Katherine Clegg Smith

Katherine Clegg Smith is Professor in Health, Behavior and Society and serves as Vice Dean for Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She directs the Center for Qualitative Studies in Health and Medicine and holds affiliations with the Institute for Global Tobacco Control and Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy.

Dr. Smith holds a PhD from the University of Nottingham (2002), MA from the University of Leeds (1997), and BA from the University of Nottingham (1995). Her research focuses on health experiences, communication, and the social determinants of health, with particular expertise in cancer prevention and survivorship, tobacco control, and qualitative/mixed methods research.

Her recent publications demonstrate strong emphasis on tobacco packaging surveillance across global markets (including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Mexico, and China), cancer mis/disinformation on social media platforms, and survivorship care planning. The research consistently applies qualitative and mixed methods approaches to examine health communication and lived health experiences.

• HBS Departmental Award for Outstanding Faculty Devotion to Students (2011-12)
• HBS Student Organization Awards for Mentorship (2012-13, 2017-18)
• HBS Student Organization Award for Teaching (2013-14, 2015-16)
• JHSPH Faculty Senate Leadership (2018-2021)

Dr. Smith leads the Tobacco Pack Surveillance System (TPackSS), a global surveillance system monitoring tobacco packaging, and serves on the Health Experiences Research Network Steering Committee. She was an author of the NIH Best Practices in Mixed Methods Research for the Health Sciences and maintains active research collaborations across multiple countries focusing on health communication and tobacco control.