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Dr. Gregory Ford, Ph.D.
Dr. Gregory Ford currently serve as the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Fort
Valley State University in Fort Valley, Georgia. Prior to joining FVSU, he served as an
Assistant Professor of Biology at Morehouse College and Dean for the Division of
Natural Science and Physical Education at Georgia Highlands College. Dr. Ford
received his B.S. degree from Grambling State University, Ph.D. degree from Meharry
Medical College and completed a postdoctoral fellowship through the American
Psychological Society in the laboratory of his brother and mentor, Dr. Byron Ford, at
Morehouse School of Medicine. Dr. Ford’s research activities focus on the identification
of the common cellular, molecular and genetic factors underlying acute brain injuries
(ABIs), including nerve agent exposure, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke using
bioinformatics and bioanalytics. We also employ this approach to identify novel
therapeutic targets as well as diagnostic/prognostic biomarkers of these conditions. Drs.
Gregory and Byron Ford are the owners of Brain-Gen, LLC, a biotechnology startup
company licensed in the state of Georgia. Brain-Gen, LLC holds the nine full patents
and several patent applications in their current portfolio.
Dr. Ford has made service a cornerstone of his mission to improve engagement with
the college community and the communities at large. Some of the outreach programs
initiated under Dr. Ford have included The Wetlands Experience at GHC, The Georgia
Highlands Summer STEM Camp, The Allatoona Resource Center Summer STEM
camp, PI Day activities, STEM day/STEM night activities (with schools in Floyd County,
Bartow County, Paulding County, Cobb County, Georgia), development of a food
production program on Cartersville and Floyd campuses of GHC that included
expansion of pollinator gardens on those campuses. The impact of these undertakings
was realized through the division receiving Department of the Year honors in 2017 at
GHC. For his role in accomplishing these goals, he was the recipient of the Chancellors
Service Excellence Silver Award for Outstanding Leadership for the University System
of Georgia.
As the Dean for the College of Arts and Science, Dr. Ford is a service leader with a
focus on student success. Dr. Ford leads seven departments that offer Bachelor of
Science and Bachelor of Arts Degrees. Under his leadership, the college expanded its
online presence with three new fully online business degrees, formulated two certificate
programs in Financial Technology (Fintech) and in Film Production and the Social Work
program received its initial accreditation from the Council of Social Work Education
(CSWE).

Dr. Ford currently serves as a member of the Bipartisan Congressional Historically
Black College and Universities (HBCU) Caucus. The caucus works to promote and
protect the interests of HBCUs by creating a national dialogue, educating Members of
Congress and their staffs about the issues impacting HBCUs, drafting meaningful
bipartisan legislation to address the needs of HBCUs, and supporting students and
graduates of HBCUs by increasing access and career opportunities. The
Caucus convenes to discuss the challenges impacting HBCUs and create meaningful
policies and legislation to address them. Most recently, Dr. Ford recently had one of his
proudest professional moments as he and Dr. Byron Ford were awarded the University
of California-Historically Black Colleges and Universities (UC-HBCU) Initiative grant
which will allow him to provide a pipeline of students from FVSU to his brothers program
at UC Riverside.
Gregory Ford is a widower and he has two children with his former wife, Garrett 15 and Olivia 14.