Celia B. Fisher is an American

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...

. She is the Marie Ward Doty professor of ethics at

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in New York City, and director of its Center for Ethics Education.Faculty and Staff: Celia Fisher
Fordham University. Accessed June 2019. Fisher is also the director of the HIV and Drug Abuse Prevention Research Ethics Training Institute (RETI). Fisher is the founding editor of the journal ''Applied Developmental Science'' and serves on the IOM Committee on Clinical Research Involving Children Dr. Fisher has over 300 publications and 8 edited volumes on children’s health research and services among diverse racial/ethnic, sexual and gender minority groups in the U.S. and internationally. She has been funded by NIAAA, NIAID, NICHD, NIDA, NIMHD, and NSF. Fisher is well-known for her federally funded research programs focusing on ethical issues and well-being of vulnerable populations including ethnic minority youth and families, LGBTQ+ youth, persons with HIV and substance use disorders, college students at risk for drinking problems, and adults with impaired consent capacity. Recent publications include research on health equity for BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and economically marginalized children, youth and young adults in areas including social determinants of sexual health, substance use, social media and offline discrimination, mental health and COVID-related distress and racial bias among Asian, Indigenous, Hispanic, Black and White adolescents and adults, and parental COVID-19 pediatric vaccine hesitancy across diverse populations.

Publications

Fisher wrote ''Decoding the Ethics Code: A Practical Guide for Psychologists'', and has co-edited other books including ''The Handbook of Ethical Research with Ethnocultural Populations and Communities'' and ''Research with High-Risk Populations: Balancing Science, Ethics, and Law''.

Awards

* Lifetime achievement award of the Health Improvement Institute for human research protection, 2010 * Fellow of the

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, 2012 * American Psychological Association Award for outstanding contributions to ethics education, 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Celia American women psychologists 21st-century American psychologists Living people American developmental psychologists Fordham University faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 21st-century American women scientists American women academics Research ethics