GeoVax Labs, Inc. has appointed Jayne Morgan, M.D., to its Board of Directors. Dr. Morgan is an accomplished and forward-thinking healthcare management executive and research leader with extensive expertise in complex hospital and corporation navigation, as well as leadership in COVID-19 management, community engagement, crisis mitigation, health equity and clinical trials. Dr. Morgan currently serves as Executive Clinical Director of the Covid Task Force at Piedmont Healthcare, Inc., where she develops and implements community outreach strategies in conjunction with the Division of Diversity and Inclusion to improve outcomes of disadvantaged populations positive for COVID-19.

She has held several leadership roles at Piedmont including Director of Innovation, where she set the vision, trajectory and strategic scaling and partner opportunities, and Director of Cardiovascular Research and Research Development, where she expanded the cardiovascular research program with the introduction of biotechnology, feasibility trials and artificial intelligence trials. Dr. Morgan currently serves as the President Elect of the Southeastern Life Sciences Association. She is also a Founding Board Member of MedtechWomen, Co-Chair of the Bioscience Leadership Council at the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Board Member at Botanical Sciences and active member of Biomed Investors Network.

Dr. Morgan holds several board positions with the American Heart Association (AHA) including Board Member of its Atlanta Chapter, Board Member of the National Diversity and Inclusion team, National Board Member of the technology team and Regional Board Member of the AHA Health Equity Committee. Previously, Dr. Morgan served as Chief Medical Officer of the American Chemistry Council, where she developed a new translational research program, and Chief Executive Officer Forty Million Beats, Inc., a pharmaceutical, biotech and chemical industry consulting company, supporting clients including Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Abbott Laboratories. She completed her B.S. degree at Spelman College, Medical Degree at Michigan State University, Internal Medicine Residency at George Washington University and her Cardiology and Pacemaker Fellowships at Mount Sinai Medical Center.