Herman Taylor, professor and director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, has been awarded the 2024 Clinical Research Prize from the American Heart Association.
Throughout his career, Dr. Taylor has conducted extensive research on advancing health equity in the United States. One of his most notable contributions to the field of cardiology was his founding of the Jackson Heart Study, an ongoing project that studies heart health within Black communities. Presently, he directs the the Morehouse-Emory Center for Health Equity, which studies the determinants and characteristics of resilience related to heart disease among Black Americans. Outside of his work with Morehouse, he is co-investigator of the Harvard University Football Players Health Study.
In addition to his clinical contributions, Dr. Taylor is also dedicated to increasing diversity in STEM. He currently leads the Southeast Hub of the National Institutes of Health’s Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM- AHEAD) initiative.
Dr. Taylor earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Princeton University. He received his master of public health degree and medical degree from Harvard University.
