Virginia Floyd, M.D., M.P.H. 

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