Laura Jane Fish | Scholars@Duke

Laura Jane Fish
Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health, Community and Family Medicine, Prevention Research, Community and Family Medicine 2013
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute, Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers 2014

Contact Information

2424 Erwin Rd, Suite 602, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC Box 2715, Durham, NC 27710
laura.fish@duke.edu (919) 681-3820

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2006
- M.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1992
Duke Appointment History
- Medical Instructor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Prevention Research, Community and Family Medicine 2008 - 2013
Research
Selected Grants
- Duke Cancer Institute Application for Administrative Supplement for the P30 Cancer Center Support Grant to Develop Tobacco Cessation Treatment Capacity and Infrastructure for Cancer Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 1997 - 2019
- SMS scheduled gradual reduction text messages to help pregnant smokers quit awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2019
- Addressing Tobacco Use Disparities through an Innovative Mobile Phone Intervention: The textto4gosmokelesstobacco awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2018
- En Pareja: A Latino couples intervention to help expectant fathers quit smoking awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2014
- Smoking Resumption-Prevention in Postpartum Women awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2014
- IPA - Laura Jane Fish awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2009 - 2011
- Quit-smoking program for lung cancer patients' families awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2010
- IPA-Laura Fish awarded by Veterans Administration Medical Center 2007 - 2009
- Testing Pharmacological Therapies for Pregnant Smokers awarded by National Institutes of Health 2002 - 2008
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Pollak, KI, Fish, LJ, Sutton, LM, Gao, X, Lyna, P, Owen, L, Patel, ML, and Somers, TJ. "A smoking cessation and pain management program for cancer survivors." Journal of Cancer Survivorship : Research and Practice 12, no. 6 (December 2018): 821-827. Full Text
  - Coop Gordon, K, Roberson, PNE, Hughes, JA, Khaddouma, AM, Swamy, GK, Noonan, D, Gonzalez, AM, Fish, L, and Pollak, KI. "The Effects of a Couples-Based Health Behavior Intervention During Pregnancy on Latino Couples' Dyadic Satisfaction Postpartum." Family Process 57, no. 3 (September 2018): 629-648. Full Text
  - Porter, LS, Fish, L, and Steinhauser, K. "Themes Addressed by Couples With Advanced Cancer During a Communication Skills Training Intervention." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 56, no. 2 (August 2018): 252-258. Full Text
  - Noonan, D, Silva, S, Njuru, J, Bishop, T, Fish, LJ, Simmons, LA, Choi, SH, and Pollak, KI. "Feasibility of a text-based smoking cessation intervention in rural older adults." Health Education Research 33, no. 1 (February 2018): 81-88. Full Text
  - Pollak, KI, Fish, LJ, Lyna, P, Peterson, BL, Myers, ER, Gao, X, Swamy, GK, Brown-Johnson, A, Whitecar, P, Bilheimer, AK, and Pletsch, PK. "Efficacy of a Nurse-Delivered Intervention to Prevent and Delay Postpartum Return to Smoking: The Quit for Two Trial." Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 18, no. 10 (October 2016): 1960-1966. Full Text
  - Noonan, D, Lyna, P, Fish, LJ, Bilheimer, AK, Gordon, KC, Roberson, P, Gonzalez, A, and Pollak, KI. "Unintended Effects of a Smoking Cessation Intervention on Latino Fathers' Binge Drinking In Early Postpartum." Annals of Behavioral Medicine : a Publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 50, no. 4 (August 2016): 622-627. Full Text
  - Champion, Victoria L., Susan M. Rawl, Sara A. Bourff, Kristen M. Champion, Lisa G. Smith, Adam H. Buchanan, Laura J. Fish, et al. “Randomized trial of DVD, telephone, and usual care for increasing mammography adherence..” Journal of Health Psychology 21, no. 6 (June 2016): 916–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105314542817.
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  - Bastian, Lori A., Laura J. Fish, Jennifer M. Gierisch, Karen M. Stechuchak, Steven C. Grambow, and Francis J. Keefe. “Impact of Smoking Cessation on Subsequent Pain Intensity Among Chronically Ill Veterans Enrolled in a Smoking Cessation Trial..” Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 50, no. 6 (December 2015): 822–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.06.012.
