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2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
115
Citations
56966
World Ranking
709
National Ranking
430

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
111
Citations
57599
World Ranking
925
National Ranking
577

Medicine

D-Index
115
Citations
58886
World Ranking
4482
National Ranking
2438

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Susan J. Fisher is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Medicine and Environmental Science. Subfields include Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Immunology, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to reproductive health and environmental impacts, including:

  • Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Reproductive System and Pregnancy
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
  • Renal and related cancers

Recent publications by Susan J. Fisher demonstrate active contributions to high-impact journals and cover diverse aspects of placental biology, toxicology, and cellular development. Selected works include:

  • "Establishment of fetomaternal tolerance through glycan-mediated B cell suppression," 2022, Nature
  • "Human placental cytotrophoblast epigenome dynamics over gestation and alterations in placental disease," 2021, Developmental Cell
  • "Bisphenol A replacement chemicals, BPF and BPS, induce protumorigenic changes in human mammary gland organoid morphology and proteome," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Regionally distinct trophoblast regulate barrier function and invasion in the human placenta," 2022, eLife
  • "Organophosphate Flame Retardants, Highly Fluorinated Chemicals, and Biomarkers of Placental Development and Disease During Mid-Gestation," 2021, Toxicological Sciences

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Susan J. Fisher include:

  • Joshua F. Robinson
  • Mirhan Kapidzic
  • Stephanie L. Gaw
  • Yan Zhou
  • Elaine Kwan

The scientist often publishes in the following venues:

  • Toxicological Sciences
  • Development
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Environmental Health

Susan J. Fisher has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

    Anshul Kundaje;Wouter Meuleman;Wouter Meuleman;Jason Ernst

  • Preterm labor: One syndrome, many causes

    Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Roberto Romero;Sudhansu K. Dey;Susan J. Fisher

  • A class I antigen, HLA-G, expressed in human trophoblasts.

    Susan Kovats;Elliott K. Main;Clifford Librach;Marcia Stubblebine

  • Implantation and the placenta: key pieces of the development puzzle

    James C. Cross;Zena Werb;Susan J. Fisher

  • Implantation and the survival of early pregnancy.

    Errol R. Norwitz;Danny J. Schust;Susan J. Fisher

  • Regulation of Human Placental Development by Oxygen Tension

    Olga Genbacev;Yan Zhou;John W. Ludlow;Susan J. Fisher

  • Human cytotrophoblasts adopt a vascular phenotype as they differentiate. A strategy for successful endovascular invasion

    Y Zhou;S J Fisher;M Janatpour;O Genbacev

  • Preeclampsia is associated with failure of human cytotrophoblasts to mimic a vascular adhesion phenotype. One cause of defective endovascular invasion in this syndrome

    Yan Zhou;Caroline H. Damsky;Susan J. Fisher

  • Multi-site assessment of the precision and reproducibility of multiple reaction monitoring–based measurements of proteins in plasma

    Terri A. Addona;Susan E. Abbatiello;Birgit Schilling;Steven J. Skates

  • Distribution patterns of extracellular matrix components and adhesion receptors are intricately modulated during first trimester cytotrophoblast differentiation along the invasive pathway, in vivo.

    C H Damsky;M L Fitzgerald;S J Fisher

  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Ligands and Receptors That Regulate Human Cytotrophoblast Survival Are Dysregulated in Severe Preeclampsia and Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, and Low Platelets Syndrome

    Yan Zhou;Michael McMaster;Kirstin Woo;Mary Janatpour

  • Trophoblast differentiation during embryo implantation and formation of the maternal-fetal interface

    Kristy Red-Horse;Yan Zhou;Olga Genbacev;Akraporn Prakobphol

  • 92-kD type IV collagenase mediates invasion of human cytotrophoblasts.

    Clifford L. Librach;Zena Werb;Marilyn L. Fitzgerald;King Chiu

  • 131I-tositumomab therapy as initial treatment for follicular lymphoma.

    Mark S. Kaminski;Melissa Tuck;Judith Estes;Arne Kolstad

  • Hypoxia alters early gestation human cytotrophoblast differentiation/invasion in vitro and models the placental defects that occur in preeclampsia.

    O Genbacev;R Joslin;C H Damsky;B M Polliotti

  • Preeclampsia is associated with abnormal expression of adhesion molecules by invasive cytotrophoblasts.

    Yan Zhou;C. H. Damsky;King Chiu;J. M. Roberts

  • Adhesive and degradative properties of human placental cytotrophoblast cells in vitro.

    S J Fisher;T Y Cui;L Zhang;L Hartman

  • Integrin switching regulates normal trophoblast invasion

    Caroline H. Damsky;Clifford Librach;Kee-Hak Lim;Marilyn L. Fitzgerald

  • Why is placentation abnormal in preeclampsia

    Susan J. Fisher

  • Trophoblast L-Selectin-Mediated Adhesion at the Maternal-Fetal Interface

    Olga D. Genbacev;Akraporn Prakobphol;Russell A. Foulk;Ana R. Krtolica

Frequent Co-Authors

Caroline H. Damsky
Caroline H. Damsky University of California, San Francisco
Bradford W. Gibson
Bradford W. Gibson Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Birgit Schilling
Birgit Schilling Buck Institute for Research on Aging
Linda C. Giudice
Linda C. Giudice University of California, San Francisco
Fred E. Regnier
Fred E. Regnier Purdue University West Lafayette
daniel c liebler
daniel c liebler Vanderbilt University
Steven A. Carr
Steven A. Carr Broad Institute
Paul Tempst
Paul Tempst Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Amanda G. Paulovich
Amanda G. Paulovich Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Thomas A. Neubert
Thomas A. Neubert New York University

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