Phone: (585) 276-3405
Office: HWH 2W166
Email: Joyce Smith

Joyce Smith, PhD, RN, ANP

Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing

Education

PhD in Health Practice Research, 2013. University of Rochester. Rochester, NY
Masters in Adult Nurse Practitioner, 2008. University of Rochester. Rochester, NY
BS in Nursing, 2005. Cedar Crest College. Allentown, PA
AAS in Digital Media, 2000. Warren County Community College. Washington, NJ
Masters in Computer Science, 1988. Loyola University MD. Baltimore, MD
BS in Biology/Psychology, 1978. Loyola University MD. Baltimore, MD

Bio

Joyce Smith came to the University of Rochester School of Nursing in 2005 as a graduate student in the MS-PhD program. During her PhD program, she received a SPICE (Supporting Providers in Comparative Effectiveness) Fellowship and received the Rochester Academy of Medicine Community and Preventive Medicine Award in Honor of Dr. Robert L. Berg for her original paper entitled "Lead Poisoning in Children: Still an Issue?"

Prior to her career in nursing, Joyce attained a bachelor's in biology and psychology and a master's degree in computer science. She worked in biomedical research for 25 years, initially at the Kennedy-Krieger Institute where she was involved with researching lead poisoning in children, then at the University of MD Shock Trauma Center where she worked researching hypovolemic shock and sepsis. She then went to the New Jersey Trauma Center, where she studied motor vehicle crash injuries.

Upon completing her PhD in 2013, Smith joined the faculty at the School of Nursing and uses her basic science, nursing, and computer skills to support other nurse researchers. Her expertise lies in research using existing data, large data sets, SAS statistical programming, and medical claims analysis.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY. 8/2013 - Current

Sr. Information Analyst, University of Rochester School of Nursing (research facilitation), Rochester, NY. 9/2006 - 8/2013

staff RN, Strong Memorial Hospital (flex team med-surg), Rochester, NY. 6/2005 - 9/2006

Research Associate, UMDNJ (NJ Trauma Center), Newark, NJ. 6/1993 - 5/2005

Research Associate, University of MD/MIEMSS (Trauma Research), Baltimore, MD. 7/1985 - 6/1993

Laboratory Technician, Kennedy-Krieger Institute (Pediatric Lead Poisoning Research), Baltimore, MD. 10/1980 - 7/1985

The Impact of Smoking on Probability and Amount of Opioids Prescribed for Low Back Pain

26th Annual ENRS Scientific Sessions, ENRS, 2014

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A Revision of the Family Role Rewards Scale

Collier Research Day, University of Rochester, 2009

Rochester, New York

Spine and Spinal Cord Injury in Motor Vehicle Crashes: A Function of Change in Velocity and Energy Dissipation on Impact With respect to the Direction of Crash

Safety 2004, 2004

Vienna, Austria

TNF Enhances the Skeletal Muscle Metaboli Response to Systemic Inflammation

13th Annual Conference on Shock, 1990

Durango, Colorado

Carey, M.G., Anson, E., Smith, J.A., and Groth, S.W. (2025). Central arterial pressure waveform technology for arterial stiffness assessment. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners.

Boyce, I., DeVoe, J., Norsen, L., Smith, J.A., Anson, E., McGregor, H.A., and Singh, R. (2024). The financial impact of an employee wellness program focused on cardiovascular disease risk reduction. Healthcare, 12, 2358.

Conti, G., Smith, J., Anson, E., Groth, S., Knudtson, M., Salvati, A., & Olds, D. (2023). Early home visits and health outcomes in low-income mothers and offspring: 18-Year follow-up of a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Network Open, 7 (1).

Smith, J.A., Anson, E., Lavigne, H.M., Norsen, L., Pesis-Katz, I., & Singh, R. (2021). Improving the health of a diverse population through a nurse-driven chronic disease management program. Nursing Research, 70 (3), E41.

Pesis-Katz, I., Smith, J.A., DeVoe, J., Norsen, L., & Singh, R. (2020). Reducing cardiovascular disease risk for employees through participation in a wellness program. Population Health Management. DOI: 10.1089/pop.2019.0106

Xue, Y., Smith, J.A., & Spetz, J. (2019). Distribution of primary care nurse practitioners and physicians in low-income and rural areas. JAMA. PMID: 30620363 PMCID: PMC6583766 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.17944

Kitzman, H., Olds, D.L., Knudtson, M.D., Cole, R., Anson, E., Smith, J.A., Fishbein., D., DiClemente, R., Wingood, G., Caliendo, A.M., Hopfer, C., Ted Miller, T., & Conti, G. (2019). Prenatal/infancy nurse home visiting and 18-Year outcomes of a randomized trial. Pediatrics. PMID: 31748254 PMCID: PMC6889968 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-3876

Holland, M. L., Groth, S. W., Smith, J. A., Meng, Y., & Kitzman, H. (2018). Low birthweight in second children after nurse home visiting. Journal of Perinatology. PMID: 30214029 PMCID: PMC6279547 DOI: 10.1038/s41372-018-0222-8

