• Meet Dr. Liying Wang

    We are proud to have Dr. Wang join the FIRST Cohort!

    See Dr. Wang's Profile

  • Meet Dr. Queiroz

    Dr. Queiroz obtained two PhD's in Nursing Science and Public Health. He also completed his master’s in nursing science from the Ribeirao Preto College of Nursing, a WHO Collaborating Centre for nursing research and development.

  • Meet Dr. Harmon

    Welcome Dr. Harmon! She completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University in 2018, and is continuing her research with the Florida FIRST Brigade.

    Read Dr. Harmon's Story here

  • Welcome to the Florida FIRST Cohort

    Welcome Dr. Sheffler to the NIH Florida FIRST Health-Science Brigade

    Read Dr. Sheffler's story here

  • Dr. Culjat FIRST Faculty Member

    We are pleased to announce that Dr. Culjat will be joining the Florida FIRST Cohort. Dr. Culjat has a specialized interest in advancing health literacy through improved communication and application strategies in rural Hispanic/Latino and rural populations.

    Read Dr. Culjat Story here

  • Meet Florida FIRST Faculty Member Dr. Haughbrook

    Welcome to the NIH Florida FIRST Faculty!

    Read Dr. Haughbrook's Story here
  • Meet the research team
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Florida First

Our Mission

The Florida FIRST Health Science Brigade aims to transform institutional culture at Florida State University to generate a self-sustaining scientific community dedicated to inclusive excellence.

What is Florida FIRST?

Funded with a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund’s Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program, Florida State University's FIRST program (Florida FIRST) supports the diversification of FSU faculty by recruiting new tenure-track assistant professors. The FLORIDA FIRST Brigade implements a systems-level approach to support individual faculty research and career development, within their cohort and collaborative networks, that can be replicated through sustainable changes to university culture.

 

              

 

About the FIRST Program

The FIRST program supports hiring of 6 early-stage tenure-track faculty.  The FIRST Cohort holds a primary appointment in one of the Equity Research Corner centers in addition to their tenure-track appointment in departments appropriate to their research

Departments 

  1. College of Nursing 
  2. College of Medicine 
  3. Department of Psychology 

Research Centers