Susan S. Fish, Pharm D, MPH

Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

Biography

Susan S. Fish, PharmD, MPH is Professor, Department of Medical Sciences & Education, at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She is the former Director of the MA in Clinical Investigation in Graduate Medical Sciences, and formerly Professor of Biostatistics in the Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Fish has been a medical researcher for more than 25 years. In a variety of forums, Dr. Fish lectures on the design, conduct, and management of clinical trials, as well as research ethics and protection of human research subjects. She teaches courses through the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, and is frequently an invited speaker nationally. Although she has a long history of research in the areas of clinical toxicology and emergency medicine, Dr. Fish has more recently focused on research ethics in general, and application of the federal regulations for waiver of informed consent in certain emergency research circumstances. Her sabbatical project was consistent with this focus, working as Project Director for PRIM & R's Accreditation Project to develop a national accreditation system for human research protection programs.

Publications

  • Published 12/6/2024

    Ramasamy K, Vij R, Kuter D, Cella D, Durie BGM, Abonour R, Rifkin RM, Ailawadhi S, Lee HC, Cowan AJ, Ho C, Dhanasiri S, Fish S, Yu E, Dhamane AD, Fang J, Marshall TS, Samuel A, Liu L, Katz J, Gu T, Jagannath S. Real-World Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Multiple Myeloma Previously Treated With Lenalidomide and an Anti-CD38 Monoclonal Antibody. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2025 May; 25(5):337-348.e2. PMID: 39799046.

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  • Published 5/2/2021

    Pandey S, Fish SS, Roy HK. Increasing colorectal cancer in the young population and tailoring of the colorectal cancer screening recommendations in subpopulation: a retrospective single-center study. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2021 Jul; 36(7):1515-1524. PMID: 33934174.

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  • Published 7/18/2016

    Rudolph AE, Bazzi, AR, Fish SS. Presented at 21st International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa. Participant perspectives on ethical considerations for the collection of geographic information in HIV and substance use research. 2016.

  • Published 5/17/2016

    Rudolph AE, Bazzi AR, Fish S. Ethical considerations and potential threats to validity for three methods commonly used to collect geographic information in studies among people who use drugs. Addict Behav. 2016 10; 61:84-90. PMID: 27249807.

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  • Published 6/1/2008

    Silverstein M, Banks M, Fish S, Bauchner H. Variability in institutional approaches to ethics review of community-based research conducted in collaboration with unaffiliated organizations. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2008 Jun; 3(2):69-76. PMID: 19385746.

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Other Positions

  • Professor, Family Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Professor, Epidemiology
    Boston University School of Public Health
  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • University of Minnesota, PharmD
  • Boston University School of Public Health, MPH
  • Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, BS
  • University of Massachusetts Boston, BS

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