Brandi Smith, Ph.D.

Biography

Faculty Member Since 2025

Brandi Smith, Ph.D., is a lecturer in the department of mathematics at Spelman College.

Education

Ph.D., Informatics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, 2021
M.S., Mathematics, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, 2016 
B.S., Mathematics, Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, Mississippi, 2014

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Smith BP, Hoots B, DePadilla L, Roehler DR, Holland KM, Bowen DA, Sumner SA.
Using Transformer-Based Topic Modeling to Examine Discussions of Delta-8
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Tetrahydrocannabinol: Content Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Dec
21;25:e49469. doi: 10.2196/49469. PMID: 38127427; PMCID: PMC10767625.
Zelaya CE*, Smith BP*, Riser AP, et al. Urban and Rural Mpox Incidence Among
Persons Aged 15–64 Years — United States, May 10–December 31, 2022.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023;72:574–578.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7221a2

Baek, A.E., Krawczynska, N., Das Gupta, A., Dvoretskiy, S.V., You, S., Park, J., Deng,
Y.H., Sorrells, J.E., Smith, B.P., Ma, L. and Nelson, A.T., The Cholesterol
Metabolite 27HC Increases Secretion of Extracellular Vesicles Which Promote
Breast Cancer Progression. Endocrinology 162, no. 7 (2021): bqab095.

Smith, B.P., Cardoso-Mendoza, E., Flaws, J.A. et al. Racial differences in lifestyle,
demographic, and health factors associated with quality of life (QoL) in midlife
women. womens midlife health 7, 2 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40695-
020-00060-1

Smith, B.P., Auvil, L.S., Welge, M. et al. Identification of early liver toxicity gene
biomarkers using comparative supervised machine learning. Sci Rep 10, 19128
(2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76129-8