Joanna Smeeton

Columbia University

Dr. Joanna Smeeton is the H.K. Corning Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine Research at Columbia University. Joanna holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anatomy and Cell Biology from McGill University, a PhD in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology from the University of Toronto and performed her postdoctoral training at the Broad Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Southern California. In 2020, she launched her lab as part of the Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine as well as the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative at Columbia University in New York. Joanna is the recipient of a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award and the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award.