Dr. Emmanuel A. Taylor is a Health Scientist Administrator in the Health Policy Branch of the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). He conducts original policy analysis and research on the effect of current or proposed health policy on cancer health disparities and disseminates the results to health professionals, policy makers, and the general public. He provides technical and scientific expertise and guidance to scientists and policy makers in the use of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and translational research as they pertain to cancer prevention and control interventions in minority and medically underserved populations.
Dr. Taylor works with other Center staff to develop, implement, and evaluate programs to inform policy makers of evidence-based health programs and policy development. He has over 20 years of public health practice, health information management, and research experience at the state, Federal, and community levels as well as in academia and the private (corporate) sector. He earned his doctorate at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, with a specialty in the application of epidemiological methods for the planning and evaluation of public health programs. As a Health Program Manager, he has several years of experience with the three major Government funding mechanisms. Dr. Taylor is a member of the American Public Health Association (APHA), National Council for International Health (NCIH), and the American Management Association (AMA), as well as a 1999/2000 inductee into Marquis' Who's Who in Medicine and Health. His research interests include cancer, HIV/AIDS, asthma, infant mortality, diabetes, and oral diseases, as well as their associated risk factors.
