Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Equity in Health and Healthcare and Director of the Center for Health Equity at Johns Hopkins University
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Lisa A. Cooper, MD, MPH, is an internal medicine physician, social epidemiologist, and health services researcher who was born in Liberia. She was among the first to document how doctor-patient relationships can help overcome racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare.
- One of the nation’s leading researchers and practitioners in the field of health equity, having designed innovative approaches to improve physicians’ communication skills, patients’ self-management skills, and the ability of healthcare organizations to address the needs of populations experiencing health disparities.
- Recipient of numerous awards, including the American Public Health Association Helen Rodríguez-Trías Social Justice Award.
- Awarded the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship in 2007.
- Author of the book Why Are Health Disparities Everyone’s Problem?.
- Member of U.S. National Academy of Medicine.