Lisa Cooper

Lisa Cooper
Born 1963
Nationality American
Fields Public health
Institutions Johns Hopkins University
Alma mater Emory University;
University of North Carolina;
Johns Hopkins University
Notable awards MacArthur Fellows Program

Lisa A. Cooper (born 1963) is a public health physician, and professor at Johns Hopkins.[1]

Life

She graduated from Emory University with a B.A. and from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine with an M.D., and from the Johns Hopkins University with an M.P.H. in 1993. In 1999, she published findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association: race is a factor in health care.[2] "Her research program focuses on patient-centered strategies for improving outcomes and overcoming racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare."[3][4]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://faculty.jhsph.edu/default.cfm?faculty_id=1450
  2. ↑ "TheGrio's 100: Lisa Cooper, closing the racial gap in health care", The Grio, Keosha Johnson, 02/01/2010
  3. ↑ http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Bios/C/Cooper-Lisa-A.aspx
  4. ↑ http://www.upenn.edu/ldi/cooper.html
  5. ↑ http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.2913825/apps/nl/content2.asp?content_id={F6E54349-A2BF-4FCD-8041-0DA09A56B5B5}&notoc=1
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