Jeffrey D. Fisher

Institution University of Connecticut Current Position Professor of Psychology and Director, Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention Highest Degree Ph.D. in Social-Personality from Purdue University, 1975 Research Interests Applied Social Psychology Health Helping/Pro-Social Behavior Laboratory Home Page Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention   Jeffrey D. Fisher Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention University of Connecticut 2006 Hillside Road, Unit 1248 Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1248 U.S.A. Home Page Phone: (860) 208-4393 Fax: (860) 486-4876 Jeffrey D. Fisher is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Connecticut. He is the founder and Director of its Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP). He received his master’s degree and Ph.D. from Purdue University. Professor Fisher has been awarded seven major NIMH grants since 1989 on HIV risk reduction and medical adherence, totaling over $28 million as PI. Most of his work has involved theory and empirical work on the dynamics of unhealthy behavior and on social psychological factors that can affect the success of interventions to change such behavior. He has lectured internationally and published extensively on factors associated with HIV risk behavior, and has done a great deal of conceptual and empirical work in the area of interventions to increase HIV preventive behavior. His work also focuses on designing theoretically-based interventions to increase adherence to antiretroviral therapy, and on health behavior change in general. New work focuses on dissemination of effective health behavior change interventions. Journal Articles: Fisher, J. D., Amico, K. R., Fisher, W. A., & Harman, J. J. (2008). The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model of antiretroviral adherence and its applications. Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 5(4), 193-203. Fisher, J. D., Cornman, D. H., Norton, W. E., & Fisher, W. A. (2006). Involving behavioral scientists, health care providers, and HIV-infected patients as collaborators in theory-based HIV prevention and antiretroviral adherence interventions. JAIDS, 43, S10-S17. Fisher, J. D., Cornman, D. H., Osborn, C. Y., Amico, K. R., Fisher, W. A., & Friedland, G. H. (2004). Clinician-initiated HIV risk reduction intervention for HIV-positive persons: Formative research, acceptability, and fidelity of the Options project. JAIDS, 37(2), S78-S87. Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (1992). Changing AIDS-risk behavior. Psychological Bulletin, 111, 455-474. Fisher, J. D., Fisher, W. A., Amico, R., & Harman, J. J. (2006). An Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model of adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Health Psychology, 25(4), 462-473. Fisher, J. D., Fisher, W. A., Bryan, A. D., & Misovich, S. J. (2002). Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model-based HIV risk behavior change intervention for inner-city high school youth. Health Psychology, 21(2), 177-186. Fisher, J. D., Fisher, W. A., Cornman, D. H., Amico, R. K., Bryan, A., & Friedland, G. H. (2006). Clinician-delivered intervention during routine clinical care reduces unprotected sexual behavior among HIV-infected patients. JAIDS, 41(1), 44-52. Fisher, J. D., & Misovich, S. (1990). Evolution of college students’ AIDS-related behavioral responses, attitudes, knowledge, and fear. AIDS Education and Prevention, 2, 322-337. Fisher, J. D., Misovich, S. J., Kimble, D. L., & Weinstein, B. (1999). Dynamics of HIV risk behavior in HIV-infected injection drug users. AIDS and Behavior, 3(1), 41-57. Fisher, J. D., & Smith, L. R. (2009). Secondary prevention of HIV infection: The current state of prevention for positives. Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 4(4), 279-287. Fisher, W. A., Williams, S. S., Fisher, J. D., & Malloy, T. E. (1999). Understanding AIDS risk behavior among sexually active urban adolescents: An empirical test of the information-motivation-behavioral skills model. AIDS and Behavior, 3, 13-23. Misovich, S. J., Fisher, J. D., & Fisher, W. A. (1999). Belief in a cure for HIV infection associated with greater HIV risk behaviour among HIV positive men who have sex with men. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 8(4), 241-248. Starace, F., Massa, A., Amico, K. R., & Fisher, J. D. (2006). Adherence to antiretroviral therapy: An empirical test of the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model. Health Psychology, 25(2), 153-162. Other Publications: Fisher, J. D. (2009). Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention. In C. Stout, (Ed.), The New Humanitarians: Inspirations, Innovations, and Blueprints for Visionaries (pp. 231-247). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers. Fisher, J. D., Fisher, W. A., & Shuper, P. A. (2009). The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model of HIV preventive behavior. In R. DiClemente, R. Crosby, & M. Kegler (Eds.), Emerging Theories in Health Promotion Practice and Research, 2nd Edition (pp. 22-63). San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass Publishers.

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