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Background

Anne Fish is professor in the Division of Nursing at ÂÌñÉç University's Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She joined in September 2024.

Fish is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Nursing. She is also on the editorial board of Applied Nursing Research. She previously served as an associate editor and editorial board member for the Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.

Fish began her professional nursing career as a staff nurse in intensive care units. She then evaluated standards of care at large medical centers.

Supported by international studies monies, Fish began her international teaching, evidence-based practice and research experiences in Nanjing China in 2011 with Qingqing Lou, a leading nurse researcher and innovator. This opportunity led to working on China-funded research studies and 16 publications. She presented her work across China and facilitated students and faculty to publish. Fish has led a visiting scholar program that has included 12 research team members from Nanjing, China, and one vascular nurse from Shanghai, China, since 2013. One scholar subsequently completed the PhD program in 2023 and became a nursing faculty member in the U.S.

With a research focus of cardiovascular disease in national and international populations, Fish has built a research trajectory, most recently studying chronic psych mental health conditions. A major accomplishment was working for 6 years chairing the EBP committee of the American College of Sports medicine to establish processes of EBP at the organization level to enhance clinical guideline output.

She has been published in some top journals across disciplines such as Nursing Research, Applied Nursing Research, Journal of International Studies, Patient Education and Counseling and Current Medical Research and Opinion.

Education

• Post-doc, University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago
• PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
• MSN with clinical nurse specialist and nurse educator, University of Texas, Galveston, Texas
• BSN, University of Texas, Galveston, Texas
• Diploma, Ona M. Wilcox School of Nursing, Middletown, Conn.

Research Interests

• Reducing cardiovascular risk factors
• Managing chronic illness
• Examining diabetes education and support in China
• Examining clinical practices in China

Clinical Interests

• Creating EBP mechanisms for clinical guidelines in the U.S.
• Facilitating clinical guidelines in China
• Applying Hage’s task of theory construction

Teaching Interests

• Theory and research
• Rural nursing
• International healthcare and health policy
• Health disparities