Lisa K. Fitzpatrick

Fitzpatrick 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.

Fitzpatrick'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]

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 to serve on President Joe Biden's committee for healthcare policy,^[11] and she was a member of the round table on health literacy group at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.^[12]

• 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.

In 2011, the University of Missouri – Kansas City's medical school gave Fitzpatrick the E. Grey Dimond Take Wing Award.^[1]