Frances E. Ashe-Goins, RN, MPH, FAAN

FRANCES E. ASHE-GOINS RN, MPH, FAAN, PhD (hon) - public health expert, health administrator, policy analyst, health educator, and registered nurse. Currently she is an Affiliate Professor at the University of SC College of Nursing and Arnold School of Public Health. Formerly she was the Deputy Director and Acting Director for the U.S. DHHS-Office on Women's Health (OWH), where spearheaded the creation of the Minority Women's Health Summits, National and State Summits on Young Women's Health, the National Capitol Hill Town Hall on Lupus, the first National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Health and Violence Against Women initiative, Human Trafficking and Health Initiative, DHHS Organ donation resource guide and the award winning National Lupus Awareness Campaign.

Since retirement in 2015, she continues her work with the National Kidney Fund Board of Commissioners, PAVE, Delta Eta Chi Eta Phi Nursing Sorority, Midlands National Black Nurses Association, SC Public Health Association, Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, National League of Nursing Speakers' Bureau, SC Nurses Association, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, SC AARP, and Prisma Health Richland Hospital Board of Governors.

She has appeared in numerous national and international media outlets and conferences. Her national awards include the AETNA Outstanding Nurses Calendar, NBNA-DC, USC Outstanding Nurse Alumnus Award, ONI Award from The International Black Women's Congress, Lupus Foundation of America Award, US-DHHS Secretaries' Awards for Distinguished Service, the DAISY Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award and recently SC Public Health Service James A Hayne award for Meritorious Achievement in Public Award

Her recently published book award winning book, Never Give Up: Cheryl's Story, portrays her challenges as a care giver for her daughter with CKD. It contains valuable firsthand experiences and successes in navigating the health care system for kidney disease.