Jacquelyn Taylor
Dr. Jacquelyn Taylor is a trailblazer in the health equity space, with a primary focus on research and education efforts in the nursing, biomedical, and public health industries.
Currently, Dr. Taylor is the tenured Helen F. Petit Endowed Professor of Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing in New York, where she is also the founder and executive director of the Center for Research on People of Color. In 2021, her impact resulted in her being named the Mentor of the Year at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Her extensive research primarily focuses on the cardiovascular genomics in minority populations with an emphasis on social factors, including how racism and discrimination affects DNA methylation and blood pressure outcomes in the United States and abroad. This research coincides with her ongoing commitment to advancing health equity, and her long-term goal to develop nursing interventions to reduce and prevent environmental risks associated with health disparities in diverse populations.
As a result of her commitment to being of service to underserved communities and populations, Dr. Taylor has been awarded several honors and grants. In 2017, she was given the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor awarded by the federal government to scientists, by President Barack Obama. Dr. Taylor’s project that led to this award examines next-generation sequencing-environment interactions on blood pressure among African Americans.
In 2019, Dr. Taylor was elected to the National Academy of Medicine based upon the acknowledgment that she made major contributions to the advancement of medical sciences, health care, and public health care. In the same year, she was honored with the Hall of Fame Award for the American Nurses Association. And this past year, she was awarded the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research President’s Award for her significant work in race and cultural disparities in health care.
Before Columbia University, Dr. Taylor was at the Yale School of Nursing, where she founded the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and served as its inaugural Associate Dean of Diversity. Prior to her current institution, she also helped to develop and direct the Meyers Biological Laboratory at New York University, where she was the tenured Endowed Vernice Ferguson Professor of Health Equity.
Dr. Taylor received her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Wayne State University College of Nursing. She has also had fellowships at Georgetown University in 2001 and at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine in 2008.
Dr. Jacquelyn Taylor is a trailblazer in the health equity space, with a primary focus on research and education efforts in the nursing, biomedical, and public health industries.
Currently, Dr. Taylor is the tenured Helen F. Petit Endowed Professor of Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing in New York, where she is also the founder and executive director of the Center for Research on People of Color. In 2021, her impact resulted in her being named the Mentor of the Year at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Her extensive research primarily focuses on the cardiovascular genomics in minority populations with an emphasis on social factors, including how racism and discrimination affects DNA methylation and blood pressure outcomes in the United States and abroad. This research coincides with her ongoing commitment to advancing health equity, and her long-term goal to develop nursing interventions to reduce and prevent environmental risks associated with health disparities in diverse populations.
As a result of her commitment to being of service to underserved communities and populations, Dr. Taylor has been awarded several honors and grants. In 2017, she was given the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor awarded by the federal government to scientists, by President Barack Obama. Dr. Taylor’s project that led to this award examines next-generation sequencing-environment interactions on blood pressure among African Americans.
In 2019, Dr. Taylor was elected to the National Academy of Medicine based upon the acknowledgment that she made major contributions to the advancement of medical sciences, health care, and public health care. In the same year, she was honored with the Hall of Fame Award for the American Nurses Association. And this past year, she was awarded the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research President’s Award for her significant work in race and cultural disparities in health care.
Before Columbia University, Dr. Taylor was at the Yale School of Nursing, where she founded the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and served as its inaugural Associate Dean of Diversity. Prior to her current institution, she also helped to develop and direct the Meyers Biological Laboratory at New York University, where she was the tenured Endowed Vernice Ferguson Professor of Health Equity.
Dr. Taylor received her Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Wayne State University College of Nursing. She has also had fellowships at Georgetown University in 2001 and at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine in 2008.