BS (physics), 1964, West Virgnia University
MS (theoretical physics), 1966, West Virgnia University
PhD (experimental physics), 1969, West Virginia University
Postdoctoral Fellowship (radiation biophysics), 1974, Florida State University
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Career Overview:
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Research Physicist, RCA Space Center, Princeton, NJ (1969-71)
Assoc. Research Professor, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT (1974-1982)
Chief, Physical Agents Effects Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, CDC (1983-89)
Chief, Radiation Studies Branch, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC (1990-2001)
Assoc. Division Director for Radiation, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC (2002-2006)
U.S. Public Health Service Superior Service Award for establishing CDC as a major international focus for radiation health effects epidemiology (1994)
Appointed CDC Distinguished Consultant (2001-2006)
CDC Honor Award for Nuclear/Radiological Response (2004)
Nominee, CDC Charles C. Shepard Science Award (2006)
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Areas of Interest/Research:
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Bioterrorism
Public Health Preparedness
Risk Assessment
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Selected Publications:
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Schneider AB,
Potassium Iodide Prophylaxis: What Have We Learned?
Thyroid , 22: 344-46, 2012.
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Donnelly, EH, Smith, JM , Farfan, EB, and Ozcan, I
Prenatal Radiation Exposure: Background Material for Counseling Pregnant Patients Exposed to Radiation
Disaster Med. and Public Hlth. Prep. , 5(1): 62-68, 2011.
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Smith, J. M ., Ansari, A., Harper, F. W.
Hospital management of mass radiological casualties: contaminated victims from an exploded radiological dispersal device, 2005
Health Physics Journal , 89(5): 513-520, 2005.
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Smith, T. L., & Smith, J. M .
Electrosurgery in otolaryngology - head and neck surgery: principles, advances and complications
Laryngoscope , 111(5): 769-780, 2001.
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Schneider, AB and Smith, JM
Prophylaxis against radiation exposure from radioiodine
In Wartofsky, L and Van Nostrand, D (Eds) Thyroid Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management, Humana Pess, Totowa, NJ , In Press: .
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Other affiliations and Activities:
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Other Professional Efforts:
Govenor's appointee to Georgia Board of Public Health (2011-2012)
Advisory Board, "Eat and Energize the East," non-profit enterprise to revive the agricultural industry in NE Japan following the Fukushima disaster (2011-)
Consultant, International Atomic Energy Agency (2003-2004)
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Working Group on Radiological/Nuclear Threat Countermeasures (2003-2004)
Nuclear and Radiological Technical Committee for the World Health Organization and G-7 Global Health Security Action Group (2003-2006)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Working Group on Medical Management of Radiation Casualties( 2003-2005)
Scientific Committee, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (2005-2006)
Editorial Board, International Journal of Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (2000-2005)
Editorial Board, Health Physics Journal (1986-1994)
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Link to this page: http://www.sph.emory.edu/faculty/JSMITH9
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