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Dr. Lisa Benz Scott earned a B.A. in Psychology from Stony Brook University, an M.S. in Health Promotion from Purdue University, and a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in the Department of Health Policy and Management's Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences as a National Research Service Award pre-doctoral trainee recipient (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health). Dr. Benz Scott continued her studies at Johns Hopkins as a post-doctoral W.K. Kellogg Community Health Scholar to establish herself as expert in community-based participatory research principles and methods.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities in community health and health care management, Lisa advises and mentors graduate students in research design and proposal writing. She serves on academic, community-based, and professional committees to advance health care research, education, and practice. Her current research is dedicated to addressing leading public health priorities such as those related to gender and race/ethnic disparities in cardiac services, health promotion and wellness services for child survivors of cancer and their families, and participatory approaches to improve access to preventative health care services through e-health and human development initiatives in partnerships with low resource communities in the U.S. and in the developing world. She also is interested in health-related research that falls at the intersection between social psychology, health communication, and health behavior change.

Lisa was named Associate Dean for Research for the School of Health Technology and Management in September 2006 (a three year appointment). As a part of her responsibilities she coordinates the School of Health Technology and Management’s monthly research seminars to facilitate opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations among faculty and staff. Dr. Benz Scott has authored or co-authored over a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles and more than 25 peer-reviewed presentations at national and international professional conferences. She has been recognized for her expertise as a repeat peer-reviewer for the NIH and CDC for federal research grant reviews, reviews grants for private foundations on community health research topics, and is frequently invited to review manuscripts for publication consideration.

In her free time, she enjoys activities that involve spending time with her husband and two young daughters.