Email
cwsmith@bcm.edu
Positions
- Professor
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Pediatrics-Leukocyte Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Professional Interests
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Mechanisms of Leukocyte Transendothelial Migration
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Mechanisms of Wound Healing of the Cornea
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Proinflammatory Effects of Obesity
Websites
Memberships
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Active Member (01/1997)
- American Association of Immunologists
- Active Member (01/1997)
- American Physiological Society
- Active Member (01/2000)
- American Society for Investigative Pathology
- Active Member (01/1992)
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- Active Member (01/2003)
- Association of American Physicians
- Active Member (01/1993)
- Society for Leukocyte Biology
- Active Member (01/1968)
- Society for Pediatric Research
- Emeritus Member (01/1970)
Funding
- Ocular Surface Injury: Inflammatory Cascade and Healing of Corneal Wounds - #2-R01-EY018239-06A1
- $376,292.00 (09/30/2015 - 09/29/2016)
Grant funding from Grant funding from NIH/NEI - The major goals of this project are to investigate the roles of gamma delta T cells in corneal wound healing.
- Diet, Inflammation and Obesity - #6250-51000-055-00D-2
- $625,000.00 (10/01/2014 - 09/30/2019)
Grant funding from USDA/ARS CHRC - The major goals of this project are an improved understanding of the relationship between tissue inflammation and diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance that is translatable to human disease.
