In addition to teaching Dr. Smith is the Director of Tracking and Evaluation for the Atlanta Clinical Translational Science Institute and a Co-investigator and Evaluation Co-Lead for the Emory Prevention Research Center. Her research interests include substance abuse treatment and prevention, prenatal drug exposure, and program evaluation. She is Board Vice President for the National Association for Children of Alcoholics and serves on advisory boards for Dekalb County Center for Torture and Trauma Survivors and Georgia NOFAS.