Army Maj. Hunter Jackson Smith is a Major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps and the Focus Area Lead for Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections at the Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance Branch in Silver Spring, Md. In this capacity, he oversees many of the DoD’s infectious disease surveillance efforts across the globe in antimicrobial resistance, sexually transmitted infections, and enteric infections pathogen domains.

Maj. Smith is an Assistant Professor at Uniformed Services University in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, where he teaches preventive medicine, epidemiology, and medical ethics. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, where he teaches bioethics. He practices travel medicine at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Dr. Smith serves on the Board of Governors of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) and the Editorial Board of AJPM Focus. He is also an enthusiastic member of the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) and volunteers on several of the College’s leadership committees. He was most recently the Chair of the Preventive Medicine 2024 Conference. He is a recipient of the ACPM’s Donald Gemson Award and is a Fellow of the College.

Dr. Smith is board-certified in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He graduated from Tulane University with a BA in Philosophy. He couldn’t stay away from the crawfish etouffee, so he lived in New Orleans for four more years to earn his Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Tulane University. Dr. Smith completed his intern year at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii where he met his amazing wife, Joy. He went on to complete his residency training in General Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Uniformed Services University, during which time he earned a Master of Bioethics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Smith has over 30 peer-reviewed publications. His scientific research interests include emerging infectious diseases, tropical medicine, and pain epidemiology. His bioethics research interests include social determinants of health, obesity, infectious diseases, opioids, and military medicine.