Postdoctoral Fellow
National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Maryland
Dr. Kirsten Smith is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program in the Translational Addiction Medicine Branch and the Real-world Assessment, Prediction, and Treatment Unit. After receiving her Master’s degree in clinical social work from the University of Kentucky and working directly with people with substance use disorders, Dr. Smith pivoted to a scientific career to better understand problems she observed in the clinic. Dr. Smith began investigating kratom in 2017 and is now studying its use in real-world settings, using survey and social-media analyses. Dr. Smith is extending this to include ecological momentary assessment and kratom product assay, which can inform an interdisciplinary line of laboratory studies ranging from observational work to randomized behavioral-pharmacology experiments. Dr. Smith serves as the Lead Associate Investigator on a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial examining the withdrawal-suppression efficacy of a biased agonist in humans with opioid-use disorder. Concurrently, Dr. Smith is developing protocols for studying kratom, which she plans to continue as she transitions into a tenure-track university position.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Saturday, April 2, 2022
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET
