Fitzpatrick served as the Associate Executive Director of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis (1989-1992), a comprehensive basic science and applied science research center focused on restoring neurological function to persons with spinal cord injury. Her responsibilities included all public outreach and educational efforts and she served as the scientific liaison to the development, fundraising, and public relations staff. As Executive Director of the Brain Trauma Foundation (1992-1993), Fitzpatrick guided the Foundation through a re-organization and is now a leader in advancing the care of patients with traumatic brain injury. Fitzpatrick joined the James S. McDonnell Foundation in 1993 as the Foundation’s first Program Officer. She was promoted to Program Director in 1997, to Vice President in 2000, and to President in 2015. Fitzpatrick is an adjunct associate professor of Neuroscience and Occupational Therapy at Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis) and teaches neuroscience in both lectures and seminars and is a voluntary faculty at the Center for Biology and Society, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University. Fitzpatrick is an elected Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Association for Women in Science. Fitzpatrick lectures and writes on issues concerning applications of neuroscience to clinical problems, the translation of cognitive science to educational settings, the role of private philanthropy in the support of scientific research, and on issues related to the public dissemination of and understanding of science.
Fitzpatrick serves on the boards of the Ontario Brain Institute, One Health Trust, OpenBoxScience.org and is a member of the Science Board of the Santa Fe Institute. Fitzpatrick serves as an advisor to the Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, Simon Fraser University, the Koch Center for Family Enterprise at Washington University and Grai Matter. Fitzpatrick is a past member of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, Research!America, the Missouri Science and Technology Fellows Program, and is a Past-President and former Chair of the Board of the Association for Women in Science. Fitzpatrick has served as a member of the International Advisory Council of the Rotman Institute for Philosophy at Western University, Ontario, Canada.
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Hand Transplants, Daily Functioning, and the Human Capacity for Limb Regeneration Fitzpatrick, S.M. & Baum, C.M. (2012) |
Front. Cell Dev. Biol., 04 March 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.812124 |
Executive
Functions. In L.M. Carey (Ed.) Fitzpatrick, S.M. & Baum, C.M. (2012) |
Stroke Rehabilitation: Insights from Neuroscience and Imaging (pp. 208-221). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. |
Neurorehabilitation:
Action and Manipulation (complete document;
includes the four articles below) Various |
See Below Entries |
Neural
rehabilitation: Action and manipulation Corbetta, M., Fitzpatrick, S.M. |
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Supplement to 25(5), 3S-5S |
Neurological
principles and rehabilitation of action disorders:
Computation, anatomy, and physiology (CAP) model. Frey, S.H., Fogassi, L., Grafton, S., Picard, N., Rothwell, J.C., Schweighofer, N., . . . Fitzpatrick, S.M. |
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Supplement to 25(5), 6S-20S. |
Neurological
principles and rehabilitation of action disorders:
Common clinical deficits. Sathian, K., Buxbaum, L.J., Cohen, L.G., Krakauer, J.W., Lang, C.E., Corbetta, M., Fitzpatrick, S.M. |
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Supplement to 25(5), 21S-32S. |
Neurological
principles and rehabilitation of action disorders:
Rehabilitation interventions. Pomeroy, V., Aglioti, S.M., Mark, V.W., McFarland, D., Stinear, C., Wolf, S.L., . . . Fitzpatrick, S.M. |
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, Supplement to 25(5), 33S-43S. |
The
future of cognitive neurorehabilitaion. In D.T.
Struss, G. Winocur, & I.H. Robertson (Eds.). Robertson, I.H, Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2008). |
Cognitive Neurorehabilitation, Evidence and Application (2nd ed) (pp.565-574). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. |
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Attacks
on Philanthropists Are Missing the Point Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2018). |
The Chronicle of Philanthropy, October 9, 2018. |
Data-driven
Science Policy Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2016). |
Issues in Science and Technology, Volume XXXII Issue 4, Summer 2016. |
Diversifying
your funding portfolio: The role of private
funders. In R.J. Sternberg (Ed.) Fitzpatrick, S.M. & Dolezalek, M. (2013). |
Writing Successful Grant Proposals from the Top Down and Bottom Up, (255-276). Los Angeles:Sage Publications. |
Department
of Defense Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2012). |
July 22-28, 2012. |
Research
foundations: US private funder on indirect costs. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2011). |
Nature, 477, 162. |
Preface
- Lessons from PEN: Scientific collaboration and
the search for synergy. In I.G. Gauthier, D.N.
