Grant Smith, of Knoxville, Tennessee, graduated summa cum laude in May 2008 with honors in psychology and a minor in biology. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Grant received a Deans' Summer Research Fellowship in the summers of 2006 and 2007 to continue his work designing a pediatric-to-adult care transition program for adolescents with sickle cell disease. In summer 2007, Grant traveled to Belize to serve as a health educator at PeaceWork Health Education Camps. He has volunteered at numerous hospitals, including the Duke Children's Hospital, John Umstead State Psychiatric Hospital, and the University of Tennessee Trauma Center. At Duke, he served as co-president of the Learning through Experience, Action, Partnership, and Service (LEAPS) program, and as a crew leader for Project BUILD—a pre-orientation program for incoming freshmen that encourages volunteer work in Durham.
Grant will work with the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center-Duke University Women's Health Collaboration (KCMC-Duke Women's Health Collaboration) in Moshi, Tanzania. This brand-new maternal health initiative, spearheaded by Duke physicians Jeffrey Wilkinson and Sumera Hayat, aims to support the KCMC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in patient care, program development, outreach and capacity-building, and research. In addition to assisting in the implementation of this initiative, Grant will engage in community-based research aimed at furthering the goals of the collaboration.
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