Michelle Smith, MPH, CHES

Ms. Smith is Assistant Research Scientist in the Rusk Rehabilitation Department of Research where she manages the day-to-day activities of various neuro-rehabilitation studies including the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems database.  Her professional background and interests are in health communications with the goal to provide vital information to patients in order to help improve their health, in particular, in increasing health literacy. She received her Master’s in Public Health with a focus on health promotion, utilizing health behavior theory to develop health-related programming that appreciates the various barriers and facilitators to good health.