A Grambling State University alumnus has been chosen as the new dean of natural sciences and physical education at Georgia Highlands College. Greg Ford holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in chemistry from Grambling State University and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Ford was also a post-doctoral fellow at Morehouse School of Medicine through the American Psychological Association Neuroscience Program.

Ford will be joining GHC from Morehouse College in Atlanta, where he lectured, conducted laboratory courses and directed research laboratory experiments for students across the terms. Additionally, he worked in the Morehouse School of Medicine during the summers, serving as co-director for the Neuroscience Institute summer program, tracking data on students and yielding a 10-year plus longitudinal study on student success.

Additionally, Ford is the educational director for Promoting Our Worth as Entrepreneurs and Researchers in Innovative Technology (POWER-IT) Summer Academy sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Morehouse School of Medicine. POWER-IT is a year-round research-based intervention program that promotes Georgia high school students’ education in advanced information and communication technologies (ICT). The POWER-IT Summer Academy provides high school juniors and seniors with an exciting eight-week-long program of pre-college activities at Morehouse School of Medicine.