Sandra G Suther

L-154H, East Wing Pharmacy Building

Mondays 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Or by appointment

PHA 4035 SAB III, Pharmacy, Healthcare, and Behavior – Thursday, 9:00 AM – 10:40 AM
PHA 3030 SAB I, U.S. Healthcare Systems and Policy – Thursday, 11:00 – 11:50 AM

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Sandra Suther, PhD is a Director and Professor in Economic, Social & Administrative Pharmacy in the College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences & Institute of Public Health at Florida A&M University. She received her master’s in medical Anthropology from the University of Texas at San Antonio and her doctorate in Health Education from Texas A&M University. Dr. Suther has over 20 years’ experience conducting community-based participatory research with a focus on social determinants and inequities in health care. Her research includes racial and ethnic disparities in access to genetic technology, as well as concerns about the misuse of genetic testing, confidentiality, and distrust in the medical system. Dr. Suther has been evaluating health programs and projects for over 18 years. She has served as evaluator for 16 funded programs (Texas Department of Health, Florida Department of Health, Alabama Department of Public Health, HRSA, NIH, NSF, Howard Hughes Medical Institute). Currently, Dr. Suther is the community outreach and engagement core leader for the NIH/NCI funded Florida-California Cancer Research, Education & Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity Center as well as the NIMHD/NIH funded FAMU Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR) U54 Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI).

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• Racial and ethnic disparities in access to genetic technology
• Concerns about the misuse of genetic testing and confidentiality
• Distrust in the medical system
• Program and Project Evaluation
  

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• Director and Professor - January 2017 – Present
  Economic, Social & Administrative Pharmacy
  College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health
  Florida A&M University
• Professor - January 2016 – Present
  Economic, Social & Administrative Pharmacy
  College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Public Health
  Florida A&M University
• Associate Professor - August 2010 – December 2015
  Behavioral Science & Health Education
  Institute of Public Health
  College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Florida A&M University
  
• Assistant Professor - August 2004 – August 2010
  Behavioral Science & Health Education
  Institute of Public Health
  College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Florida A&M University

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•  NIMHD/NIH U54MD007582 09/01/2021 – 02/28/2024
  FAMU U54 Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR), U54 Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Administrative COVID-19 Supplement
  A community partnership to decrease the causes and consequences of vaccine hesitancy on racial, ethnic, and disadvantaged socioeconomic populations with a disproportionate burden of COVID-19.
  Soliman (PI)
  Role: Community Engagement Core (CED) – PI and Core Leader
  
• NIMHD/NIH 09/01/2019 – 08/31/2024
  FAMU U54 Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR), U54 Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI)
  Soliman (PI)
  Role: Community Engagement Core (CED) – Core Leader
  The overarching goal of the FAMU RCMI is to establish an interdisciplinary Center to address minority health and health disparities while building on and enhancing the competitiveness of faculty-led health disparities research to attract extramural funding. The CEC focus is to develop, enhance, and strengthen relationships and partnerships with our community-based organizations to create a sustainable research and outreach environment for eliminating cancer disparities.
  NCI – NIH 09/01/2023 – 08/31/2028
  U54 – Florida-California Cancer Research, Education and Engagement (CaRE2) Health Equity Center
  0000004325 Reams (PI) FAMU
  Role: Community Outreach Core (COC) - Core Leader
  The long term goals of the Center are: to reduce cancer disparities in Blacks and Latinos in Florida and California as well as increase cancer disparity research. The CEC focus is to disseminate research findings, educate the community regarding prostate and pancreatic cancer and improve participation in biomedical research.
  
  
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 04/30/2022-12/31/2023
  Maternal and Child Health Disparities: An HBCU Discovery Partnership
  Darling-Reed (PI)
  Role: Co-Investigator
  The primary goal is to determine the impact of poor nutrition, environmental or lifestyle factors in pregnant minority women on maternal health, and the future health of their infant in the big bend area of Florida.
  
  
• NIH/OMHHE/FDA 03/31/2022 – 04/30/2024
  COVID-19 IMPACT ET: Increase minority participation and clinical trial enrollment through education and training.
  Spates (PI)
  Role: Co-Investigator
  The overall goal is to discover possible causes of low enrollment of racial and ethnic minority populations in COVID-19/COVID-19 variant clinical trials and determine solutions to overcome low participation.

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• May 2018
  Executive Associate Dean’s Appreciation Award
  College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Florida A&M University
  
  
• April 2012
  Teacher of the Year, 2012
  Institute of Public Health
  College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Florida A&M University
  
  
• April 2008
  Teacher of the Year, 2008
  Institute of Public Health
  College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Florida A&M University
  
  
• October 2004
  Outstanding Dissertation of the Year, 2003-2004
  Department of Health & Kinesiology
  College of Health & Human Development
  Texas A&M University

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•  PHA 4035 SAB III, Pharmacy, Healthcare, and Behavior
  
• PHA 3030 SAB I, U.S. Healthcare Systems and Policy
  
• PHA 6791 Intro to Systematic Reviews
  
• PHA 6710 Research Methods I
  
• PHC 6601 Intro to Public Health Genomics
  
• PHC 6934 Topics in Public Health
  
• PHC 6704 Applied Community Based Research Methods
  
• PHC 6560 Principles of Behavioral Science and Health Education
  
• PHC 6444 Community Organizing and Public Health
  
• PHC 6506 Planning and Evaluation of Health Education
  
• PHC 6532 Current Isssues in Women's Health
  

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• Google Scholar

• NIH Bibliography