Douglas Andrew Smith

Douglas attended Virginia Tech where he received an honors Bachelor's degree in psychology. He then attended Virginia Commonwealth University where he completed his Masters in psychology. He was awarded WMU Summer Research Fellowship 2018, ASPET Washington Fellow 2017, ASPET Graduate Student Travel Award 2016, ASPET Undergraduate Student Best Abstract Award 2014, ASPET Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship 2013.

He also published 7 peer reviewed publications; TM Hillhouse, CR Merritt, DA Smith, M Cajina, C Sanchez, JH Porter, AL Pehrson (2018). Vortioxetine differentially modulates MK-801-induced changes in visual signal detection task performance and locomotor activity. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9.

DA Smith, BE Blough, ML Banks (2017). Cocaine-like discriminative stimulus effects of amphetamine, cathinone, methamphetamine, and their 3, 4-methylenedioxy analogs in male rhesus monkeys. Psychopharmacology 234. 117-127.

DA Smith, SS Negus, JL Poklis, BE Blough, ML Banks (2017). Cocaine-like discriminative stimulus effects of alpha-pyrrolidinovalerophenone, methcathinone, and their 3,4-methylenedioxy or 4-methyl analogs in rhesus monkeys. Addiction Biology 22 (5). 1169-1178.

ML Banks, DA Smith, BE Blough (2016). Methamphetamine-like discriminative stimulus effects of bupropion and its two hydroxy metabolites in male rhesus monkeys. Behavioural Pharmacology 27 (2-3 Spec Iss) 196.

ML Banks, DA Smith, DF Kisor, JL Poklis (2016). Relationship between discriminative stimulus effects and plasma methamphetamine and amphetamine levels of intramuscular methamphetamine in male rhesus monkeys. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 141, 58-65.

WE Fantegrossi, BW Gray, JM Bailey, DA Smith, M Hansen, JL Kristensen (2015). Hallucinogen-like effects of 2-([2-(4-cyano-2,5-dimethoxyphenyl) ethylamino]methyl)phenol (25CN-NBOH), a novel N-benzylphenethylamine with 100-fold selectivity for 5-HT2A receptors, in mice. Psychopharmacology 232. 1039-1047.

DA Smith, JM Bailey, D Williams, WE Fantegrossi. Tolerance and cross-tolerance to head twitch behavior elicited by phenethylamine-and tryptamine-derived hallucinogens in mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 351 (3). 485-491.

Doug or as his family called him Andrew, was part of the Occupy Wall Street riot in 2011 and was arrested with many others. He was extremely proud to be a part of that history and spoke of the experience often. He had a compassion for special needs children and started working for Merakey Autism and Education. He had a passion for sports, specifically the LA RAMS and LA Lakers. He was driven by music and listened to it every chance he had. He enjoyed the outdoors, floating down the river, playing chess, playing basketball at the park or spending time with his nieces. He also had a soft spot for animals and would have saved every one if he could. His smile, laughter and pranks will be missed by everyone who knew him and his memory will live on in the hearts of everyone who loved him.

Douglas is preceded in death by his father, Douglas Smith, and is survived by his mother Eileen Smith, grandmother, Joy Hoffmann, siblings, Sarah Ruth, Anastasia Rachel, Luke Joseph and Annabeth Joy, nieces, Jahzara, Myla, and Cali, nephew, Damian and his girlfriend, Brooke Linzy, and her son Damon.

A Celebration of Life Service for Douglas will be held Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Lindsey Funeral Homes, 473 S Main St, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801.