Kirk R. Smith (January 19, 1947 – June 15, 2020) was an American expert on the health and climate effects of household energy use in developing nations. He held a professorship in Global Environmental Health at the University of California, Berkeley, where his research focused on the relationships among environmental quality, health, resource use, climate, development, and policy in developing countries.[2] Smith contributed a great deal to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the work of the IPCC (including the contributions of many scientists) was recognized by the joint award of the 2007Nobel Peace Prize. Smith was a recipient of the 2012 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his work with cookstoves, health, and climate. He is also credited with designing and implementing the first randomized controlled trial of the health effects of indoor air pollution (IAP) from cookstoves.[3]
Smith's studies at Berkeley led to developments in coal-ash recycling and nuclear risk assessment, and were conducted under the advisorship of the Science Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama, John Holdren. Smith moved to Hawaii after completing his PhD; there he founded the Energy Program at the East-West Center. He was in charge of the center's work on energy research problems in the Asia-Pacific regions until 1985, when he became the coordinator for environmental risk research. After a decade as coordinator, he returned to UC Berkeley in 1995 and became a member of the faculty at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. Smith was a Professor of Global Environmental Health, the founder and co-Director of the university's Global Health and Environment Program, and Associate Director for International Programs at the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.[6] His work followed is mantra: "You don't get what you expect, you get what you inspect."
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Smith died on June 15, 2020, at his home in Berkeley. He was 73 and had suffered a stroke and resulting cardiac arrest.[4]
Elected Member, International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences (1997)[6]
Elected by editors and scientific advisors of Science Digest as “One of America’s 100 Brightest Young Scientists” (1984)[11]
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Kirk R Smith January 19 1947 June 15 2020 was an American expert on the health and climate effects of household energy use in developing nations He held a professorship in Global Environmental Health at the University of California Berkeley where his research focused on the relationships among environmental quality health resource use climate development and policy in developing countries 2 Smith contributed a great deal to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC and the work of the IPCC including the contributions of many scientists was recognized by the joint award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Smith was a recipient of the 2012 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his work with cookstoves health and climate He is also credited with designing and implementing the first randomized controlled trial of the health effects of indoor air pollution IAP from cookstoves 3 Kirk SmithBorn 1947 01 19 January 19 1947Berkeley California U S DiedJune 15 2020 2020 06 15 aged 73 Berkeley California U S Alma materUniversity of California Berkeley A B M P H Ph D Known forFirst cookstove RCTContributions to IPCCAwardsTyler Prize 2012 Heinz Award 2009 Co Author of Nobel Winning Climate Report 2007 Scientific careerFieldsEnvironmental Health Global HealthEnergy PolicyInstitutionsUniversity of California Berkeley Tsinghua University honorary 1 Doctoral advisorsJohn Holdren Robert C Spear West ChurchmanWebsitewww wbr kirkrsmith wbr org Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Death 4 Selected honors and awards 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editSmith was born in Berkeley California on January 19 1947 His father Robert Nisbet worked as an attorney and served as the first general manager of AC Transit His mother Ruth Smith worked at a Japanese internment camp during the Second World War and conducted research with Timothy Leary His parents divorced when he was four and he subsequently adopted his stepfather s surname He grew up in the California East Bay where he attended Piedmont public schools until age 11 when his family moved to San Anselmo and he graduated from Sir Francis Drake High School and went on to attend the University of California Berkeley 4 At Berkeley he received his Bachelor of Arts 1968 in Physics and Astronomy his Master of Public Health 1972 in Environmental Health Sciences and his Doctorate PhD 1977 in Biomedical and Environmental Health with a focus on Energy amp Environment 5 Career editSmith s studies at Berkeley led to developments in coal ash recycling and nuclear risk assessment and were conducted under the advisorship of the Science Advisor to U S President Barack Obama John Holdren Smith moved to Hawaii after completing his PhD there he founded the Energy Program at the East West Center He was in charge of the center s work on energy research problems in the Asia Pacific regions until 1985 when he became the coordinator for environmental risk research After a decade as coordinator he returned to UC Berkeley in 1995 and became a member of the faculty at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health Smith was a Professor of Global Environmental Health the founder and co Director of the university s Global Health and Environment Program and Associate Director for International Programs at the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health 6 His work followed is mantra You don t get what you expect you get what you inspect Death editSmith died on June 15 2020 at his home in Berkeley He was 73 and had suffered a stroke and resulting cardiac arrest 4 Selected honors and awards editTyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 2012 6 14th Distinguished Lecture Qatar Foundation Doha 2012 7 The 15th Annual Heinz Award with special focus on the Environment 2009 8 Lifetime Achievement Award Mrigendra Samjhana Medical Trust Nepal 2009 6 Senator Frank R Lautenberg Award Rutgers University 2009 6 UC Berkeley Chancellor s Award for Research in the Public Interest 2008 4 Co Author of the IPCC report on Climate Change IPCC won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize 6 Honorary University Professor Sichuan University Chengdu China 2004 5 Brian and Jennifer Maxwell Endowed Chair in Public Health 2003 2007 6 Wesolowski Award International Society for Exposure Analysis Science 1999 9 Elected Member U S National Academy of Sciences 1997 10 Elected Member International Academy of Indoor Air Sciences 1997 6 Elected by editors and scientific advisors of Science Digest as One of America s 100 Brightest Young Scientists 1984 11 References edit Waldmandate June 18 2020 Peter The U S Is Purging Chinese Cancer Researchers From Top Institutions Bloomberg Archived from the original on June 1 2020 Retrieved June 19 2020 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Kirk R Smith Environmental Health Sciences UC Berkeley School of Public Health Archived from the original on November 11 2012 Retrieved September 30 2012 Fact Sheet Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves 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