Hannah Fisher | Scholars@Duke

Hannah Fisher
Postdoctoral Scholar

Hannah Fisher, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist and Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Fisher is a member of the Duke Pain Prevention and Treatment Research Program and the Duke Cancer Prevention and Control Program at the Duke Cancer Institute. Dr. Fisher completed her graduate training in clinical psychology at the University of Miami and her clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. Her research focuses on developing, testing, and implementing behavioral sleep and symptom management interventions for patients with cancer.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Clinical Science Departments

Contact Information

2400 Pratt Street, North Pavilion, 7th Floor, Room #7061, Durham, NC 27705
hannah.fisher@duke.edu +1 919 416 3471

Research
Selected Grants
- Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Sleep in Cancer awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2024
- Home-Based Tablet Computer Pain Coping Skills Following Stem Cell Transplant awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2015
- Feasibility of a Couple-based Intervention for Parents of Children with Cancer awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2014
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Fisher, Hannah M., Chloe J. Taub, Suzanne C. Lechner, Aaron S. Heller, David J. Lee, and Michael H. Antoni. “Does the Broaden-and-Build Theory Explain Reduction in Social Disruption After a Brief Relaxation Intervention for Women With Breast Cancer Undergoing Treatment?” Behavior Therapy 53, no. 5 (September 2022): 995–1008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.04.002.
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  - Kelleher, Sarah A., Hannah M. Fisher, Joseph G. Winger, Shannon N. Miller, Grace H. Amaden, Tamara J. Somers, Luana Colloca, Hope E. Uronis, and Francis J. Keefe. “Virtual reality for improving pain and pain-related symptoms in patients with advanced stage colorectal cancer: A pilot trial to test feasibility and acceptability.” Palliat Support Care 20, no. 4 (August 2022): 471–81. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478951521002017.
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  - Vilardaga, Jennifer C Plumb, Hannah M. Fisher, Joseph G. Winger, Shannon N. Miller, Christine Nuñez, Catherine Majestic, Sarah A. Kelleher, and Tamara J. Somers. “Pain, depressive symptoms, and self-efficacy for pain management: examination in African-American women with breast cancer.” Support Care Cancer 30, no. 8 (August 2022): 6633–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-022-07083-6.
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  - Winger, Joseph G., Sarah A. Kelleher, Hannah M. Fisher, Tamara J. Somers, and Gregory P. Samsa. “Designing Psychosocial Intervention Pilot Studies: A Tutorial for Palliative Care Investigators.” J Pain Symptom Manage 63, no. 6 (June 2022): e749–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.02.338.
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  - Fisher, Hannah M., Juliann Stalls, Joseph G. Winger, Shannon N. Miller, Jennifer C. Plumb Vilardaga, Catherine Majestic, Sarah A. Kelleher, and Tamara J. Somers. “Role of self-efficacy for pain management and pain catastrophizing in the relationship between pain severity and depressive symptoms in women with breast cancer and pain.” J Psychosoc Oncol, March 21, 2022, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347332.2022.2046676.
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  - Fisher, H. M., C. J. Taub, S. C. Lechner, and M. H. Antoni. “Greater Post-Surgical Pain Predicts Long-Term Depressed Affect in Breast Cancer Patients: The Role of Coping.” European Journal of Health Psychology 28, no. 4 (October 1, 2021): 171–82. https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000084.
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  - Fisher, Hannah M., Joseph G. Winger, Shannon N. Miller, Arianna N. Wright, Jennifer C. Plumb Vilardaga, Catherine Majestic, Sarah A. Kelleher, and Tamara J. Somers. “Relationship between social support, physical symptoms, and depression in women with breast cancer and pain.” Support Care Cancer 29, no. 9 (September 2021): 5513–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06136-6.
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  - Kelleher, Sarah A., Hannah M. Fisher, Joseph G. Winger, Tamara J. Somers, Hope E. Uronis, Arianna N. Wright, and Francis J. Keefe. “Feasibility, engagement, and acceptability of a behavioral pain management intervention for colorectal cancer survivors with pain and psychological distress: data from a pilot randomized controlled trial.” Support Care Cancer 29, no. 9 (September 2021): 5361–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06126-8.
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  - Kelleher, Sarah A., Joseph G. Winger, Hannah M. Fisher, Shannon N. Miller, Shelby D. Reed, Beverly E. Thorn, Bonnie Spring, et al. “Behavioral cancer pain intervention using videoconferencing and a mobile application for medically underserved patients: Rationale, design, and methods of a prospective multisite randomized controlled trial.” Contemp Clin Trials 102 (March 2021): 106287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106287.
