Virginia
Floyd,
MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Morehouse School of Medicine
Virginia Davis Floyd, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Community Health and Preventive Medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine where she serves as the MDTT Champion for the RCMI Project. She served as the Director of Human Development, Sexuality and Reproductive Health for the Ford Foundation. Prior she served as the Director of the Family Health Branch, Division of Public Health for the Georgia Department of Human Resources. She was a W.K. Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellow. Virginia has been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
MDTTs - Multidisciplinary Translational Teams: Morehouse School of Medicine's Health Equity Strategy
Our Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) team science process utilizes an approach to increase the rapid translation of research discoveries to improve the health of minority and underserved populations and disadvantaged communities. MSM works to achieve health equity through conducting Tx transformational translational research. Tx is the MSM description of our translational research continuum. Coined at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM), Tx TM symbolizes an approach and scientific philosophy that intentionally promotes and supports convergence of interdisciplinary approaches and…