Natalie Riva Smith

Natalie Smith, PhD, MS, aims to advance public health by improving the adoption and implementation of evidence-informed programs and policies. Her research program emphasizes applying a variety of decision science methods to implementation and dissemination related questions, including economic evaluation, simulation modeling, and stated preference methods. She earned her PhD in Health Policy and Management and her MS in Biostatistics from UNC Chapel Hill. Her work is currently supported by a K99 from the National Cancer Institute, and from 2021-2023 she was a T32 Fellow on the Harvard Cancer Prevention Fellowship.