Bernard F. Fuemmeler, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Director of Research

Bernard F. Fuemmeler, Ph.D., M.P.H.Professor and Gordon D. Ginder, M.D. Chair in Cancer Research

Department: Family Medicine & Population Health

Email: bernard.fuemmeler@vcuhealth.org

Address/Location:
One Capitol Square, 8th Floor, Room 809
830 E. Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219

Certificate

  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist, VA, LIC# 0810005808
  • Internship in Clinical Psychology (APA Accredited): Medical University of South Carolina - Charleston, SC

Other Roles

  • Associate Director of Population Science, Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • Program Co-Director, NCI T32 Training Program in Cancer Prevention and Control
  • Director, VCU Cohort and Registry Administration (CARA) Core

Graduate Degree

  • Ph.D., Clinical Psychology: Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, OK
  • M.P.H., Epidemiology/Quantitative Methods: Harvard University - Boston, MA

Fellowship

  • Behavioral Medicine and Pediatric Psychology: Medical University of South Carolina - Charleston, SC
  • Cancer Prevention and Control Fellowship Program: National Cancer Institute - Bethesda, MD

Clinical Expertise

  • Behavioral Medicine and Pediatric Psychology

Peer Reviewed Publications (select key of >175)

  1. Fuemmeler BF, Shen J, Zhao H, Winn R. Neighborhood deprivation, racial segregation and associations with cancer risk and outcomes across the cancer-control continuum. Mol Psychiatry. 2023 Apr;28(4):1494-1501. doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02006-1. Epub 2023 Mar 3. PMID: 36869227.
  2. Fuemmeler, B. F., Boyle, J., Miller, C. A., Ghosh, D., & Knott, C. L. (2025). Indices of neighborhood disadvantage and individual cancer control behaviors among African American adults. JNCI cancer spectrum, 9(1), pkaf015.
  3. Shen J, Fuemmeler BF, Sheppard VB, Bear HD, Song R, Chow WH, Zhao H. Neighborhood disadvantage and biological aging biomarkers among breast cancer patients. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 30;12(1):11006.

    see also: Google Scholar profile

Non-peer Reviewed Publications (select)

  1. Lanoye, A., Adams, E.A., Fuemmeler, B.F. (2022). Obesity and ADHD. 2nd Eds. Behavioral neurobiology of ADHD and its treatment. Current Topics in Behavioral Neuroscience.
  2. Fuemmeler, B.F., Tatum, K.L., Barsell, D.J., Tobacco Use, Marijuana, Vaping and Obesity (2024). In G.A. Bray, P.T. Katzmarzyk, C. Bouchard, J.P. Kirwan, L.M Redman, P.R. Schauer. (Eds.), 4th edition. Handbook of Obesity – Volume 1: Epidemiology, Etiology and Physiopathology. Taylor & Francis Group. 
  3. Fuemmeler, B.F. (2023). Moving behavioral science upstream. Summer: Society of Behavioral Medicine Outlook Newsletter.

Awards

2025 Society of Behavioral Medicine, Cancer SIG Outstanding Senior Investigator Award
2024 VCU National/International Recognition Award (nominated by Dean of SOM) 
2023-2024     President, Society of Behavioral Medicine (elected)
2019 Oklahoma State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Alumni Award
2019 University of New Mexico Zimmerman Alumni Award (outstanding alumni award)
2019 Fellow, Society of Behavioral Medicine
2017 Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 54, Society of Pediatric Psychology
2013 NIH/OBSSR mHealth Summer Training Institute (competitively selected)
2011 New Investigator Award, National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse
2008 Built Environment Assessment Training Institute, CDC (competitively selected)
2006-2012 NIH Loan Repayment Program Recipient (Pediatric Research)
2005 Citation Abstract- Excellent Submission: Awarded for poster submission SBM
2005 Randomized Clinical Trials in Behavioral and Social Science Summer Institute, NIH/OBSSR
2004 Public Health and Physical Activity Summer Course, CDC (competitively selected)
2001 Research Excellence Award for Dissertation (awarded by Oklahoma State University)
1997-2000 Recipient of Oklahoma Hispanic Professional Association Scholarship
1994 Cum Laude in Psychology, University of New Mexico

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