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  - Khaddouma, Alexander, Kristina Coop Gordon, Laura J. Fish, Alicia Bilheimer, Alicia Gonzalez, and Kathryn I. Pollak. “Relationships among spousal communication, self-efficacy, and motivation among expectant Latino fathers who smoke..” Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association 34, no. 10 (October 2015): 1038–42. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000224.
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  - Pollak, KI, Fish, LJ, Lyna, P, Peterson, BL, Swamy, GK, and Levine, MD. "Predictors of pregnant quitters' intention to return to smoking postpartum." Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 17, no. 6 (June 2015): 742-745. Full Text
  - Fish, LJ, Pollak, KI, Scheuermann, TS, Cox, LS, Mathur, C, and Ahluwalia, JS. "Comparison of native light daily smokers and light daily smokers who were former heavy smokers." Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 17, no. 5 (May 2015): 546-551. Full Text
  - Pollak, KI, Lyna, P, Bilheimer, AK, Gordon, KC, Peterson, BL, Gao, X, Swamy, GK, Denman, S, Gonzalez, A, Rocha, P, and Fish, LJ. "Efficacy of a couple-based randomized controlled trial to help Latino fathers quit smoking during pregnancy and postpartum: the Parejas trial." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : a Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 24, no. 2 (February 2015): 379-385. Full Text
  - Khaddouma, A., K. C. Gordon, L. J. Fish, A. Bilheimer, A. Gonzalez, and K. I. Pollak. “Relationships among spousal communication, self-efficacy, and motivation among expectant Latino fathers who smoke.” Health Psychology 34, no. 10 (2015): 1038–42.
  - Gierisch, Jennifer M., and Laura J. Fish. “Capsule commentary on Katz et al., Implementing smoking cessation guidelines for hospitalized veterans: effects on nurse attitudes and performance..” Journal of General Internal Medicine 28, no. 11 (November 2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2503-4.
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  - Pollak, KI, Lyna, P, Bilheimer, A, Farrell, D, Gao, X, Swamy, GK, and Fish, LJ. "A pilot study testing SMS text delivered scheduled gradual reduction to pregnant smokers." Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 15, no. 10 (October 2013): 1773-1776. Full Text
  - Fish, Laura J., Patricia G. Moorman, Lashawn Wordlaw-Stintson, Adriana Vidal, Jennifer S. Smith, and Cathrine Hoyo. “Factors Associated With Adherence to Follow-up Colposcopy..” American Journal of Health Education 44, no. 6 (January 2013): 293–98. https://doi.org/10.1080/19325037.2013.838881.
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  - Gierisch, J. M., and L. J. Fish. “Capsule commentary on Katz et al., implementing smoking cessation guidelines for hospitalized veterans: Effects on nurse attitudes and performance.” Journal of General Internal Medicine 28, no. 11 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-013-2503-4.
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  - Bastian, LA, Fish, LJ, Peterson, BL, Biddle, AK, Garst, J, Lyna, P, Molner, S, Bepler, G, Kelley, M, Keefe, FJ, and McBride, CM. "Assessment of the impact of adjunctive proactive telephone counseling to promote smoking cessation among lung cancer patients' social networks." American Journal of Health Promotion : Ajhp 27, no. 3 (January 2013): 181-190. Full Text
  - Fish, Laura J., Jennifer M. Gierisch, Karen M. Stechuchak, Steven C. Grambow, Lesley D. Rohrer, and Lori A. Bastian. “Correlates of expected positive and negative support for smoking cessation among a sample of chronically ill veterans..” Addictive Behaviors 37, no. 1 (January 2012): 135–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.08.013.
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  - Rohrer, Lesley D., Jennifer M. Gierisch, Laura J. Fish, Jill K. Blakeney, and Lori A. Bastian. “A five-step guide for moving from observational studies to interventional research for women veterans..” Women’S Health Issues : Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’S Health 21, no. 4 Suppl (July 2011): S98-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2011.05.004.
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  - Bastian, LA, Fish, LJ, Peterson, BL, Biddle, AK, Garst, J, Lyna, P, Molner, S, Bepler, G, Kelley, M, Keefe, FJ, and McBride, CM. "Proactive recruitment of cancer patients' social networks into a smoking cessation trial." Contemporary Clinical Trials 32, no. 4 (July 2011): 498-504. Full Text
  - Bastian, Lori A., Laura J. Fish, Jennifer M. Gierisch, Lesley Rohrer, Karen M. Stechuchak, and Steven Grambow. “COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS TRIAL OF FAMILY-SUPPORTED SMOKING CESSATION INTERVENTION VERSUS STANDARD TELEPHONE COUNSELING FOR CHRONICALLY ILL VETERANS.” Journal of General Internal Medicine 26 (May 1, 2011): S297–S297.
