Lisa Lauter

LISA LAUTER, BNSc, MPH, is a health advocate, a retired nurse, and a survivor of autoimmune encephalitis. Her career in public health has taken her around the world, from Beijing, China, to Houston, Texas. Since 2020, Lisa has served as a support group leader for the Autoimmune Encephalitis Alliance. In 2021, she received a service award for Most Inspirational Survivor in Autoimmune Encephalitis from EUROIMMUN, a global leader in the medical diagnostic testing of autoimmune and infectious disease.

During her recovery, Lisa wished for a guidebook on recovery. Inspired by this, and driven to raise awareness for autoimmune encephalitis, Lisa wrote Songbirds Keep Singing: A Memoir of Healing from Autoimmune Brain Inflammation. This is her first book.

Outside of her advocacy work, Lisa enjoys cooking, skiing, and getting out in nature. She is a mother to three adult sons, and lives in Nelson, British Columbia, with her husband.