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   <name>Virginia Floyd, M.D., M.P.H.</name>
   <title>Associate Professor</title>
   <department>Community Health &amp; Preventive Medicine</department>
   <title2></title2>
   <department2></department2>
   <email>vfloyd@msm.edu</email>
   <phone>(404)752-1953</phone>
   <location>NCPC, Room 426</location>
   <education><strong>POSTGRADUATE:</strong><br></br>Centers for Disease Control Epidemic Intelligence Service Applied Epidemiology &amp; Biostatistics<br></br><br></br>Emory University School of Medicine<br></br><strong>Residency:</strong> Internal Medicine<br></br><br></br><strong>GRADUATE:</strong><br></br>Howard University College of Medicine<br></br><strong>Degree</strong>: MD<br></br><br></br>Emory University School of Public Health<br></br><strong>Degree:</strong> MPH<br></br><br></br><strong>UNDERGRADUATE:</strong><br></br>Spelman College<br></br>Sophia University – Tokyo, Japan</education>
   <research>
      <ul>
         <li>Health Disparities</li>
         <li>Global Health</li>
         <li>Traditional Knowledge Systems</li>
      </ul>
   </research>
   <clinicalinterests>Black Infant and Maternal Mortality.</clinicalinterests>
   <specialties><!--%echo var="specialties" --></specialties>
   <boardcerts></boardcerts>
   <publications>
      <ul>
         <li>Khan, Mahfuz &amp; Diop, Amad &amp; Gbodossou, Erick &amp; Xiao, Peng &amp; Coleman, Morgan &amp; Barros,
            Kenya &amp; Duong, Hao &amp; Bond, Vincent &amp; <strong>Floyd, Virginia</strong> &amp; Kondwani, Kofi &amp; Rice, Valerie &amp; Harris-Hooker, Sandra &amp; Villinger, François &amp;
            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.</li>
         <li>Holliday, Rhonda &amp; Piper, Kendra &amp; Trimble, Shawn &amp; Dickinson-Copeland, Carmen &amp; Mitchell,
            Ashley &amp; Akintobi, Tabia &amp; Bond, Vincent &amp; <strong>Floyd, Virginia</strong>. (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.</li>
         <li>Coleman, Morgan &amp; Khan, Mahfuz &amp; Gbodossou, Erick &amp; Diop, Amad &amp; DeBarros, Kenya &amp;
            Duong, Hao &amp; Bond, Vincent &amp; <strong>Floyd, Virginia</strong> &amp; Kondwani, Kofi &amp; Rice, Valerie &amp; Villinger, François &amp; 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.</li>
         <li>Akintobi, Tabia &amp; Blaess, Breana &amp; Bethea, Brittaney &amp; <strong>Floyd, Virginia</strong> &amp; Hefner, David &amp; McClure, Shelia &amp; Bond, Vincent &amp; Hooker, Sandra &amp; 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.<br></br><br></br></li>
      </ul>
   </publications>
   <awards>
      <ul>
         <li>2022: Honoring Public Health Heroes – National Birth Equity Collaborative</li>
         <li>2019: Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Science    Spelman College</li>
         <li>2012: Keynote Speaker – Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Global Health Leadership
            Forum</li>
         <li>2008: Convocation Speaker -  Morehouse School of Medicine</li>
         <li>2005: National Service Award  -  Spelman College</li>
         <li>2004: Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society – Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society</li>
         <li>2004: Office of the President’s Award:  Chevalier de L’Ordre National  Republic of
            Burkina Faso</li>
         <li>2002: National Library of Medicine, NIH – History of American Women Physicians – National
            Exhibit Honoree</li>
      </ul>
   </awards>
</profile>