Jennifer Ann Smith
Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
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BIO
Dr. Smith received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology, M.P.H. in Health Management and Policy, and M.A. in Statistics from the University of Michigan. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Research Associate Professor in the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research and is affiliated with the Center for Integrated Approaches to Health Disparities (CIAHD), the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA), and the Center for Midlife Science. Her research focuses on the “omic” epidemiology of chronic diseases and their risk factors. She is particularly interested in the impact of social and psychosocial factors on the genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic profiles underlying risk of dementia and cognitive decline.
- Yang, Xiong, ..., Jennifer Ann Smith, et al.. 2026. An integrated germline and somatic genomic model for coronary artery disease. Nature Communications
- Kim, Jung Ki, Arpawong, Thalida E., Thyagarajan, Bharat, Jennifer Ann Smith, Vivek, Sithara, Ratliff, Scott, Dey, Sharmistha, Lee, Jinkook, Crimmins, Eileen M.. 2026. Epigenetic aging and blood based neurodegeneration markers in LASI-DAD. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease 13(7):100595.
- Wang, Ningyuan, ..., Jennifer Ann Smith, Wei Zhao, et al.. 2026. Colocalization of eQTLs With Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits Using Whole-Genome Sequences in Diverse Populations From the NHLBI Trans-Omics in Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program. Diabetes
- Wang, Ningyuan, ..., Jennifer Ann Smith, Wei Zhao, et al.. 2026. Colocalization of eQTLs With Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits Using Whole-Genome Sequences in Diverse Populations From the NHLBI Trans-Omics in Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program. Diabetes
- Abu-Amara, Hasan , Wei Zhao, Li, Zheng , Leung, Yuk Yee , Schellenberg, Gerard D., Wang, Li-San , Crimmins, Eileen , Thyagarajan, Bharat , Anwar, Masroor , Hu, Perry , Dey, Sharmistha , Dey, Aparajit B., Zhou, Xiang , Thangaraj, Kumarasamy , Lee, Jinkook , Kardia, Sharon L.R., Jennifer Ann Smith. 2026. Association between Alzheimer's Disease-related genes and neurodegenerative blood-based biomarkers in Indian adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 18:1832155.
- Abu-Amara, Hasan , Wei Zhao, Li, Zheng , Leung, Yuk Yee , Schellenberg, Gerard D., Wang, Li-San , Crimmins, Eileen , Thyagarajan, Bharat , Anwar, Masroor , Hu, Perry , Dey, Sharmistha , Dey, Aparajit B., Zhou, Xiang , Thangaraj, Kumarasamy , Lee, Jinkook , Kardia, Sharon L.R., Jennifer Ann Smith. 2026. Association between Alzheimer's Disease-related genes and neurodegenerative blood-based biomarkers in Indian adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 18:1832155.
- Yu-Jyun Huang, ..., Jennifer Ann Smith, Wei Zhao, et al.. 2026. Admixture-informed polygenic risk reporting using the ePRS framework. Nature Communications 17(1):5741.
- O'Shea, Kelly M., Brooks, Elizabeth, Polmear-Swendris, Nancy, Slack, Ian F., Jennifer Ann Smith, Gordon, Aubree, Aquino, Danica M., Gern, James E., Khurana Hershey, Gurjit K., Johnson, Christine C., Wilkowski, Jodi, Hines, Judy, Lukacs, Nick W., Schuler, Charles F., Baker, James R.. 2026. The Michigan Sibling Immunity Birth Study (M-SIBS): Study design protocol for a unique food allergy birth cohort. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global 5(4):100721.
- Wei Zhao, Lisha Lin, Kristen M. Kelly, Lauren A. Opsasnick, Belinda Needham, Yongmei Liu, Srijan Sen, Jennifer Ann Smith. 2025. Epigenome-wide association study of perceived discrimination in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Epigenetics 20(1)
- Chaar, Dima L., Tu, Le , Moore, Kari, Du, Jiacong , Opsasnick, Lauren A, Ratliff, Scott M, Mosley, Thomas H, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Wei Zhao, Zhou, Xiang, Diez Roux, Ana V, Faruque, Fazlay S, Butler, Kenneth R, Jennifer Ann Smith. 2025. Neighborhood environment associations with cognitive function and structural brain measures in older African Americans. BMC Medicine 23(1):1-20.
