Email

cwsmith@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Pediatrics-Leukocyte Biology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Professional Interests

• Mechanisms of Leukocyte Transendothelial Migration
• Mechanisms of Wound Healing of the Cornea
• 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.