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Emma Fisher is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Pain Research within the Department for Health at the University of Bath. She is actively involved in multiple research centers including the Bath Institute for the Augmented Human and the Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change. Dr. Fisher is currently accepting doctoral students and maintains an active research program focused on chronic pain across the lifespan.
- Centre for Pain Research, Department for Health
- Bath Institute for the Augmented Human
- Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change
Her research expertise spans chronic pain psychology, systematic review methodology, adolescent pain conditions, cognitive behavioral therapy applications, and pain management strategies. Dr. Fisher's work significantly contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and wellbeing. Her research fingerprint demonstrates strong emphasis on Chronic Pain (100%), Systematic Review (58%), Adolescence (54%), general Psychology (47%), Meta-Analysis (32%), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (25%), Analgesia (20%), and Cannabinoid research (18%).
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on digital therapeutics for pain management, psychological interventions across age groups, methodological improvements in pain research, and addressing health inequities in pain conditions. Her work bridges clinical practice, research methodology, and patient-centered care approaches.
- Enhancing trustworthiness of pain research
- Digital therapeutics implementation
- Psychosocial mechanisms of chronic pain
- Adolescent pain conditions
- Systematic review methodology
Dr. Fisher serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Pain and is actively involved in multiple international research collaborations. She regularly presents at major pain conferences including the British Pain Society, World Innovation Summit in Health, and the United States Association for the Study of Pain.
- Peer reviewer for Journal of Pain (2023-present)
- Speaker at British Pain Society Online Webinar (Sept 2024)
- Speaker at World Innovation Summit in Health (Nov 2024)
- Member of European Pediatric Psychology Network (2024-present)
- Speaker at United States Association for the Study of Pain (Apr 2024)
Her current research portfolio includes five major projects addressing perceived injustice in cancer-related pain, menstrual justice in low-income countries, high-impact chronic pain using UK Biobank data, psychosocial mechanisms of chronic pain, and identifying children at risk of developing chronic pain after fractures. These projects are funded by prestigious organizations including Medical Research Foundation, EU Horizon 2020, MRC, and Versus Arthritis.
