Division of Infectious Diseases - Davey Smith, MD, MAS

Research Interests:Davey Smith, MD, MAS is a translational research virologist. He uses basic science techniques to answer clinically relevant questions and vice-versa. He works both at the UCSD Antiviral Research Center where he is the medical director of the Early Intervention Program and in his laboratory on the UCSD campus where he performs bench research and runs the Centers for AIDS Research Translational Virology Core. His primary research involves both the transmission of HIV (e.g. molecular epidemiology, superinfection, biologic correlates of transmission) and HIV reservoir dynamics (e.g. characterizing HIV shed from the genital tract and virus associated with neuropathology). These studies are in pursuit to understand the correlates that drive HIV transmission and persistence and find new ways to interrupt these mechanisms. In October, 2010, Dr. Smith was named HIV Researcher of the Year by the HIV Medical Association, and he currently serves a member on the ACTG HIV Reservoirs and Viral Eradication Transformative Science Group. Dr. Smith graduated from East Tennessee State University School of Medicine. He did his internship, residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at University of California San Diego and stayed at UCSD to complete his fellowship in Infectious Diseases. He joined the UCSD faculty in 2003.