He is also an associate scientist with the Nutrition and Obesity Research Center and the Center for Exercise Medicine. Dr. Fisher received his Ph.D. from Auburn University, training in the areas of exercise physiology, oxidative stress and post-exercise immune function. He continued his academic training at the University of Alabama Birmingham Nutrition and Obesity Research Center in the Department of Nutrition Sciences as a postdoctoral fellow focusing on the role of mitochondrial bioenergetics, reactive oxygen species and markers of inflammation in the pathogenesis of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, under the mentorship of Dr's Barbara Gower and Gary Hunter.