Smith, J.A., Fuino, R.L., Pesis-Katz, I., Cai, X., Powers, B., Frazer, M., & Markman, J.D. (2017). Differences in opiod prescribing in low back pain patients with and witout depression: A cross-sectional study of national samp from the United States. PAIN Reports, Latest Articles. PMID: 29392221 PMCID: PMC5741361 DOI: 10.1097/PR9.0000000000000606

Meng, Y., Groth, S.W., Stewart, P. & Smith, J.A. (2017). An exploration of the determinants of gestational weight gain in African American women: Genetic factors and energy expenditure. Biological Research for Nursing. PMID: 29161908 PMCID: PMC5896561 DOI: 10.1177/1099800417743326

Groth, S.W., Holland, M.L., Smith, J.A., Meng, Y., & Kitzman, H. (2017). Effect of gestational weight gain and prepregnancy body mass index in adolescent mothers on weight and body mass index of adolescent offspring. J Adolesc Health. PMID: 28711316 PMCID: PMC5654683 DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.05.005

Enoch M.A., Kitzman H., Smith J.A., Anson E., Hodgkinson C.A., Goldman D., & Olds D.L. (2016). A prospective cohort study of influences on internalizing and externalizing behaviors across childhood.. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.007

Lowey, S.E., Smith, J.A., Xue, Y., & Powers, B.A. (2015). Opioid use in the last year of life among Medicare beneficiaries with advanced illnesses: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing. DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000155

Herendeen, P.A., Blevins, R., Anson, E., & Smith, J. (2014). Barriers to and consequences of mandated reporting of child abuse by nurse practitioners. Journal of Pediatric Healthcare. PMID: 23932220 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2013.06.004

Olds, D.L, Kitzman, H., Knudtson, M.D., Anson, E., Smith, J.A., & Cole, R. (2014). Reduced maternal and child mortality following home visiting by nurses: Results of a two-decade follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. JAMA Pediatrics.

Xue, Y., Smith, J., Freund, D.A., & Aiken, L.H. (2012). Supplemental nurses are just as educated, slightly less experienced, and more diverse compared to permanent nurses. Health Affairs. PMID: 23129682 DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1297

Belwadi, A., Siegel, J.H., Singh, A., Smith, J.A., Yang, K.H, & King, A.I. (2012). Finite element aortic injury reconstruction of near side lateral impacts using real world crash data. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 134 (1), 0011006. PMID: 22482661 DOI: 10.1115/1.4005684

Smith, J.A., Wilde, M., & Brasch, J. (2012). Internet recruitment and retention for a 6 months longitudinal study. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 44 (2), 165-170. PMID: 22551052 DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01446.x

Siegel, J.H., Belwadi, A., Smith, J.A., Shah, C. & Yang, K. (2010). Analysis of the mechanism of lateral impact aortic isthmus disruption in real-life motor vehicle crashes using a computer-based finite element numeric model with simulation of prevention strategies. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181dcd42d

Siegel, J.H., Yang, K.H., Smith, J.A., Siddiqi, S.Q., Shah, C., Maddali, M., & Hardy, W. (2006). Computer simulation and validation of the Archimedes lever hypothesis as a mechanism for aortic isthmus disruption in a case of lateral impact motor vehicle crash: a Crash Injury Research Engineering Network (CIREN) study. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000203542.38532.02

Smith, J.A., Siegel, J.H., & Siddiqi, S.Q. (2005). Spine and spinal cord injury in motor vehicle crashes: A function of change in velocity and energy dissipation on impact with respect to the direction of crash. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000171534.75347.52

Siegel, J.H., Smith, J.A., & Siddiqi, S.Q. (2004). Change in velocity and energy dissipation on impact in motor vehicle crashes as a function of the direction of crash: Key Factors in the production of thoracic aortic injuries, their pattern of associated injuries and patient survival. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000147502.50248.C4

Siegel, J.H., Fabian, M., Smith, J.A., Kingston, E.P., Steele, K.A., & Wells, M.R. (2003). Oxygen debt criteria quantify the effectiveness of early partial resuscitation after hypovolemic hemorrhagic shock. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000066186.97206.39

Siegel, J.H., Smith, J.A., Tenenbaum, N., McCammon, L, Siddiqi, S., Presswalla, B., Pierre-Louis, P., Williams, A.W., Zaretski, L.L., Hutchins, K.D., Perez, L., Shaikh, J., & Natarajan, G. (2002). Deceleration energy and change in velocity on impact: Key factors in fatal versus potentially survivable motor vehicle crash (MVC) aortic injuries (AI): The role of associated injuries as determinants of outcome. Annual Proceedings/Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. PMID: 12361516

Siegel, J.H., Fabian, M., Smith, J.A., & Costantino, D. (1997). The use of recombinant hemoglobin solution in reversing lethal hemorrhagic hypovolemic oxygen debt shock. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. PMID: 12361516

Vary, T.C., Siegel, J.H., Tall, B.D., Morris, J.G., & Smith, J.A. (1988). Inhibition of skeletal muscle protein synthesis in septic intra-abdominal abscess. Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198807000-00012