Smith led collaborative interventions in Florida and the Bronx

During the summer, the former NIH postdoctoral researcher met with community leaders in preparation to help tackle the issue of childhood obesity

NIH chooses research led by Leslie Leve as part of an initiative to probe environmental influences on health from pregnancy to early adulthood

The program will provide financial support to 90 undergrads and 10 graduate students by fall 2017

The 2015-16 total of $42.8 million is a 30 percent increase over last year