The future of nursing is here.
Daniel Smith, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, CNE
Assistant Professor
ADDRESS:
School of Nursing
University at Buffalo
301 B Wende Hall
Buffalo, NY 14214-3079
PHONE: 716-829-6066
EMAIL: dsmith55@buffalo.edu
Smith's research program examines the effects of climate change on health outcomes of marginalized populations. He is particularly interested in identifying ways to enhance climate change resilience, developing adaptation strategies, and investigating the impact of environmental determinants of health on vulnerable populations.
Smith is an expert in community-based participatory research with Spanish-speaking populations. He is the immediate past co-chair of the Global Nurses Climate Change Committee at the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and a member of the National Institute of Nursing Research’s Climate Change and Health working group, where he helps to determine the institute’s priorities related to climate change and health.
Smith co-authored ANA’s 2023 position statement “Nurses’ Role in Addressing Global Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health.” Since 2023, he is also a member of the National Institute of Nursing Research’s climate change and health working group to define nursing research priorities related to climate change. In his nursing practice, he treats those most impacted by climate change, including migrant farmworkers in Pennsylvania and Georgia, the unhoused in Philadelphia, and Nicaraguan sugarcane cutters.
Smith's consultancy work as an occupational health nurse practitioner and scientist has led to the development of worksite-based research and practice protocols that protect workers from heat-related illness when working in high-heat conditions outside. Additionally, he created culturally sensitive health education materials for farmworkers, now utilized in clinics across the East Coast.
- PhD, Nursing, Emory University
- Post-Master's Certificate, Adult-Gerotology Primary Care, Emory University
- MS, Nursing, Emory University
- BSN, Nursing, Emory University
- BA, Biology and Spanish with a minor in Public Health
- Impact of climage change on human health
- Climate resiliece and adaptation skills in communities and health systems
- Environmental and occupational health harm reduction
- Integration of data science and community-based participatory research
- NGC 602: Data Science Applications in Healthcare
- Smith, D.J ., Mizelle, E., Leslie, S., Li, G. Stone, S., Smith, A., Stauffer, P, Lewis, G., Rodden, L., McDermott-Levy, R., & Thompson, L. (2023). Intervention Studies to Reduce the Impact of Climate Change on Health in Rural Communities in the United States: A Systematic Review. Environmental Research: Health, 1, 032001. https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5309/acbbe6
- Houser, M.C., Smith, D.J., Rhodes, D., Chovan, P., Ferranti, E., Dunbar, S., Tansey, M.G., Hertzberg, V.,& Mac, V. (2023). Inflammatory profiles, gut microbiome, and kidney function are impacted after high-fidelity firefighter t raining. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 248, 114107, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.114107
- Rojas-Perez, H.L., Diaz-Vazquez, M.A., Diaz-Manchay, R.J., Zena-Nanez, S., Failoc-Rojas, V.E., Smith, D.J. (2023). Nurses' Environmental Practices in Northern Peruvian Hospitals. Workplace Health & Safety, e-pub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1177 /21650799231163130
- Smith, D.J ., Mac, V., Thompson, L.M., Kasper, L., Plantinga, L.C., & Hertzberg, V.S.(2022). Self-Reported Occupational Histories of Undocumented Immigrants Receiving Frequent, Emergent-Only Hemodialysis. Workplace Health & Safety, 70(5), 251-258. https://doi.org/ 10.1177 /21650799211060695
- Chicas, R. Elon, L., Houser, M., Mutic, A., Gallegos, E.I., Smith, D.J., Madly, L.A., Xiuhtecutil, N., Hertzberg, V., Flocks, J., Sands, J.M., & McCauley, L. (2022). The Health Status of Agriculture Workers in Georgia and Florida. The Journal for Immigrant and Minority Health, 24, 1129-1136 https://doi.org/10.1007 /s10903-021-01326-0
- Febres-Cordero, S., & Smith, D.J. (2022). Stayin' alive in Little Five: Application of sentiment analysis to investigate emotions of service industry workers responding to drug overdoses. International Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 19(20), 13103; https:// doi .org/10.3390/ijerph 192013103
- Febres-Cordero, S., Smith, D.J., Wulkan, A.+, Belaviau, A., Gish, A., Zine, S., Fugitt, L. & Giordanao, N. (2022). It is what the community demands: Results of community-based emergency opioid overdose trainings. Public Health Nursing, e-pub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13151
