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

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

Hastings Center Bioethics Fellow

11/2021

Professional Interests

• public health and reproductive ethics
• structural competency in medical education
• Stakeholder and patient engagement processes and approaches
• Women’s health and reproductive decision-making

Professional Statement

Faith Fletcher is an Associate Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, a Hastings Center Fellow, and a Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics—an esteemed award supporting innovative bioethics research. Her scholarship focuses on ethical health care, reproductive ethics, and community engagement with a strong emphasis on fostering trust and respect in healthcare and research settings. Dr. Fletcher has received numerous prestigious grants and honors, including support from the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Society of Family Planning, and Fordham University’s HIV Research Ethics Training Institute. She recently served on a National Academies committee, contributing to national discussions on newborn screening. In 2017, Dr. Fletcher was named one of the National Minority Quality Forum’s 40 Under 40 Leaders in Health.

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

• Kaplan HM, Fletcher FE "Should Clinicians Ask Hospitalized Covid Patients Why They Aren’t Vaccinated?." Hastings Bioethics Forum. 2021 Dec 21;
• "Applying a Health Equity Lens to Better Understand End-of-Life Prognostication." ;
• 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
• "Advancing genomics to improve health equity." ;