Science degree from the Graduate School. He currently directs the Research Subject Advocate program of the NIH-funded General Clinical Research Center and serves as the Executive Director of the Office for the Protection of Research Subjects.

For nearly 25 years he has had laboratory-based and clinical research programs supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the NIH, foundations and industry. For the past 20 years he has studied various aspects of asthma pathogenesis including the role of leukotrienes, oxidants, and diet. He is currently a lead investigator in the American Lung Association's Asthma Clinical Research Centers program. Dr. Smith has served on the editorial board of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, as ad hoc reviewer for other journals, on several research grant review committees, and as a consultant to industry. He chairs the Research Grant Review Committee of the American Lung Association and is a member of their Scientific Advisory Committee. He has extensive knowledge of and experience in the regulated environment having served as a member of Northwestern University's Institutional Review Board for 12 years, 9 as chairman, and participated in a number of national forums on research subject protections.