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  • Michael Fischbein

    Michael Fischbein

    Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsMolecular and genetic mechanisms of aortic aneurysm/dissection development. Molecular mechanisms of aneurysm formation in Marfan Syndrome. Clinical research interests include thoracic aortic diseases (aneurysms, dissections).

  • Adina S. Fischer, MD, PhD

    Adina S. Fischer, MD, PhD


    BioDr. Fischer’s research focuses on characterizing risk and resilience factors in depression. She has been awarded an NIH Career Development Award (K23) and Klingenstein Foundation Fellowship in Adolescent Depression to build her program of clinical and translational research at Stanford. Dr. Fischer's program of clinical care focused on the delivery and teaching of evidence-based clinical interventions that enhance resilience, with a focus on addressing the unique stressors encountered in academia and academic medicine that may contribute to risk and resilience in mood and anxiety disorders.

    Dr. Fischer’s translational program of research focuses on:
    (1) Improving our understanding of protective biomarkers of resilience to depression
    (2) Characterizing the effects of cannabis on neurobiological function and depressive symptoms
    (3) Developing neurobiologically-guided interventions for depressive disorders, particularly those that co-occur with cannabis and other substance use

    Dr. Fischer earned her BSc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, where she conducted research in the Early Childhood Cognition Laboratory. She then completed the MD/PhD Program at Dartmouth, where she obtained her PhD in in Neuroscience. Dr. Fischer’s doctoral research focused on characterizing the acute effects of cannabis in patients with schizophrenia and co-occurring cannabis use disorder. She then completed the Stanford Psychiatry Residency Training Program as a member of the Research Track, and an NIH funded T-32 postdoctoral research fellowship within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

  • Avital Sabrina Fischer

    Avital Sabrina Fischer

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    BioAvital Fischer’s work focuses on the relationship between stress and wellbeing. She has expertise in women’s mental health, physician wellbeing, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other stress-related disorders. Her current research focuses on the impact of war-related stress on partners of reservists in Israel. The Invisible Warriors Study is a longitudinal prospective study following nearly 400 women to examine predictors of wellbeing under chronic stress in Israel. She is particularly interested in interventions that focus on the partner as the primary attachment figure of the reservist and their potential to improve PTSD outcomes for both members of the dyad. She has experience working with patients with PTSD related to a range of traumatic experiences, with particular expertise in war- and terror-related trauma through her clinical work with this population at Sheba Medical Center in Israel.

    Avital is also an advocate for physician wellbeing and for supporting successful and fulfilling careers in medicine while reducing burnout. She is particularly interested in how to sustain self-compassion and interpersonal relationships during medical training, promote a culture of wellness at the institutional level, and address the specific challenges faced by women in medicine. She has worked with Stanford residents, fellows, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars through her clinical work and her experience as a Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) facilitator.

  • Martin Fischer

    Martin Fischer

    Kumagai Professor in the School of Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy

    BioProfessor Fischer's research goals are to improve the productivity of project teams involved in designing, building, and operating facilities and to enhance the sustainability of the built environment. His work develops the theoretical foundations and applications for virtual design and construction (VDC). VDC methods support the design of a facility and its delivery process and help reduce the costs and maximize the value over its lifecycle. His research has been used by many small and large industrial government organizations around the world.

  • Nico Fischer

    Nico Fischer

    Affiliate, Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences

    Bio2022-2026 Santa Clara High School
    Advisor, Stanford Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Chair, County of Santa Clara Youth Task Force