Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Joseph Smith

Doctoral Student, Department of Health Policy & Management, University of South Florida, College of Public Health, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, Tampa, USA

Biography

Mr. Joseph E. (Joe) Smith is Independent Director of WebMD Health Corp. He became a member of WebMD’s Board of Directors in October 2009, upon completion of the Merger. Mr. Smith was a member of HLTH’s Board of Directors from September 2000 until the Merger. Mr. Smith served in various positions with Warner-Lambert Company, a pharmaceutical company, from March 1989 to September 1997, the last of which was Corporate Executive Vice President and a member of the Office of the Chairman and the firm’s Management Committee.

Research Interest

His current research interests focus on developing Hybrid Energy Systems which combine legacy energy (coal, gas, nuclear) with renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal).  He also conducts research on developing commercial scale processes to recover unconventional hydrocarbons including oil sands/oil shale.  Dr. Smith was part of the design team to develop the Dow Chemical Coal Gasification technology (now ConocoPhillips E-GAS) and has founded and led two startup companies to provide engineering services to the petrochemical and fossil power industries.

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