Susan G. Fisher, MS, PhD

Dr. Fisher’s background includes training in nursing, biostatistics and cancer epidemiology. She has extensive experience in the design, conduct, and analysis of national, multi-center clinical trials and large observational studies. Dr. Fisher serves as the Associate Director for Cancer Health Disparities and Community Engagement at Fox Chase.  In this role she directs the Center’s Community Outreach and Engagement mission, working closely with the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement to provide community cancer education, enhance screening, and engage community stakeholders in research. She is committed to ensuring that minority and disadvantaged individuals are equitably represented in scientific studies designed to understand the mechanisms underlying cancer disparities and to stimulate advances in cancer care.

In the past six years, Dr. Fisher has established a sustainable, multigenerational cohort of disadvantaged Philadelphia community residents who are philosophically engaged in individual and community health improvement across the life cycle through health research.  This community partnership, known as Temple Health: Block-by-Block, examines the nexus of biologic, social and environmental factors linked to risk of cancer and chronic disease; data are collected twice a year through in-home visits with community residents. This project serves as a springboard to optimize community participation in future discoveries leading to better health for all Americans.