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Alexandra Fisher, MPH, CHES (she/her/hers)

Ms. Alexandra Fisher is the Associate Director for the Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST). In this role, she oversees day-to-day operations of research, education, and service activities and supervises staff and students at FIRST.

She joined the team as a graduate research assistant in 2019, working on recruitment and retention efforts for over one hundred fire and rescue departments participating in the Fire service Organizational Culture of Safety (FOCUS) survey and, in 2020, the 20 departments participating in the COVID-19 RAPID Mental Health Assessment (RAPID).

She is an alum of the 2019 and 2020 Firefighter Injury Research, Epidemiology, and Evaluation (FIRE) Fellowship classes. During both summers, she evaluated the teaching and learning that took place at FOCUS Culture Camps, a two-day training program geared toward fire department leaders, giving them the tools and confidence needed to understand their FOCUS data and use it to advocate for department changes and resources.

In her current role, Ms. Fisher also project manages the education and training components across four domain's of FIRST's portfolio: FOCUS survey administration and Online FOCUS Culture Camps; contracts with the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) developing an online skills-based Workplace Violence Prevention for First Responders course; the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) FIRE Toolkit; and the FIRE Fellowship.

Ms. Fisher received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Florida and a Master of Public Health degree with a concentration in Community Health and Prevention from the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University. Prior to earning her MPH, she was an educator for several years, which piqued her interest in program administration and evaluation. She became a Certified Health Education Specialist in 2022, designated by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing.