Lindsey G. Smith

To provide nutrition and lifestyle counseling to patients with complex chronic illnesses and support initiatives and research that seek to better understand the role of infections in chronic illness. My personal experiences with Celiac Disease, Ehlers Danlos Syndromes, and infection-associated chronic illnesses have motivated my drive to improve patient care for individuals with chronic, invisible illnesses.

• American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA), 2026, Present
• Center for Lyme Action (CLA), 2025, Present
• Global Lyme Alliance (GLA), 2025, Present
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2025, Present
• Beta Psi Omega Natural Science Fraternity, 2022, 2023

• Founders’ Award, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2025
• Dean’s List, Boston University, 2025
• George Pepperdine Achievement Award, Pepperdine University, 2021
• AP Scholar with Distinction Award, 2021

• Center for Lyme Action, Advocate, 02/01/26, Led a meeting with Congressional staff to request funding and the reauthorization of five bills that would improve preventative measures and surveillance of tick activity and increase research for novel diagnostic tools and treatments for Post-Treatment Lyme Disease.
• Columbia’s Celiac Disease Center, Fundraising Volunteer, 12/01/25, Helped with the setup and running of the Boots & Buckles Benefit, which raised over $107,000 to support Columbia’s Celiac Disease Center.
• Global Lyme Alliance, Project Lab Coat Volunteer, 09/01/25, Assisted Project Lab Coat during New York Fashion Week as a Global Lyme Alliance (GLA) ambassador by ensuring operations ran smoothly and directing models where they needed to be. Project Lab Coat’s partnership with the GLA, LymeLight Foundation, and Project Lyme aimed to raise awareness for Post-Treatment Lyme Disease through fashion.
• Delta Delta Delta Sorority, St. Jude Fundraisers, 2022, Made and served pancakes for students at Pepperdine University to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Cancer Research Hospital. Wrote letters to friends, family, and alumnae asking for donations to St. Jude Children’s Cancer Research Hospital.

• Certified Clinical Medical Assistant Training, Advanced eClinical Training, Present
• Recognizing and Treating ARFID Training, National Alliance for Eating Disorders, 2026
• Alpha-Gal Syndrome Training, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2026
• IRB Social and Behavioral Researchers, CITI Program, 2026
• Data Security and HIPPA Training, CITI Program, 2025
• HIPPA Research Update, CITI Program, 2025
• Investigators / Research Staff, CITI Program, 2025
• Rigor, Reproducibility and Ethical Behavior in Biomedical Research, CITI Program, 2025
• Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Certification, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, 2024
• The Core Principles of Functional Foods and Implementing an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Course, Dr. Tyler Jean, 2022
• The Science of Well-Being Course, Yale University, 2020
• Sustainable Development Goals Course, University of Michigan, 2020

• The Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education, & Policy, 2026, Intern, Cleaning up data taken from organizations and providers of nutrition education in schools across New York City, in order to assess the reach, effectiveness, and limitations of current nutrition education programs. Aiding in writing the final report to submit to Nutrients.
• Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Celiac Disease Center, 2025, Volunteer Research Assistant, Dr. Randi Wolf, Assisted with the NIH-funded GLUTECH trial that is exploring if gluten detection technology may help improve the treatment of newly diagnosed celiac disease. Moved a resource supplied to all trial patients onto a Word document so that it can be translated into languages other than English. Provided feedback on the patient manual for the GLUTECH device.
• The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Pepperdine University, 2022, Intern, Dr. Loan Kim, Organized qualitative data from a survey taken across 12 states that assessed women’s experience with the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal was to determine what changes WIC should make to its policy.

• Microbiology
• Medical Biochemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• General Chemistry I & II
• Human Physiology
• Cell Biology
• Organization and Delivery of Health Care in the U.S.
• Nutrition Through the Lifecycle
• Nutritional Science
• Foodservice Systems Management
• Disease Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics in Popular Culture
• Statistical Research Methods
• Food, Nutrition, and Behavior
• Advanced Nutrition I (Macronutrient Metabolism)
• Global Foods
• Nutrition and Human Development