DR. FRANCINE G. SMITH
Professor of Physiology & Biophysics/Medicine Laboratory leader

• Ph.D. Physiology, 1987
• B.Sc. (Hons.) Physiology/Psychology, 1983
  
• A.Mus.A. Pianoforte Performance Degree, 1979
  

Dr. Smith has extensive experience in studying the physiology of the fetus and newborn and has worked with chronically instrumented animals throughout her scientific career. Her graduate training in which she studied renal function during fetal and newborn life was carried out under the supervision of Dr. Eugenie Lumbers at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Supported by a C. J. Martin Scholarship for Overseas Study, sponsored by the NH&MRC, Australia, Dr. Smith carried out her post-doctoral studies at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, in the laboratory of Dr. Jean Robillard, during which time, she established a new methodology for recording from renal sympathetic nerves in vivo in conscious fetal and newborn sheep. Dr. Smith was recruited to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, in 1991.

Awards:

• Heritage Senior Medical Scholarship [2000 – 2005]:
  Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.
  
• Distinguished Achievement Award, Education [1996]:
  Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary.
  
• Senior Personnel Award [1994 – 1999]:
  Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
  
• Fulbright Fellowship [1988 – 1990]: Declined
  
• C. J. Martin Scholarship for Overseas Study [1988 – 1991]:
  Supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.
  
• Dean’s Award [1984 – 1987]:
  Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
  
• National Graduate Scholarship [1984 – 1986]:
  Supported by The Wenkart Foundation of Australia.