Humphries Science Research Center, Room 209A
Monday: 9:00am-10am
Tuesday: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Wednesday: 1:00pm-2:00pm
PHC 6532 Current Issues in Women's Health Tuesday 9:00am-11:30am
PHC 6506 Planning and Evaluation of Health Programs Monday 3:00pm-5:30pm
PHC 6506DL Planning and Evaluation of Health Programs ONLINE
HSC 5091 Interprofessional Education II Monday and Wednesday 10:45am-11:35am
Fran T. Close, Ph.D., is a full Professor of Behavioral Science and Health Education
and Assistant Director of Assessment in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical
Sciences/Institute of Public Health at Florida A&M University. An accomplished public
health researcher with a focus on community based participatory research in underserved
communities, her research interests include racial disparity issues in Women’s Health
and Maternal, Child and Infant Health.
Because of her outstanding work, Dr. Close was appointed by the State Surgeon General
to the Intra-Agency Workgroup on Infant Mortality Prevention External Review Workgroup.
She serves on the Capital Area Healthy Start workgroups that focus on maternal mental
health and racial disparities. She is the Vice President of the Healthy Start MomCare
Network Board of Directors for the state of Florida. Dr. Close is currently a Co-Investigator
on the "Maternal and Child Health Disparities: An HBCU Partnership Initiative" funded
by the Gates Foundation.
Dr. Close is a member of the Mental Health Council of the Big Bend, where she serves
as the Chair of the ENGAGE committee which focuses on the stigma of mental health
in the African American community. Dr. Close was an honoree featured in the 2022 Cherry
Hall Alexander American History Calendar: “Black Health and Wellness”.
She holds a doctorate degree in Pharmacology/Toxicology from Florida A&M University
and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Science from Florida State University.