Lisa Lewis, associate professor of nursing in the department of family and community health in Penn’s School of Nursing, a Calvin Bland Fellow and Penn Nursing’s assistant dean for Diversity and Inclusivity, has been named an American Heart Association Fellow. This fellowship recognizes scientific and professional accomplishments, as well as volunteer leadership and service.

Dr. Lewis devotes her scholarship, practice and advocacy to issues affecting the health and well-being of vulnerable individuals. In her work, Dr. Lewis identified the importance of psychosocial, socio-cultural and clinical factors such as social networks, depression, spirituality and perceived discrimination on hypertension treatment adherence. Her most recent work explores perceptions of masculinity in the behavioral management of hypertension among Black men, with an emphasis on development and testing of mobile health interventions to improve their blood pressure management.