Gigi Smith, R.N., Ph.D., selected to serve as associate provost for Education Innovation and Student Life
February 27, 2020
Gigi Smith, R.N., Ph.D., received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York; Master of Science in Nursing degree in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing from Columbia University in New York, New York; and her post-master’s certificate as a pediatric nurse practitioner and Ph.D. in Nursing Science from MUSC.
Smith’s program of pediatric epilepsy research has focused on self- and family management, caregiving and behavioral health correlates. She is also interested in the epidemiological patterns, co-morbidities and health-related outcomes of epilepsy. In addition, Smith has focused on strategic education offerings to meet current health care issues, including telehealth, palliative care and substance misuse. She is project director of the education and training program grant “Impacting At-risk Populations through Multi-modal Training of Nursing and Medical Students in Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral lo Treatment” (SBIRT), a grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). With additional funding from the Duke Endowment, opioid education and training have been added to this program.
In her new role as associate provost for Education Innovation and Student Life, Smith will report directly to Lisa Saladin, PT, Ph.D., executive vice president for Academic Affairs and provost. Smith will have two primary divisions reporting to her: the Division of Educational Innovation, which includes the Center for Academic Excellence, Office of Interprofessional Education and Office of Instructional Technology and Faculty Resources; and the Division of Student Life, which includes the Wellness Center, Counseling and Psychological Services and Student Programs and Student Diversity.
About MUSC
Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is the oldest medical school in the South, as well as the state’s only integrated, academic health sciences center with a unique charge to serve the state through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and 700 residents in six colleges: Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. The state’s leader in obtaining biomedical research funds, in fiscal year 2019, MUSC set a new high, bringing in more than $284 million. For information on academic programs, visit http://musc.edu.
As the clinical health system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care available while training generations of competent, compassionate health care providers to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Comprising some 1,600 beds, more than 100 outreach sites, the MUSC College of Medicine, the physicians’ practice plan and nearly 275 telehealth locations, MUSC Health owns and operates eight hospitals situated in Charleston, Chester, Florence, Lancaster and Marion counties. In 2019, for the fifth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina. To learn more about clinical patient services, visit http://muschealth.org.
