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Harriette Howard-Lee Block, Ph.D., Head
Department of Biology
Tel: (936) 261-3161
E-mail: hlblock@pvamu.edu

Announcements

 

PVAMU Health Professions Conference 

‘Accomplishing the Goal’
November 4, 2011
2pm to 7pm
Elmer E. O’Banion Science Building

The purpose of the PVAMU Health Professions Conference is to expose students to the variety of professional health graduate programs and professional schools across the nation.

Registration begins July 8, 2011


 

New Faculty

Dr. Quincy C Moore III

Graduate of Jackson State University with his undergraduate degree in biology. He received his Masters from Auburn University and his Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He has postdoctoral training in Bacterial Ocular Infections from the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Dr. Moore, an Assistant Professor, is an addition to the PVAMU Biology Faculty since Fall 2009. He serves as a professor of Microbiology and College Biology. He is currently working as a co-advisor with student groups such as Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS) and Pre-Optometry Professional Society (POPS). He also serves as a research mentor for several undergraduates. His research involves the Characterization of the Role of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Bacterial Keratitis using both an animal model and tissue culture. 

 Dr. Moore also serves as Editor of the Biology Department’s newsletter “The DNA” (The Daily News Assays) since Fall 2010.