Lisa M. Meeks is an American specialist in disabilities in health professions education and faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School. She has co-authored several articles in journals including The New England Journal of Medicine,[1]The Lancet,[2][3]JAMA (journal),[4][5] and Academic Medicine (journal)[6][7] and published books on the subject of disability in medical education, helping to inform policy and best practice. She is also creator of the web-based campaign #DocsWithDisabilities[8] and host of the Docs With Disabilities Podcast.[9] She also contributed to the formation of International Council on Disability Inclusion in Medical Education[10] which aim to create shared standards regarding the support of qualified learners with disabilities in the medical profession that will serve as a benchmark for nations where rules on inclusion do not exist. Her work has been featured on NPR, the Washington Post, CNBC, in Slate, cleveland.com, Bloomberg Law, the Chicago Tribune and in The New Physician magazine from the American Medical Student Association (AMSA).
Selected works
Disability as diversity a guidebook for inclusion in medicine, nursing, and the health professions. Cham: Springer. 2020. ISBN978-3-030-46187-4.
Lisa Meeks and Neera Jain. The Guide to Assisting Students With Disabilities: Equal Access in Health Science and Professional Education, 1st Ed(2016). Springer. ISBN978-0-8261-2374-9
Awards and honours
2018: Association for Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD) Award[12]
2020: Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award[13]
References
^Swenor, B; Meeks, LM (30 May 2019). "Disability Inclusion - Moving Beyond Mission Statements". The New England Journal of Medicine. 380 (22): 2089–2091. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1900348. PMID31141629. S2CID169038170.
^Meeks, LM; Liao, P; Kim, N (May 2019). "Using Twitter to promote awareness of disabilities in medicine". Medical Education. 53 (5): 525–526. doi:10.1111/medu.13836. PMID30907444. S2CID85497856.
^The guide to assisting students with disabilities : equal access in health science and professional education. New York: Springer Publishing Company. 2015. ISBN978-0-8261-2374-9.