Lisa Angeline Cooper
Professor
Medicine - General Internal Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Lisa A. Cooper is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is also the James F. Fries Professor of Medicine, in the Division of General Internal Medicine and a core faculty member of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research. She has primary appointments in the Schools of Medicine and Public Health and a joint appointment in the School of Nursing. The author of over 170 research articles and several book chapters, and the principal investigator of 15 research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and several private foundations, she is an internationally recognized expert on the effectiveness of patient-centered interventions (e.g., physician communication skills and cultural competence training, patient shared decision-making and self-management skills training) for improving health outcomes and overcoming racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare. Dr. Cooper has received several awards for her work in health disparities, including election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation, Delta Omega Public Health Honorary Society, and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2007, Dr. Cooper was a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur; in 2012, she was named to an endowed professorship, the James F. Fries Professorship in Medicine, at Johns Hopkins; and in 2016, she was named the University's 25th Bloomberg Distinguished Professor. Dr. Cooper has made important contributions to diversity initiatives in medicine. In 2006, she received the Herbert Nickens Award for exceptional contributions to cultural diversity in medicine from the Society of General Internal Medicine. In addition, she has helped Johns Hopkins prioritize its activities to promote a more diverse and inclusive environment, deliver equitable care to patients, and engage the community.
Research Interest
Race/ethnic health disparities; Patient-centered care; Patient-Physician relationship and communication
Publications
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Johnson RL, Roter D, Powe NR, Cooper LA. Patient race/ethnicity and quality of patient-physician communication during medical visits. Am J Public Health. 2004 Dec;94(12):2084-90.
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Cooper LA, Roter DL, Johnson RL, Ford DE, Steinwachs DM, Powe NR. Patient-centered communication, ratings of care, and concordance of patient and physician race. Ann Intern Med. 2003 Dec 2;139(11):907-15.
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Cooper-Patrick L, Gallo JJ, Gonzales JJ, Vu HT, Powe NR, Nelson C, Ford DE. Race, gender, and partnership in the patient-physician relationship. JAMA. 1999 Aug 11;282(6):583-9.