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  - Fish, Laura J., Pauline Lyna, Evan Myers, and Kathryn Pollak. “NEW PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS TO RELYING ON CELL PHONES FOR BEHAVIORAL TRIALS.” Annals of Behavioral Medicine 41 (April 1, 2011): S118–S118.
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  - Fish, Laura J., Pauline Lyna, Susan Denman, Kristina Gordon, Pilar Rocha, and Kathryn Pollak. “RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF LATINOS IN A COUPLES-BASED SMOKING CESSATION TRIAL.” Annals of Behavioral Medicine 41 (April 1, 2011): S118–S118.
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  - Rohrer, L., B. Lynn, M. Hill, L. J. Fish, and L. A. Bastian. “Smoking cessation and adherence,” December 1, 2010, 97–122. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5866-2_5.
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  - Pollak, Kathryn I., Susan Denman, Kristina Coop Gordon, Pauline Lyna, Pilar Rocha, Rebecca N. Brouwer, Laura Fish, and Donald H. Baucom. “Is pregnancy a teachable moment for smoking cessation among US Latino expectant fathers? A pilot study..” Ethnicity & Health 15, no. 1 (January 2010): 47–59. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557850903398293.
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  - Pollak, K. I., S. Denman, K. C. Gordon, P. Lyna, P. Rocha, R. N. Brouwer, L. Fish, and D. H. Baucom. “Is pregnancy a teachable moment for smoking cessation among US Latino expectant fathers? A pilot study..” Ethnicity & Health, December 2009, 1–13.
  - Swamy, GK, Roelands, JJ, Peterson, BL, Fish, LJ, Oncken, CA, Pletsch, PK, Myers, ER, Whitecar, PW, and Pollak, KI. "Predictors of adverse events among pregnant smokers exposed in a nicotine replacement therapy trial." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 201, no. 4 (October 2009): 354.e1-354.e7. Full Text
  - Fish, LJ, Peterson, BL, Namenek Brouwer, RJ, Lyna, P, Oncken, CA, Swamy, GK, Myers, ER, Pletsch, PK, and Pollak, KI. "Adherence to nicotine replacement therapy among pregnant smokers." Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 11, no. 5 (May 2009): 514-518. Full Text
  - Skinner, C. S., J. M. Schildkraut, B. Calingaert, C. Hoyo, S. S. Crankshaw, L. Fish, L. Susswein, C. Jasper, and L. Reid. “Factors associated with African Americans' enrollment in a national cancer genetics registry..” Community Genetics 11, no. 4 (January 2008): 224–33. https://doi.org/10.1159/000116883.
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  - Fish, Laura J., Lori Bastian, and Pauline Lyna. “THEORETICAL EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT OF A LUNG CANCER DIAGNOSIS ON DESIRE TO QUIT AMONG FAMILY MEMBERS OF LUNG CANCER PATIENTS.” Annals of Behavioral Medicine 33 (December 1, 2007): S138–S138.
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  - Pollak, KI, Oncken, CA, Lipkus, IM, Lyna, P, Swamy, GK, Pletsch, PK, Peterson, BL, Heine, RP, Brouwer, RJN, Fish, L, and Myers, ER. "Nicotine replacement and behavioral therapy for smoking cessation in pregnancy." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 33, no. 4 (October 2007): 297-305. Full Text
  - Pollak, KI, Oncken, CA, Lipkus, IM, Peterson, BL, Swamy, GK, Pletsch, PK, Lyna, P, Namenek Brouwer, RJ, Fish, LJ, and Myers, ER. "Challenges and solutions for recruiting pregnant smokers into a nicotine replacement therapy trial." Nicotine & Tobacco Research : Official Journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 8, no. 4 (August 2006): 547-554. Full Text
  - Hahn, Carol A., Laura J. Fish, Renee H. Dunn, and Edward C. Halperin. “Prospective trial of a video educational tool for radiation oncology patients..” American Journal of Clinical Oncology 28, no. 6 (December 2005): 609–12. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.coc.0000182417.94669.a0.
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  - Bastian, LA, Molner, SL, Fish, LJ, and McBride, CM. "Smoking cessation and adherence." (August 21, 2005): 125-146. (Chapter) Full Text
  - Bosworth, Hayden B., Lori A. Bastian, Steven C. Grambow, Colleen M. McBride, Celette Sugg Skinner, Laura Fish, Barbara K. Rimer, and Ilene C. Siegler. “Initiation and discontinuation of hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms: results from a community sample..” Journal of Behavioral Medicine 28, no. 1 (February 2005): 105–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-005-2721-2.