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  - Taub, Chloe, Hannah Fisher, Molly Ream, Erica Nahin, Bonnie Blomberg, Marc Lippman, Barry Hudson, et al. “RAGE-associated s100A8/A9 levels associated with serum cortisol and cancer-related hyperarousal in patients with breast cancer.” Psychoneuroendocrinology 107 (September 2019): 27–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.07.076.
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  - Taub, Chloe J., Marc E. Lippman, Barry I. Hudson, Bonnie B. Blomberg, Alain Diaz, Hannah M. Fisher, Erica R. Nahin, et al. “The effects of a randomized trial of brief forms of stress management on RAGE-associated S100A8/A9 in patients with breast cancer undergoing primary treatment.” Cancer 125, no. 10 (May 2019): 1717–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.31965.
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  - Bouchard, Laura C., Hannah M. Fisher, Charles S. Carver, Youngmee Kim, and Michael H. Antoni. “Social comparisons predict health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms across the first year of breast cancer treatment.” Psycho Oncology 28, no. 2 (February 2019): 386–93. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4954.
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  - Wang, Ashley W-T, Laura C. Bouchard, Lisa M. Gudenkauf, Devika R. Jutagir, Hannah M. Fisher, Jamie M. Jacobs, Bonnie B. Blomberg, Suzanne C. Lechner, Charles S. Carver, and Michael H. Antoni. “Differential psychological effects of cognitive-behavioral stress management among breast cancer patients with high and low initial cancer-specific distress.” Journal of Psychosomatic Research 113 (October 2018): 52–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2018.07.011.
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  - O’Sullivan, Madeline L., Rebecca A. Shelby, Caroline S. Dorfman, Sarah A. Kelleher, Hannah M. Fisher, Krista A. Rowe Nichols, Francis J. Keefe, Anthony D. Sung, and Tamara J. Somers. “The effect of pre-transplant pain and chronic disease self-efficacy on quality of life domains in the year following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.” Support Care Cancer 26, no. 4 (April 2018): 1243–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-017-3947-6.
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  - Somers, Tamara J., Sarah A. Kelleher, Caroline S. Dorfman, Rebecca A. Shelby, Hannah M. Fisher, Krista Rowe Nichols, Keith M. Sullivan, et al. “An mHealth Pain Coping Skills Training Intervention for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Patients: Development and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.” Jmir Mhealth Uhealth 6, no. 3 (March 19, 2018): e66. https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.8565.
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  - Fisher, Hannah M., Jamie M. Jacobs, Chloe J. Taub, Suzanne C. Lechner, John E. Lewis, Charles S. Carver, Bonnie B. Blomberg, and Michael H. Antoni. “How changes in physical activity relate to fatigue interference, mood, and quality of life during treatment for non-metastatic breast cancer.” General Hospital Psychiatry 49 (November 2017): 37–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2017.05.007.
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  - Ghazikhanian, S. E., C. S. Dorfman, T. J. Somers, M. L. O’Sullivan, H. M. Fisher, S. N. Edmond, A. A. Wren, et al. “Cognitive problems following hematopoietic stem cell transplant: relationships with sleep, depression and fatigue.” Bone Marrow Transplant 52, no. 2 (February 2017): 279–84. https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2016.248.
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  - Edmond, Sara N., Rebecca A. Shelby, Francis J. Keefe, Hannah M. Fisher, John E. Schmidt, Mary S. Soo, Celette S. Skinner, et al. “Persistent Breast Pain Among Women With Histories of Breast-conserving Surgery for Breast Cancer Compared With Women Without Histories of Breast Surgery or Cancer.” Clin J Pain 33, no. 1 (January 2017): 51–56. https://doi.org/10.1097/AJP.0000000000000377.
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  - Amiel, Chelsea R., Hannah M. Fisher, Charles S. Carver, and Michael H. Antoni. “The importance of stress management among postresection breast cancer patients.” Future Oncology (London, England) 12, no. 24 (December 2016): 2771–74. https://doi.org/10.2217/fon-2016-0442.
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  - Amiel, Chelsea, Hannah Fisher, and Michael Antoni. “Concerns about Breast Cancer, Pain, and Fatigue in Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Primary Treatment.” Healthcare 4, no. 3 (August 26, 2016): 62–62. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare4030062.
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  - Syrjala, Karen L., Mark P. Jensen, M Elena Mendoza, Jean C. Yi, Hannah M. Fisher, and Francis J. Keefe. “Psychological and behavioral approaches to cancer pain management.” J Clin Oncol 32, no. 16 (June 1, 2014): 1703–11. https://doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2013.54.4825.
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- Book Sections
  - Somers, T. J., S. A. Kelleher, R. A. Shelby, and H. M. Fisher. “Understanding and enhancing pain coping in patients with arthritis pain.” In Psychosocial Factors in Arthritis: Perspectives on Adjustment and Management, 35–52, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22858-7_3.
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Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections