Lisa Schwartz has over 25 years of experience in the higher education and healthcare industries. Trained as a clinical genetic counselor and higher education administrator, Dr. Schwartz currently serves as Director of Health Professional Advising for the Department of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences at GW's School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She teaches health professional students in the areas of research, leadership, ethics, and genetics and serves as a mentor to ambassadors of the SMHS Health Career Opportunities Program (HCOP) for pre-health high school, college, and graduate students from disadvantaged backgrounds. She was a member-at-large of the Executive Committee of the Northeast Association of Advisors in the Health Professions (NEAAHP) from 2018 to 2021. She has received grant funding and published in the areas of health professional development and team science.