Which school is cited as one of the world's leading research universities, Emory University or Smith College?
Emory University Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by the Methodist Episcopal Church and was named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. In 1915, the college relocated to metropolitan Atlanta and was rechartered as Emory University. The university is the second-oldest private institution of higher education in Georgia and among the fifty oldest private universities in the United States. Emory is frequently cited as one of the world's leading research universities and one of the top institutions in the United States.
Owen Smith (physician) Owen Patrick Smith {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} is an Irish haematologist and the Regius Professor of Physic at Trinity College, Dublin, a position he has held since 2014. He has also been Professor of Haematology since 2002 and is a principal investigator at the Institute of Molecular Medicine. His research focuses on the protein C activation pathway and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome.