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University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

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Sinclair A. Smith, ScD, is a professor in Health Sciences at Saint Joseph's University, with a distinguished career spanning over 30 years in higher education leadership, teaching, and research. He earned his Doctor of Science degree from Boston University while serving as a non-commissioned officer in the Altitude Physiology and Medicine Division at the US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Massachusetts. Prior to that, he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Smith's leadership trajectory includes serving as Chair of the Health Sciences Department and Director of the Doctor of Health Sciences Program at Drexel University until September 2020. In September 2020, he was appointed Dean of the Samson College of Health Sciences at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Following the merger with Saint Joseph's University in June 2022, he continued in the role of Dean of the School of Health Professions until July 2023.