Bub, & M.J. Tarr (Eds.). Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2009). |
Perceptual Expertise: Bridging Brain and Behavior (pp. xi-xiv). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. |
Sensational
news: Scientists serious about reaching the public
should bypass the media. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (1996). |
Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy 15(3), 95-98. |
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How
to Build Trust in COVID-19 Vaccines Ramanan Laxminarayan, Susan Fitzpatric,& Simon Levin (2020) |
Nautilus, Issue 093. |
Antibiotic
Overuse: The Influence of Social Norms. The McDonnell Norms Group (2008) |
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 207(2), 265-275. |
Enhancing
the use of clinical guidelines: A social norms
perspective. The McDonnell Norms Group (2006) |
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 202(5), 826-836. |
Battling
bad behavior The McDonnell Norms Group (2006) |
The Scientist 202(5), 20(2). |
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Asking
the Right Questions in Alzheimer's Research Fitzpatrick, S. |
https://issues.org (Fall 2018) |
Waking
Up to a New Model for Studying Neural Systems:
What Emergence from Unconscious States Can Reveal
about Brain Organization Garcia, P., Fitzpatrick, S., Rothman, Douglas L. |
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience (2017) |
Applied
mathematics and nonlinear sciences in the war on
cancer Garcia, V., Fitzpatrick, S., Pérez-Romasanta, L.A., Pesic, M., Schucht, P., Arana, E., & Sánchez-Gómez, P. |
Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences 1(2) (2016), 423–436 |
The
benefits of cross-talk: Cognitive psychologists
and STEM educators from multiple disciplines can
enrich their research and enhance STEM education
through shared knowledge. McDaniel, M., Frey, R., Fitzpatrick, S., & Roediger, H.L. (Eds.)(2014) |
Integrating Cognitive Science with Innovative Teaching in STEM Disciplines. [e-reader versiondoi:10.7936/K7BG2KWM |
Play,
attention, and learning: How do play and timing
shape the development of attention and influence
classroom learning? Hedges, J. H., Adolph, K. E., Amso, D., Bavelier, D., Fiez, J. A., Krubitzer, L., McAuley, J. D., Newcombe, N. S., Fitzpatrick, S. M. & Ghajar, J. (2013) |
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12154 |
Functional
Brain Imaging: Neuro-Turn or Wrong Turn? In M. M.
Littlefield & J. M. Johnson (Eds.) Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2012) |
The Neuroscientific Turn (pp. 180-198). Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigcan Press. |
Epilogue:
Remember the future Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2007) |
Science of memory: Concepts (pp 391-396). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. |
Foreword.
In R.G. Shulman and D.L. Rothman (Eds.) Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2004) |
Brain energetics & neuronal activity: Applications to fMRI and medicine (pp. ix-xii) (West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
The
neuro-journalism mill [JSMF website blog]. Monthly
updates. Fitzpatrick, S.M. |
Retrieved from: http://www.jsmf.org/neuromill/ |
Meeting
report: Choosing the right MR tools for the job Fitzpatrick, S.M. & Rothman, D.L. (2002) |
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 14(5), 806-815. |
Meeting
report: Transcranial magnetic stimulation and
studies of human cognition. Fitzpatrick, S.M., & Rothman, D.L. (2000) |
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 12(4), 704-709. |
Meeting
report: New approaches to functional
neuroenergetics Fitzpatrick, S.M., & Rothman, D.L. (1999) |
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience 11(4), 467-471. |
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Book
Review - The Consciousness Instinct:
Unraveling the Mystery of How the Brain Makes
the Mind. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2020). |
The Quarterly Review of Biology, 161-162, Volume 95. |
Book
Review - Chasing Men on Fire &
Understanding the Brain Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2019). |
Whither Nueroscience, 90-92, Winter 2019. |
Book
Review - Universities and the Entrepreneurial
Ecosystem: By David B.Audretsch and Albert B.
Link Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2018). |
Science and Public Policy, 24 April 2018. |
Julius
Rosenwald: Exemplar for Philanthropy Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2017). |
The Wall Street Journal (Letter to the Editor), 2017. |
Quotes
in Story About NIH Funding Were Taken Out of
Context Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2017). |
The Chornicle of Higher Education, 2017. |
Book
Review - Follow the Money: Funding Research
in a Large Academic Health Center by Henry R.
Bourne and Eric B Vermillion Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2017). |
Science & Public Policy, 2017, 1-2. |
We
Must Have Private Philanthropy [Letters to the
Editor] Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2015) |
Wall Street Journal |
Brain
research needs new ideas [Letters to the Editor]. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2011). |
Wall Street Journal. |
Keep
Philanthropic Funding Distinct [Opinion]. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2003). |
The Scientist 17(4), 18. |
Science is service [Opinion]. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2001). |
The Scientist 15(20), 43. |
Choose
beauty [Opinion]. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2001). |
The Scientist 15(19), 6. |
Putting
the 'notoriety' cart before the 'prominence' horse
[Opinion]. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2001). |
The Scientist 15(12), 6. |
Fish dream of fighting rats – Now that’s a
story! [Opinion] Fitzpatrick, S.M. (2001) |
The Scientist 15(6), 6. |
What
makes science newsworthy? [Opinion]. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (1999). |
The Scientist 13(23), 12. |
Private
funders have a role in the training of life
scientists [Opinion]. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (1998). |
The Scientist 12(23), 8. |
Survival
in today’s tight funding climate depends on
following agencies’ rules [Opinion]. Fitzpatrick, S.M. (1996). |
The Scientist 10(9), 11. |