Owen Smith

Owen Patrick Smith (born 1958/1959) is an Irish haematologist. He was the Regius Professor of Physic at Trinity College, Dublin between 2014 and 2020. He has also been Professor of Haematology at Trinity since 2002 and Professor of Paediatric and Adolescent Haematology at University College Dublin since 2015.

Early life and education Smith was born and raised on the Northside of Dublin, before beginning his education at Trinity College Dublin. As a child, Smith lost his cousin due to childhood leukaemia, which he says has inspired him to find a cure.

In 2002, Smith was appointed Professor of Haematology at the Faculty of Medical and Dental Sciences at Trinity College Dublin. He was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin in 2009. He eventually became the Regius Professor of Physic at Trinity College, Dublin. In 2015, Smith received an honorary Order of the British Empire for his major contributions to Irish medicine.

Research Smith is a principal investigator at the National Children's Research Centre (NCRC), Crumlin, and Systems Biology Ireland, University College Dublin; his research focuses on the protein C activation pathway and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome.

In 2016, Smith was appointed the Ireland East Hospital Group (IEHG) Clinical Director of their Clinical Academic Directorate in Cancer (CADC). Two years later, Smith was appointed the national clinical lead for Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers by the National Cancer Control Programme. He also co-published a study on Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia which showed that the cancer cells could be broken into three subgroups through analysis of DNA methylation.

Personal life Smith and his wife Jude have three children together.