Email

faith.fletcher@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy
Baylor College of Medicine

Education

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

Senior Advisor, The Hastings Center

2020-present

Society of Family Planning Changemakers Award

2020-present

Invited Faculty, Fordham University HIV Research Ethics Training Institute

2019-present

Academy of Ethics Fellow, Trinity International University Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity

2018-2019

National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 under 40 Leaders in Health

2017

Population Science Postdoctoral Fellow

2011-2013

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) Department of Behavioral Science, Houston, Texas

Professional Interests

• Health equity and public health ethics
• Structural stigma, bias and marginalization in health care and research encounters
• Stakeholder and patient engagement processes and approaches
• Women’s health and reproductive decision-making

Professional Statement

Faith Fletcher, PhD, MA, is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, senior advisor to the Hastings Center, and a Hastings Center Fellow. Dr. Fletcher is national scholar and leader in diversity, inclusion and health equity including her integrated public health and bioethics research designed to advance the health and well-being of minoritized populations. She is currently funded through the National Institutes of Health Mentored Research Scientist Development K01 Award to work with community partners and other stakeholders to develop ethical practices and guidelines for engaging medically underserved populations in genomics research. She is also a 2020 Society of Family Planning Changemakers grantee dedicated to collaborating with medically underserved communities by embracing them as valued research partners to promote equity in family planning research and outcomes.
Dr. Fletcher received training through Fordham University’s HIV Research Ethics Training Institute and is a contributor to the American Public Health Association’s new Code of Public Health Ethics. She is the former co-chair of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities RACE Affinity Group, a national special interest group committed to promoting bioethics discourse and collaboration around social and structural disadvantage. In 2017, Dr. Fletcher was named one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 under 40 Leaders in Health, a prestigious award that acknowledges the next generation of leaders primed to reduce health inequities.
Dr. Fletcher received her BS in biology from Tuskegee University with concentrations in bioethics and philosophy, her MA in bioethics, humanities, and society from Michigan State University, and her PhD in health promotion, education and behavior from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Fletcher also completed a National Cancer Institute R25T-funded Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Behavioral Science at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Videos

Selected Publications

• K McCabe, A Hotton, A B Loyd, B Floyd, G Donenberg, F E Fletcher "The process of adapting a sexual health intervention for Black early adolescents: a stakeholder engagement approach." Health Educ Res .. 2022 Mar;37(1):7-22. Pubmed PMID: 34865042
• Kaplan HM, Fletcher FE "Should Clinicians Ask Hospitalized Covid Patients Why They Aren’t Vaccinated?." Hastings Bioethics Forum. 2021 Dec 21;
• Folasade C Lapite, Stephanie R Morain, Faith E Fletcher "Grounding Medical Education in Health Equity: The Time is Now." Am J Bioeth .. 2021 Sep;21(9):23-25. Pubmed PMID: 34399667
• Fletcher FE, Ray K, Brown V, Dupree C. "Reckoning with Anti-Black Racism in Bioethics: Key Takeaways." Hastings Bioethics Forum.. 2021 Dec 13;