“I am Dr. Angela Adams, executive director of the Central Florida Pharmacy Council, introducing you to PHEN, the Prostate Health Education Network, who is leading the prostate cancer fight for Black America. Knowledge is power, please visit PHENPath.com for information about treatments along your prostate cancer journey.”
Dr. Angela Adams is the Founder and Executive Director of the Central Florida Pharmacy Council. She is also the Community Engagement Core Director for Florida Health Equity Research Institute.
For more than 30 years, Dr. Adams has addressed health equity by creating culturally appropriate health education initiatives that serve as tools for eliminating health disparities. She founded the Black Men’s Health and Crossing Bridges: Hip Hop Teen Health Summits in Orlando, Florida. Over a span of 20 years, these summits attracted more than 50,000 men and teen boys. Dr. Adams is currently serving as the principal investigator for a novel research project called Participatory Design of an Artificial Intelligent Digital Assistant to Improve Shared Decision Making for African American Men.
Dr. Adams also founded the Health Outreach & Prevention Education (HOPE) Training Academy, a provider of the Community Health Education Advocate certification. She is the publisher of Community Health Research Digest and has published eight editions of the African American Health Resource Directory. Dr. Adams is the creator of the wellness education initiatives “Food-4-Thought,” an interactive nutrition program for teen boys that empowers them to learn to cook and eat healthy; Medication Information Safety for Seniors (MISS); Med-U-Cation; and Managing Your Medicines (MyRx).
She has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Alabama-Birmingham and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Xavier University-New Orleans and is a retired Commander of the United States Navy where she served as a Medical Service Corp Officer.
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