Jonathan R. Fisher, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor University of Illinois College of Medicine PeoriaHealth Sciences Education and Pathology
Biographical Info
Dr. Fisher studied biology and pre-medicine for his bachelor’s degree at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. He earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Cell Biology from Washington University in St. Louis studying intracellular serotonin signaling cascades and their effects on amyloid beta production in Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Fisher held a post-doctoral research position at Wake Forest University in North Carolina where he used CRISPR-based modifications to study fruit fly metabolism. Dr. Fisher returned to his hometown in 2016 to teach Cell Biology and Histology in the integrated curriculum at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria. He has extensive experience with educational video production.
Additional Titles
Block 1 Lead
Faculty Advisor for Manor 2
Co-chair of Education Technology Taskforce
Field of Expertise
Cell Biology and Histology
Research Interests
Technology innovation in medical education
Maintaining student engagement with class content
Integrated learning across specialties (horizontal integration)
Burnout in medical school
Publications
Dehydration: A Multidisciplinary Case-Based Discussion for First-Year Medical Students https://www.mededportal.org/doi/pdf/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10725
Redundant Gs-coupled serotonin receptors regulate amyloid-β metabolism in vivo https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4912779/
An Antidepressant Decreases CSF Aβ Production in Healthy Individuals and in Transgenic AD Mice https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269372/
Requirements of Hsp104p activity and Sis1p binding for propagation of the [RNQ+] prion https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802780/