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Laura Jane Fish

Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Prevention Research
DUMC Box 2715, Durham, NC 27710
2424 Erwin Rd, Suite 602, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor in Family Medicine and Community Health · 2026 - Present Family Medicine and Community Health, Prevention Research, Family Medicine and Community Health
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 2014 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

Recent Publications


Validity of Military Service as Reported on U.S. Death Certificates.

Journal Article Epidemiology · July 1, 2026 BACKGROUND: Although death certificates are widely used to study mortality in the general population, their use to study mortality among individuals with military service has been limited in part by a lack of information on the validity of military service ... Full text Link to item Cite

Understanding the Causes of Nonadherence to Chronic Medications Among Patients With Cancer and Multimorbidity: A Qualitative Study.

Journal Article J Gen Intern Med · May 2026 BACKGROUND: When patients with multimorbidity (≥ 2 chronic diseases) are diagnosed with cancer, their adherence to non-cancer medications declines. Nonadherence in this patient population has been linked to an increased risk of disease progression, hospita ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Feasibility of cue-based treatment intervention to promote cessation among people who smoke lightly (<=10 cigarettes per day) or non-daily

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2028

Large-scale Implementation of Community Co-led Maternal Sepsis Care Practices to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality from Maternal Infection

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2021 - 2027

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Education


University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2006 Ph.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 1992 M.P.H.