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  - Yarnall, Kimberly S. H., Colleen M. McBride, Pauline Lyna, Laura J. Fish, Diane Civic, Louis Grothaus, and Delia Scholes. “Factors associated with condom use among at-risk women students and nonstudents seen in managed care..” Preventive Medicine 37, no. 2 (August 2003): 163–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0091-7435(03)00109-9.
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  - Scholes, D, McBride, CM, Grothaus, L, Civic, D, Ichikawa, LE, Fish, LJ, and Yarnall, KS. "A tailored minimal self-help intervention to promote condom use in young women: results from a randomized trial." Aids (London, England) 17, no. 10 (July 2003): 1547-1556. Full Text
  - Advani, AS, Atkeson, B, Brown, CL, Peterson, BL, Fish, L, Johnson, JL, Gockerman, JP, and Gautier, M. "Barriers to the participation of African-American patients with cancer in clinical trials: a pilot study." Cancer 97, no. 6 (March 2003): 1499-1506. Full Text
  - McBride, CM, Pollak, KI, Garst, J, Keefe, F, Lyna, P, Fish, L, and Hood, L. "Distress and motivation for smoking cessation among lung cancer patients' relatives who smoke." Journal of Cancer Education : the Official Journal of the American Association for Cancer Education 18, no. 3 (January 2003): 150-156. Full Text
  - Bastian, Lori A., Colleen M. McBride, Laura Fish, Pauline Lyna, David Farrell, Isaac M. Lipkus, Barbara K. Rimer, and Ilene C. Siegler. “Evaluating participants' use of a hormone replacement therapy decision-making intervention..” Patient Education and Counseling 48, no. 3 (December 2002): 283–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0738-3991(02)00048-4.
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  - Civic, D., D. Scholes, L. Ichikawa, L. Grothaus, C. M. McBride, K. S. Yarnall, and L. Fish. “Ineffective use of condoms among young women in managed care..” Aids Care 14, no. 6 (December 2002): 779–88. https://doi.org/10.1080/0954012021000031859.
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  - McBride, Colleen M., Lori A. Bastian, Susan Halabi, Laura Fish, Isaac M. Lipkus, Hayden B. Bosworth, Barbara K. Rimer, and Ilene C. Siegler. “A tailored intervention to aid decision-making about hormone replacement therapy..” American Journal of Public Health 92, no. 7 (July 2002): 1112–14. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.92.7.1112.
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  - Porter, LS, Keefe, FJ, McBride, CM, Pollak, K, Fish, L, and Garst, J. "Perceptions of patients' self-efficacy for managing pain and lung cancer symptoms: correspondence between patients and family caregivers." Pain 98, no. 1-2 (July 2002): 169-178. Full Text
  - Lipkus, I. M., M. Kuchibhatla, C. M. McBride, H. B. Bosworth, K. I. Pollak, I. C. Siegler, and B. K. Rimer. “Relationships among breast cancer perceived absolute risk, comparative risk, and worries..” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention : A Publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, Cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 9, no. 9 (September 2000): 973–75.
  - Bastian, LA, McBride, CM, Halabi, S, Fish, LJ, Skinner, CS, Kaplan, EB, Bosworth, HB, Rimer, BK, and Siegler, IC. "Attitudes and Knowledge Associated with being Undecided about Hormone Replacement Therapy: Results from a Community Sample." Women'S Health Issues 9, no. 6 (November 1999): 330-337. Full Text
- Book Sections
  - Porter, LS, Fish, L, and Steinhauser, K. "The elephant in the room: Facilitating illness-related communication among couples with advanced cancer." In When "We" are Stressed: A Dyadic Approach to Coping with Stressful Events, 163-182. January 1, 2018.
- Conference Papers
  - LeBlanc, Thomas W., Laura J. Fish, Catherine T. Bloom, Areej El-Jawahri, Debra M. Davis, Susan C. Locke, Karen E. Steinhauser, and Kathryn I. Pollak. “Patient experiences of acute myeloid leukemia: A qualitative study about diagnosis, illness understanding, and treatment decision-making..” In Psycho Oncology, 26:2063–68, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.4309.
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  - Pollak, Kathryn I., Pauline Lyna, Alicia Bilheimer, David Farrell, Xiaomei Gao, Geeta K. Swamy, and Laura J. Fish. “A PILOT STUDY TESTING SMS-TEXT DELIVERED SCHEDULED GRADUAL REDUCTION TO PROMOTE SMOKING CESSATION AND REDUCTION AMONG PREGNANT SMOKERS.” In Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45:S185–S185. SPRINGER, 2013.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

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Selected Publications

Academic Articles

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