Meet Dr. Terry Smith & Dr. Nishit Trivedi

Dr. Smith is a Director – Life Sciences Research for Emerald Advisers. He spent the Summer/Fall of 2005 as an Intern at Emerald before joining the firm in the Fall of 2006. Dr. Smith received his PhD in Integrative Biosciences – Molecular Toxicology at the Pennsylvania State University, Hershey Medical Center – College of Medicine, in Fall 2006. He has co-authored several research abstracts and articles on ‘the molecular signaling pathways involved in hormone induced cholesterol metabolism’ for the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, as well as for the Society for Investigative Dermatology’s annual international meetings. He received his MBA from the Pennsylvania State University (2004), where he also was inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society. Dr. Smith received his BS degree in Biology (with a minor in Chemistry) from Messiah College in 2000.

Dr. Trivedi is a Director – Life Sciences Research for Emerald Advisers, LLC., focusing on Biotech and Medical Device companies. Dr. Trivedi received his PhD in Pharmacology in 2005 and pursued his post-doctoral fellowship at Gittlen Cancer Foundation before joining Emerald. He has published several research articles in leading journals in the fields of oncology and dermatology and, at the 2004 Annual AACR Conference, Dr. Trivedi was the recipient of an award from the American Association for Cancer Research and AFLAC for his research efforts on melanoma. While at Penn State College of Medicine, he received the Rite Aid Graduate Fellowship Award in Pharmacology. Dr. Trivedi received both a PhD and an MBA from Pennsylvania State University. He completed his medical internship in 1999 and received his medical degree (MBBS) from Bombay University, India.