Lisa Kathleen Fitzpatrick is an American infectious disease physician, epidemiologist, and public health expert known for her work on health literacy, health equity, and racial health disparities.
Education
editFitzpatrick earned a B.A. and an M.D. from University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1992. She was a resident at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, an infectious diseases fellow at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and received a master's degree from the University of California-Berkeley in 2001.[1] In 2015 Fitzpatrick completed a master's degree at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Biography
editFitzpatrick's early work was at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention where she specialized in the investigation of tuberculosis[2] and was a diplomat in global health in the Caribbean.[3] She also worked on education of people about HIV/AIDS while she worked in the San Francisco Department of Health and in this context she spoke with the Washington Post about getting people tested for HIV.[4] Her published work in this realm assessed people's thoughts on the medical care they received regarding tuberculosis and health disparities in communities affected by HIV.[5][6] Fitzpatrick founded Grapevine Health to improve health literacy and education for under-resourced communities[7] and, as of 2022, she is a lecturer and adjunct professor at George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences[8] and the
Fitzpatrick is known for her work in increasing people's understanding of human health, particularly with respect to personal health.[9][10] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fitzpatrick shared her experience with getting vaccinated with other people in order to encourage other people to get vaccinated.[3] She goes by "Dr. Lisa" while presenting outreach, a program where she interacts with people on the street to talk about healthcare.[3] In 2020 Fitzpatrick was named as one of five people who will serve as Joe Biden's committee for healthcare policy,[11] and she is a member of the round table on health literacy group at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.[12]
Selected publications
edit- Fitzpatrick, Lisa K.; Hardacker, Jo Ann; Heirendt, Wendy; Agerton, Tracy; Streicher, Amy; Melnyk, Heather; Ridzon, Renee; Valway, Sarah; Onorato, Ida (2001). "A Preventable Outbreak of Tuberculosis Investigated through an Intricate Social Network". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 33 (11): 1801–1806. doi:10.1086/323671. ISSN 1058-4838. PMID 11692291.
- Fitzpatrick, Lisa K.; Okwera, A; Mugerwa, R; Ridzon, R; Ellner, J; Onorato, I (2002-06-01). "An investigation of suspected exogenous reinfection in tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 6 (6): 550–552. doi:10.5588/09640569513084. PMID 12068990.
- Fitzpatrick, Lisa K.; Sutton, Madeline; Greenberg, Alan E. (2006). "Toward eliminating health disparities in HIV/AIDS: the importance of the minority investigator in addressing scientific gaps in Black and Latino communities". Journal of the National Medical Association. 98 (12): 1906–1911. ISSN 0027-9684. PMC 2569682. PMID 17225832.
- Sohler, Nancy Lynn; Fitzpatrick, Lisa K.; Lindsay, Rebecca G.; Anastos, Kathryn; Cunningham, Chinazo O. (2007-10-17). "Does Patient–Provider Racial/Ethnic Concordance Influence Ratings of Trust in People with HIV Infection?". AIDS and Behavior. 11 (6): 884–896. doi:10.1007/s10461-007-9212-0. ISSN 1090-7165. PMID 17351738. S2CID 23337119.
- Sanchez, Travis H; Sullivan, Patrick S; Rothman, Richard E; Brown, Emily H; Fitzpatrick, Lisa K; Wood, Angela F; Hernandez, Paloma I; Nunn, Amy S; Serota, Martin L; Moreno-Walton, Lisa (2014-07-31). "A Novel Approach to Realizing Routine HIV Screening and Enhancing Linkage to Care in the United States: Protocol of the FOCUS Program and Early Results". JMIR Research Protocols. 3 (3): e39. doi:10.2196/resprot.3378. ISSN 1929-0748. PMC 4129189. PMID 25093431.
Awards and honors
editIn 2011 the University of Missouri - Kansas City's medical school awarded Fitzpatrick with the E. Grey Dimond Take Wing Award.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Edwards, Kelly (May 26, 2011). "SOM honors 2011 Take Wing Award winner: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick | UMKC School of Medicine". Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ Lisa Kathleen Fitzpatrick. Ebony Magazine. 2000.
- ^ a b c Friedersdorf, Conor (2020-12-10). "The Public-Health Value of Speaking Plainly". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
- ^ Yates, Clinton (2013-01-11). "Removing the stigma of HIV testing". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Lisa K.; Hardacker, Jo Ann; Heirendt, Wendy; Agerton, Tracy; Streicher, Amy; Melnyk, Heather; Ridzon, Renee; Valway, Sarah; Onorato, Ida (2001). "A Preventable Outbreak of Tuberculosis Investigated through an Intricate Social Network". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 33 (11): 1801–1806. doi:10.1086/323671. ISSN 1058-4838. PMID 11692291.
- ^ Fitzpatrick L., K.; Okwera, A.; Mugerwa, R.; Ridzon, R.; Ellner, J.; Onorato, I. (2002-06-01). "An investigation of suspected exogenous reinfection in tuberculosis patients in Kampala, Uganda". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 6 (6): 550–552. doi:10.5588/09640569513084. PMID 12068990.
- ^ "Lisa Fitzpatrick | Aspen Ideas". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ "Clinical Public Health Faculty and Clinical Public Health Mentors | The School of Medicine & Health Sciences". smhs.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
- ^ Fadulu, L; Brice-Saddler, Michael (March 25, 2021). "D.C.'s vaccine disparities are as big as ever. Here's why poor Black areas are so far behind". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
- ^ Fadulu, Lois (September 15, 2021). "Children's National staff to provide pediatric care at new D.C. hospital". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
- ^ Dodge, Blake (19 August 2020). "Inside a DC doctor's ascension to Joe Biden's A-Team". Business Insider, US edition; New York [New York] – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Roundtable on Health Literacy". www.nationalacademies.org. Retrieved 2022-04-24.