Jonathan R. Fisher, PhD
Teaching Associate Professor
University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria
Health Sciences Education and Pathology
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1 Illini Drive (Room B203) Peoria IL 61605
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- Block 1 Lead
- Faculty Advisor for Manor 2
- Co-chair of Education Technology Taskforce
About
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.
Selected 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/
Research Currently in Progress
- Technology innovation in medical education
- Maintaining student engagement with class content
- Integrated learning across specialties (horizontal integration)
- Burnout in medical school