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Smith HeavnerAdjunct Assistant ProfessorOffice: virtual Phone: Email: sheavne@clemson.edu Personal Website: www.linkedin.com/in/smithheavner | |
Educational Background 2014 Clemson University - Bachelor of Science in Nursing | Courses TaughtHealth 8420 - Applied Evaluation Methods in Health
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ProfileDr. Smith Heavner, PhD, RN, (he/they) is adjunct faculty in the Department of Public Health Sciences at Clemson University. As a nurse, Dr. Heavner specializes in critical care and emergency medicine with more than ten years of clinical experience. He serves as Scientific Director of the CURE Drug Repurposing Collaboratory, a private-public partnership of the Critical Path Institute, the Food and Drug Administration, and the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Science. Dr. Heavner is an active member of the Society for Critical Care Medicine including serving on the core committee of the Discovery Network VIRUS COVID-19 Registry. Dr. Heavner is a member of the 2022-2023 cohort of Global Clinical Scholars at Harvard Medical School. | |
Research InterestsDr. Heavner is a mixed-methods evaluation scientist with expertise in dissemination and implementation science, informatics, real world data, and regulatory science. Dr. Heavner’s research interests include drug repurposing, COVID-19, pandemic preparedness, disaster management, evaluation theory, healthcare systems, burnout and compassion fatigue, and gender and sexual minority (LGBTQ2+) health disparities. Research Publications* indicates individual is a mentee
Honors and AwardsDec 2021 Graduate Student Highlight. College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences, Clemson University. Clemson, SC
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