- Madly, L., & Smith, D.J. (2022). The Need for Data Management Standards in Public Health Nursing: A Narrative Review and Case Study. Public Health Nursing, 39(5), 1027-1033. https://doi.org/10.1111/phn.13066
- Oerther, S., Smith, D.J., Keller, K., Manjrekar, P., & L'Ecuyer, K. (2022). Developing skills for real-world nursing practice in the Anthropocene. Nurse Education in Practice, 65, 103494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103494
- Smith, D.J., Mac, V. V., & Hertzberg, V. S. (2021). Using Twitter for Nursing Research: A Tweet Analysis on Heat Illness and Health. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 53(3), 343-350. https://doi.org/10.1111 /jnu.12654
- Smith, D.J., Ferranti, E., Hertzberg, V. S., & Mac, V. V. (2021). Knowledge of Heat-Related Illness First Aid and Self-Reported Hydration and Heat-Related Illness Symptoms in Migrant Farmworkers. Workplace Safety & Health, 69(1), 15-21. https://www.doi.org/10.1177 /2165079920934478
- Smith, D. J., Mutic, A., Mac, V. V., Hertzberg, V. S., & McCauley, L.A. (2021). Analyzing predictors of healthcare utilization in the farmworker population using decision tree analysis: Does exposure to English matter? Public Health Nursing, 38(1), 56-63. https://www.doi.org/10.1111/phn.12826
- Smith, D.J., Pius, L., Plantinga, L.C., Thompson, L., Mac, V.V., & Hertzberg, V.S. {2021). Heat Stress and Kidney Function in Farmworkers: A Scoping Review. Journal of Agromedicine, 27(2), 183-192. https:/ /www.doi.org/ 10.1080/1059924X.2021.1893883
- Houser, M.C., Mac, V., Smith, D.J., Chicas, R., Tovar-Aguilar, J.A., Economos, E., Flocks, J.D., Tansey, M.G., Sands, J.M., McCauley, L., & Hertzberg, V.S. (2021). Inflammation-related Factors Identified as Biomarkers of Dehydration and Subsequent Acute Kidney Injury in Agricultural Workers. Biological Research for Nursing, 23(4), 676-688. https://www.doi.org/10.1177/10998004211016070
- Mac, V., Elon, E., Smith, D. J., Tovar-Aguilar, A., Economos, J., Flocks, J., Hertzberg, V., McCauley, L. (2021). A Modified Physiological Strain Index for Workplace-Based Assessment of Heat Strain Experienced by Agricultural Workers. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 64(4), 258-265. https://www.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23230
- Uddin, R., Philipsborn, R., Smith, D. J., Mutic, A., & Thompson, L. (2021). A Global Child Health Perspective on Climate Change, Migration, and Human Rights. Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care, 51(6), 101029.
- Smith, D. J., Gaspar, T. R., Levi-Polyachenko, N., Santu, S., Kuthirummal, N., & Ringwood, A. H. (2020). The Bioreactivity and Sunlight Potentiation of Hybrid Donor-Accepted Polymer Particles in Oysters, Crassostrea virginica. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(16), 10031-10038. https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.Oc02170
- Hu, W., Howell, J.C., Ozturk, T., Bassit, L., Ramonell, R.P., Cashman, K., Pirmohammed, S., Roback, J., Marconi, V., Yang, I., Mac, V.V., Smith, D.J., Sanz, I., Wharton, W., Eun-Hyung, L., & Schinazi, R.F. {2020). Distinct antibody profiles between mild and severe SARS-CoV-2 infection. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 26(12), 2974-2978. https://www.doi.org/l0.3201/eid26l2.203334
- Visiting Scholar, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Facultad de Enfermerfa, 2024
- Faculty Fellowship in Climate, Justice, and Sustainability, Villanova University, 2023
- Weingarten Endowed Assistant Professorship, Villanova University, 2021
- Symposium of Distinction, Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, 2020
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar, 2018
- Fellow, Fuld Service-Learning Fellowship at Emory University, 2017
- "Development and Evaluation of Occupational Health and Safety Protocols for Sugarcane Mills in Central America"
- Role: Pl
- Funding agency: Subaward from La Isla Network
- Total Award: $50,000
- Funding Period: 03/01/2024-02/28/2025
- "From Data Science to Community Action: Environmental Justice Research & Education"
- Role: Pl
- Funding agency: Vi llanova University
- Total Award: $12,500
- Funding period: 08/15/2023-08/14/2024
- "Creating a Community-Based Participatory Research Program to Reduce Lead Exposure"
- Co-Pis: Shakya, K.; Goldsmith, S.; Smith, D.; McDermott-Levy, R.
- Funding agency: Vi llanova University
- Total Award: $20,000
- Funding period: 05/15/2022 - 08/15/2024