ORISE Chemist
CDC-ATL
Megan Smith is an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) fellow at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the Tobacco and Volatiles Branch of the Division of Laboratory Sciences. Ms. Smith has been working at the CDC since 2020, where she has contributed to multiple projects that measure and assess the exposure of tobacco and tobacco-specific carcinogens on the U.S. population. Her current research interests include tobacco and cannabinoid impact on environmental and social determinants of health as well as the biochemical impact of vaping on human. She has a master’s in public health from Georgia State University and a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Tennessee at Martin.