Dr. Lisa Benz Scott is Professor and Executive Director of the Program in Public Health at Stony Brook Medicine. She is a behavioral scientist and public health educator who has dedicated her career to address healthcare access and utilization, particularly with regard to differences among women and underserved populations in cardiac care and related health outcomes. As creator of the Stony Brook Medicine Healthy Libraries Program along with a team of faculty in the health professions at Stony Brook University, she leads initiatives that improve community health outcomes through the delivery of evidence-based programs with inter-professional teams in public libraries.