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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Edwin B. Fisher is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with significant focus on subfields such as General Health Professions, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Epidemiology, Clinical Psychology, and Health.

The main topics covered in their work include Diabetes Management and Education, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, Mental Health and Patient Involvement, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Diabetes Management and Research, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, and HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk.

Frequent publication venues for Fisher's research include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Diabetes
  • Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • PLoS ONE
  • International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Their recent papers cover a range of health-related topics, such as:

  • "Associations among neighborhood poverty, perceived neighborhood environment, and depressed mood are mediated by physical activity, perceived individual control, and loneliness" (2020) published in Health & Place
  • "Social Isolation and Mental Health: The Role of Nondirective and Directive Social Support" (2021) published in Community Mental Health Journal
  • "COVID-19, stress, trauma, and peer support-observations from the field" (2020) published in Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • "Diabetes in China: epidemiology, pathophysiology and multi-omics" (2025) published in Nature Metabolism
  • "Screen to Save: Results from NCI's Colorectal Cancer Outreach and Screening Initiative to Promote Awareness and Knowledge of Colorectal Cancer in Racial/Ethnic and Rural Populations" (2020) published in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

Among frequent coauthors collaborating on research projects with Fisher are:

  • Patrick Y. Tang
  • Kathryn E. Muessig
  • Muchieh Maggy Coufal
  • Weiping Jia
  • Yiqing Qian

Fisher has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2017, an indication of their standing within the psychological research community.

Best Publications

  • Ecological models of health behavior.

    James F. Sallis;Neville Owen;Edwin B. Fisher

  • National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support

    Linda Haas;Melinda Maryniuk;Joni Beck;Carla E. Cox

  • I Get by with a Little Help from my Family and Friends: Adolescents' Support for Diabetes Care

    Annette M. La Greca;Wendy F. Auslander;Peggy Greco;Dante Spetter

  • Ecological Approaches to Self-Management: The Case of Diabetes

    Edwin B. Fisher;Carol A. Brownson;Mary L. O’Toole;Gowri Shetty

  • Relationship of Activity and Social Support to the Functional Health of Older Adults

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  • Preference reversal and self control: choice as a function of reward amount and delay

    Leonard Green;E. B. Fisher;Steven Perlow;Lisa Sherman

  • Physician advice and support for physical activity: Results from a national survey

    Russell E Glasgow;Elizabeth G Eakin;Edwin B Fisher;Stephen J Bacak

  • Behavioral science in diabetes. Contributions and opportunities.

    Russell E. Glasgow;Edwin B. Fisher;Barbara J. Anderson;Annette LaGreca

  • Peer Support For Self-Management Of Diabetes Improved Outcomes In International Settings

    Edwin B. Fisher;Renée I. Boothroyd;Muchieh Maggy Coufal;Linda C. Baumann

  • Healthy Coping, Negative Emotions, and Diabetes Management A Systematic Review and Appraisal

    Edwin B. Fisher;Carolyn T. Thorpe;Brenda Mc Evoy Devellis;Robert F. Devellis

  • External validity: we need to do more

    Russell E. Glasgow;Lawrence W. Green;Lisa M. Klesges;David B. Abrams

  • Professional practice committee for the 2014 clinical practice recommendations

    Linda Haas;Melinda Maryniuk;Joni Beck;Carla E. Cox

  • Socioeconomic Status, Stress, and Immune Markers in Adolescents with Asthma

    Edith Chen;Edwin B. Fisher;Leonard B. Bacharier;Robert C. Strunk

  • Social Support and Physical Health: Models, Mechanisms, and Opportunities

    Bert N. Uchino;Kimberly Bowen;Robert Kent de Grey;Jude Mikel

  • Psychological factors in diabetes and its treatment.

    E. B. Fisher;Alan M. Delamater;Amy D. Bertelson;Betty G. Kirkley

  • Cigarette smoking and health

    R. J. Mason;A. S. Buist;E. B. Fisher;J. A. Merchant

  • Peer Support for the Hardly Reached: A Systematic Review.

    Rebeccah Sokol;Edwin B. Fisher

  • Peers for Progress: promoting peer support for health around the world

    Renée I Boothroyd;Edwin B Fisher

  • Demographic and socioeconomic differences in beliefs about the health effects of smoking.

    R C Brownson;J Jackson-Thompson;J C Wilkerson;J R Davis

  • Measuring physical activity with a single question.

    K B Schechtman;B Barzilai;K Rost;E B Fisher

  • Emotional reactivity, emotional eating, and obesity: A naturalistic study

    Michael R. Lowe;Edwin B. Fisher

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonard Green
Leonard Green Washington University in St. Louis
Susan T. Ennett
Susan T. Ennett University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brenda M. DeVellis
Brenda M. DeVellis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Juliana C.N. Chan
Juliana C.N. Chan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Edith Chen
Edith Chen Northwestern University
Carolyn Tucker Halpern
Carolyn Tucker Halpern University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Suzanne Bennett Johnson
Suzanne Bennett Johnson Florida State University
Linda D. Cameron
Linda D. Cameron University of California, Merced
Randy J. Larsen
Randy J. Larsen Washington University in St. Louis
Paul I. W. de Bakker
Paul I. W. de Bakker Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)

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