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Dr. Smith is the Director of the Huffington Center on Aging, and Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the Baylor College of Medicine. From 1987-1998, Dr. Smith served as Senior Director and then as Vice President for Basic Research at Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., where he was primarily involved in identifying new drug targets for metabolic diseases and drugs that would improve the quality of life in the elderly. Prior to joining Merck, Dr. Smith was a professor at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Smith is a pioneer in the field of ghrelin receptor pharmacology. He received degrees in chemistry, physics, and mathematics from the Royal Institute of Chemistry in London and received a Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from Queen Mary College in London.In 1972, following postdoctoral work at Vanderbilt University, Smith joined the faculty of Baylor. | 