Virginia Floyd, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Community Health & Preventive Medicine
Location: NCPC, Room 426
Phone: (404)752-1953
E-mail: vfloyd@msm.edu
Education
POSTGRADUATE:Centers for Disease Control Epidemic Intelligence Service Applied Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Emory University School of Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine
GRADUATE:
Howard University College of Medicine
Degree: MD
Emory University School of Public Health
Degree: MPH
UNDERGRADUATE:
Spelman College
Sophia University – Tokyo, Japan
Research Interests
- Health Disparities
- Global Health
- Traditional Knowledge Systems
Clinical Interests
Black Infant and Maternal Mortality.Publications
- Khan, Mahfuz & Diop, Amad & Gbodossou, Erick & Xiao, Peng & Coleman, Morgan & Barros, Kenya & Duong, Hao & Bond, Vincent & Floyd, Virginia & Kondwani, Kofi & Rice, Valerie & Harris-Hooker, Sandra & Villinger, François & Powell, Michael. (2023). Anti-human immunodeficiency virus-1 activity of MoMo30 protein isolated from the traditional African medicinal plant Momordica balsamina. Virology Journal. 20. 10.1186/s12985-023-02010-5.
- Holliday, Rhonda & Piper, Kendra & Trimble, Shawn & Dickinson-Copeland, Carmen & Mitchell, Ashley & Akintobi, Tabia & Bond, Vincent & Floyd, Virginia. (2023). Moving Morehouse School of Medicine Translation Tx Research through MDTTs—Multidisciplinary Translational Teams. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20. 4302. 10.3390/ijerph20054302.
- Coleman, Morgan & Khan, Mahfuz & Gbodossou, Erick & Diop, Amad & DeBarros, Kenya & Duong, Hao & Bond, Vincent & Floyd, Virginia & Kondwani, Kofi & Rice, Valerie & Villinger, François & Powell, Michael. (2022). Identification of a Novel Anti-HIV-1 Protein from Momordica balsamina Leaf Extract. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19. 15227. 10.3390/ijerph192215227.
- Akintobi, Tabia & Blaess, Breana & Bethea, Brittaney & Floyd, Virginia & Hefner, David & McClure, Shelia & Bond, Vincent & Hooker, Sandra & Taylor, Herman.
(2020). 4559 TX TM: Formalization and Institutional Investment in a Model Designed
to Advance Research Translational to Community Transformation. Journal of Clinical
and Translational Science. 4. 120-120. 10.1017/cts.2020.363.
Honors and Awards
- 2022: Honoring Public Health Heroes – National Birth Equity Collaborative
- 2019: Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Science Spelman College
- 2012: Keynote Speaker – Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Global Health Leadership Forum
- 2008: Convocation Speaker - Morehouse School of Medicine
- 2005: National Service Award - Spelman College
- 2004: Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society – Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
- 2004: Office of the President’s Award: Chevalier de L’Ordre National Republic of Burkina Faso
- 2002: National Library of Medicine, NIH – History of American Women Physicians – National Exhibit Honoree