Title: Monica Smith Receives Health Economics Grant

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Section/SPIG: Chiropractic Health Care

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Monica Smith, DC, PhD

Monica Smith, DC, PhD, associate professor, Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, has received the K01 Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institutes of Health to further her training and to develop collaborative research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)-related health services and health economics.

In connection with this grant, Smith has also been accepted into the Post-doctoral and Mid-career Research Fellowship Training Program at the University of California San Francisco, where she will be relocating for the duration of the program while maintaining her affiliation with Palmer College. She will be working closely with research fellows and investigators at the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies, the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and the Center for Health Professions, among others.

Smith is only the second such chiropractic professional to receive a K training award from the NIH. The first was Eric Hurwitz, DC, PhD, from UCLA.

How does she feel about this opportunity? “Great! Excited! Breathless with anticipation! And just a tiny bit overwhelmed ...”