Jennifer Lewis, a 2022 Fulbright Specialist, is an experienced mental health clinician with a passion towards transdisciplinary care. She is adept at conducting and teaching neurobiologically-informed interventions related to improving well-being. With a specialization in mental health and addiction, Lewis serves as a curriculum co-chair for the USC Institute for Addiction Science, a joint program with the Keck School of Medicine at USC, the USC School of Pharmacy and the school of social work.

For the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Lewis promotes integrated social work curriculum and has been a leader in the vertical and horizontal mapping of the school's curriculum as vice chair of Curriculum Council, chair of the Adult Mental Health and Wellness Department Curriculum Committee, University Task Force on Interdisciplinary Communities and a Center for Excellence in Teaching Fellow. Before entering academia, Lewis was the chief of social work at the University of California, San Diego, Health System Department of Pediatrics Infectious Disease where she authored and implemented a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant for HIV-positive mothers abusing substances to prevent the abuse, neglect and abandonment of children.

Lewis was program director at Southwest Center for HIV and AIDS, where she authored and oversaw Ryan White funding of programming for HIV-positive men, women and youth. She worked for the O’Connor House with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Avon Program for Women and Justice, addressing interpersonal violence. She was the director of mental health and social services at the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, New York City's only LGBTQ+ health clinic. 

Lewis is the owner of Mosaic Psychotherapy, LLC, providing consultation and counseling services for individuals and families. She is currently focused on developing structural interventions for suicide prevention, and recently co-published “Organizing for Suicide Prevention: A Case Study at the Golden Gate Bridge” which she promoted as an invited panelist at the 2022 LA Times Festival of Books.