Herman Alfred Taylor, Jr., M.D.
Professor
Medicine
Director
Cardiovascular Research Institute
Location: Research Wing Room 228A
Phone: 404-752-1545
E-mail: htaylor@msm.edu
Education
MEDICAL SCHOOL:Harvard Medical School
Degree: Doctor of Medicine
GRADUATE:
Harvard School of Public Health
Degree: Master of Public Health
UNDERGRADUATE:
Princeton University
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Biology
Research Interests
Clinical and Basic ResearchSpecialties
Board Certification
Internal MedicineCardiovascular Disease
Publications
Taylor HA. Jackson Heart Study-Building a 21st Century Platform for Discovery, Service and Training to Address an American Health
Priority. Ethn Dis. 2012;22(Suppl 1).3-6. [PMID:23156832]
Liu, J, Hickson DA, Musani SK, Talegawkar SA, Carithers TC, Tucker KL, Fox CS, Taylor HA. Dietary patterns, abdominal visceral adipose tissue, and cardiometabolic risk factors
in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. Obesity 2013; 21(3):644-51.
Tullos BW Sung JH, Lee JE, Criqui MH, Mitchell ME, Taylor HA. Ankle-brachial index (ABI), abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), and coronary
artery calcification (CAC): The Jackson Heart Study. International Journal of Cardiovascular
Imaging 2013; 29 (4):891-7.
Subramanyam MA, James SA, Diez-Roux AV, Hickson DA, Sarpong D, Sims M, TaylorHA, Wyatt SB. Socioeconomic status, john henryism and blood pressure among African-Americans
in the Jackson Heart Study. Social Science and Medicine. 2013;93:139-46.
Clark CR, Ommerborn MJ, Hickson DMA, Grooms KN, Sims M, Taylor HA, Albert MA. Neighborhood disadvantage, neighborhood safety and cardiometabolic risk factors in
Afrincan Americans: Biosocial associations in the Jackson Heart Study. PLoS ONE 2013;8(5)
Bidulescu A, Liu J, Hickson DA, Hairston KG, Fox ER, Arnett DK, Summer AE, Taylor HA, Gibbons GH. Gender differences in the association of visceral and subcutaneous adiposity
with adiponectin in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study. BMC Cardiovascular
Disorders 2013;13
Honors and Awards
2014-2011: Councilor, Harvard Medical School Alumni Association
2014-2013: American Heart Association, Vice President Greater Southeast Affiliate
Board of Directors
20013: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood
Award of Service
2013: White House Champion of Change for Prevention and Public Health, Nominee
2013-2000: Best Doctors in American Award
2008: Black Enterprise America鈥檚 Leading Doctors Award