Lisa K. Sharp, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests
Targeting minorities and underserved populations, my research interests address several areas: understanding the direct and indirect effects of stress and depression on chronic illness and cancer; fostering patient participation and communication in the doctor-patient relationship; ecological, social, and psychological influences upon inflammatory processes.
Recent and Noteworthy Publications
Chang CH, Sharp LK, Kimmel LG, Grammer LC, Kee R, Shannon JJ. A 6-item brief measure for assessing perceived control of asthma in culturally diverse patients. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2007 Aug;99(2):130-5.
Evans AT, Sadowski LS, VanderWeele TJ, Curtis LM, Sharp LK, Kee RA, Grammer LC, Lyttle CS, Weiss KB, Shannon JJ; CHIRAH Study Group. Ethnic disparities in asthma morbidity in Chicago. J Asthma. 2009 Jun;46(5):448-54. [See abstract.]
Fitzgibbon ML, Stolley M, Schiffer L, Sharp L, Singh V, Van Horn L, Dyer A. Obesity Reduction Black Intervention Trial (ORBIT): design and baseline characteristics. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Sep;17(7):1099-110.
Gerber BS, Stolley MR, Thompson AL, Sharp LK, Fitzgibbon ML. Mobile phone text messaging to promote healthy behaviors and weight loss maintenance: a feasibility study. Health Informatics J. 2009 Mar;15(1):17-25. [See abstract.]
Gupta RS, Zhang X, Sharp LK, Shannon JJ, Weiss KB. Geographic variability in childhood asthma prevalence in Chicago. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2008 Mar;121(3):639-645.e1.
Gupta RS, Zhang X, Sharp LK, Shannon JJ, Weiss KB. The protective effect of community factors on childhood asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Jun;123(6):1297-304.e2. [See abstract.]
Hornung RL, Hansen LA, Sharp LK, Poorsattar SP, Lipsky MS. Skin cancer prevention in the primary care setting: Assessment using a standardized patient. Pediatric Dermatology. 2007;24(2):108-112.
Kinahan KE, Gandhi M, Lacouture ME, Eilers R Jr, Haryani A, Didwania A, Sharp LK. Dermatologic issues in adult survivors of childhood cancer. J Cancer Surviv. 2009 Sep;3(3):158-63. [See abstract.]
Kinahan KE, Sharp LK, Arntson P, Galvin K, Grill L, Didwania A. Adult survivors of childhood cancer and their parents: experiences with survivorship and long-term follow-up. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2008 Sep;30(9):651-8.
Martin MA, Catrambone CD, Kee RA, Evans AT, Sharp LK, Lyttle C, et al. Improving asthma self-efficacy: developing and testing a pilot community-based asthma intervention for African American adults. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 Jan;123(1):153-159.e3. [See abstract.]
Mosnaim GS, Sadowski LS, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Sharp LK, Curtis LM, Shalowitz MU, Shannon JJ, Weiss KB. Parental language and asthma among urban Hispanic children. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2007 Nov;120(5):1160-5.
Sharp LK, Kimmel LG, Kee R, Saltoun C, Chang C. Assessing the Perceived Stress Scale for African American adults with asthma and low literacy. J Asthma. 2007;44(4):311-316.
Sharp LK, Kinahan KE, Didwania A, Stolley M. Quality of life in adult survivors of childhood cancer. J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2007;24(4):220-226
Stolley MR, Fitzgibbon ML, Schiffer L, Sharp LK, Singh V, Van Horn L, Dyer A. Obesity Reduction Black Intervention Trial (ORBIT): Six-month Results. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Jan;17(1):100-6. [See abstract.]
Stolley MR, Sharp LK, Arroyo C, Ruffin C, Restrepo J, Campbell R. Design and recruitment of the Chicago Healthy Living Study: a study of health behaviors in a diverse cohort of adult childhood cancer survivors. Cancer. 2009 Sep 4;115(S18):4385-4396. [See abstract.]
Stolley MR, Sharp LK, Oh A, Schiffer L. A weight loss intervention for African American breast cancer survivors, 2006. Prev Chronic Dis. 2009 Jan;6(1):A22. [See abstract.]
Stolley MR, Sharp LK, Wells AM, Simon N, Schiffer L. Health behaviors and breast cancer: experiences of urban African-American women. Health Educ Behav. 2006;33(5):604-624.
Contact Info
Institute for Health Research and Policy
University of Illinois at Chicago (MC 275)
463 Westside Research Office Bldg.
1747 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608
IHRP Affiliation(s)
Current IHRP Research Studies (PI)
Current IHRP Research Studies (Co-I)
Recently Completed Research

