Sheehan Fisher, PhD

Dr. Sheehan Fisher is an Assistant Professor and clinical psychologist at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine. His research career focuses on the effects of perinatal and subsequent parental mental health on infant/child health outcomes, with a specialization in the emerging field of father mental health.  His aim is to reconceptualize parental mental health research to integrally involve fathers to differentiate parents’ impact on child medical and mental health.  

Dr. Fisher’s research dovetails with his perinatal clinical practice, including being the clinical director of the Fathers’ Mental Health Specialty Clinic. He is also the director of the Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health Clinical Psychology Scholar Program. He is also the chair of the Fathers’ Special Interest Group of the International Marcé Society. Ultimately, the goal is for his research plan is to optimize the health and effectiveness of the parental team to positively influence the child health trajectory starting from pregnancy.