Dr. Lori A. Smith holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of California, Davis.
She worked as a research scientist and project leader in the medical diagnostics business before discovering her passion for teaching. She began teaching anatomy, physiology, and microbiology to students training for nursing and other allied health vocations at American River College in the Biology Department in 1999.

She has been co-authoring Pearson’s PhysioExTM Laboratory Simulations in Physiology since 2005, and she has continued to coauthor additional Pearson lab manuals since then.

Dr. Smith is a member of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) and the California Academy of Sciences and has been selected Instructor of the Year by the American River College Associated Student Body.