Faith Fletcher, Ph.D, M.A.

Associate Professor

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

“5 Ways to Improve the Health Care System in Light of the Pandemic”

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 " ;
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.
Integrating constructivism in the critical dialogue method of clinical ethics " ;
Fletcher FE. " My Final Respects " ;
Pregnancy, Brain Death, and the Right to Choose: Lessons from the Adriana Smith Case " ;
Rice WS, Fletcher FE, Akingbade B, Kan M, Whitfield S, Ross S, Gakumo CA, Ofotokun I, Konkle-Parker DJ, Cohen MH, Wingood GM, Pence BW, Adimora AA, Taylor TN, Wilson TE, Weiser SD, Kempf MC, Turan B, Turan JM.. " Quality of care for Black and Latina women living with HIV in the U.S.: a qualitative study " Int J Equity Health .. 2020 Jul 6; 19 (1) : 115.
Pubmed PMID: 32631424.
Renewed calls for abortion-related research in the post-Roe era " ;
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 Feb 1; 23 (2) : E156-165.
Pubmed PMID: 33635196.
What Bioethics Owes Reproductive Justice " ;