Goldie Byrd

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University | Greensboro, NC | 2008

Goldie Byrd Portrait Photo

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Goldie Byrd serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology and member of the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. Over her career, Dr. Byrd has been instrumental in developing innovative curricula, conducting research, and mentoring research students on the undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral levels. She has a stellar track record of conceptualizing, developing and winning support for mentoring activities from the high school level, to the undergraduate level, to the Masters and Postdoctoral levels. Dr. Byrd’s efforts have been productive and far-reaching, as she also mentored minority and non-minority teachers and college faculty members who mentor minority students in the sciences. Dr. Byrd’s passion for teaching was recognized when she received the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence in 2001. Dr. Byrd has an outstanding track record of advancing minority students toward Ph.D. programs and health care programs and subsequent careers in the biological and biomedical sciences.