David Smith

David Smith, Ph.D. was Senior Biostatistician at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane Australia from 2015 to 2017. Dr. Smith holds a B.A. in Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Statistics. Dr. Smith has decades of experience as a biostatistics expert, with his career spanning clinical research from regulatory, academic, and industry points of view. Most notably, Dr. Smith served as a biostatistical reviewer for the Division of Oncology Drug Products at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for three years, during which time he reviewed more than 40 oncology INDs and NDAs. Dr. Smith was a Professor and Assistant Director of Biostatistics at City of Hope cancer research hospital in Los Angeles from 2000 to 2015, during which time he was a co-investigator on grants from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. He has designed and analyzed over 50 solid tumor and hematology protocols at all levels of development, from pre-clinical and genomic studies to Phase II/III trials. He served on the board of directors at Pharmacyclics from 2008 to their acquisition in 2015. Dr. Smith is an author and coauthor of over 100 papers in peer-reviewed biostatistics, oncology, surgery, radiation, and immunology journals.