Faith Fletcher, Ph.D, M.A.
Public Health Researcher | Bioethicist | Health Equity Scholar | Educator
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About Me
Faith Fletcher, PhD, MA, is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine and a senior advisor to the Hastings Center, a leading bioethics research institute. Nationally, Dr. Fletcher is contributing to critical conversations around health equity, structural racism, medical mistrust, and anti-racism in bioethics. She has been featured in Huffington Post, National Public Radio, Science Magazine, and Rolling Stone. In 2017, Dr. Fletcher was named one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 under 40 Leaders in Health for her commitment to improving access to scientific research and quality health care for medically underserved populations. This prestigious award acknowledges the next generation of leaders primed to reduce health disparities.
Education
May 2011
May 2006
May 2004
PhD from University of South Carolina (USC)
05/2011 - Columbia, South Carolina United States
MA from Michigan State University (MSU)
05/2006 - East Lansing, Michigan United States
BS from Tuskegee University (TU)
05/2004 - Tuskegee, Alabama United States
Honors & Awards
2020 - Present
2020 - Present
2019 - Present
2018 - 2019
2017
2011 - 2013
Senior Advisor, The Hastings Center
Society of Family Planning Changemakers Award
Invited Faculty, Fordham University HIV Research Ethics Training Institute
Academy of Ethics Fellow, Trinity International University Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity
National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 under 40 Leaders in Health
Population Science Postdoctoral Fellow
Selected Publications
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Health Educ Behav "The Long Arm of Oppression: How Structural Stigma Against Marginalized Communities Perpetuates Within-Group Health Disparities.." Health Educ Behav .. 2021 June ; 48 (3): 342-351. Pubmed PMID: 34080480
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Faith E Fletcher, Wendy Jiang, Alicia L Best "Antiracist Praxis in Public Health: A Call for Ethical Reflections.." Hastings Cent Rep .. 2021 March ; 51 (2): 6-9. Pubmed PMID: 33840102
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Faith E Fletcher, Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Julie Attys, Whitney S Rice "How Can the Experiences of Black Women Living With HIV Inform Equitable and Respectful Reproductive Health Care Delivery?." AMA J Ethics. 2021 February 1; 23 (2): E156-165. Pubmed PMID: 33635196
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Best AL, Fletcher FE, Kadono M, Warren RC. "Institutional Distrust among African Americans and Building Trustworthiness in the COVID-19 Response: Implications for Ethical Public Health Practice." J Health Care Poor Underserved.. 2021 31 (1): 90-98. Pubmed PMID: 33678683
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Faith E. Fletcher, Shauntice Allen, Selwyn M. Vickers, Thomas Beavers, Christopher M. Hamlin, Dontrelle Young-Foster, Sherea Harris-Turner, and Paul C. Erwin. "COVID-19's Impact on the African American Community: A Stakeholder Engagement Approach to Increase Public Awareness Through Virtual Town Halls." Health Equity.. 2020 July 15; 4 (1): 3210-325. Pubmed PMID: 32775941
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Stewart CA, Cooper KE, Raymond MB, Fletcher FE, Bonham VL "Pragmatic Clinical Trial-Collateral Findings: Recognizing the Needs of Low-Resource Research Participants.." Am J Bioeth.. 2020 January ; 20 (1): 19-21. Pubmed PMID: 31896326
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Fletcher FE, Rice WS, Ingram LA, Fisher CB. "Ethical Challenges and Lessons Learned from Qualitative Research with Low-Income African American Women Living with HIV in the South." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2019 30 (4S): 116-129. Pubmed PMID: 31735725
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Fletcher FE, Fisher C, Floyd N, Buchberg M, Hotton A, Ehioba A , Donenberg G. ""Where Did This [PrEP] Come From?" African American Mother/Daughter Perceptions Related to Adolescent Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Utilization and Clinical Trial Participation." J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2018 April ; 13 (2): 173-184. Pubmed PMID: 29471706
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Fletcher FE, Annang L, Kerr J, Buchberg M, Bogdan-Lovis L, Philpott-Jones S. ""She Told Them, Oh That Bitch Got AIDS": Experiences of Multilevel HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma Among African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS in the South." AIDS Patient Care and STDs.. 2016 July ; 30 (7): 349-56. Pubmed PMID: 27410498
