Dr. Archie C. Taylor - Spring 2008 Initiate
Dr. Archie C. Taylor is a Genetic Science Consultant with Blueprint Genetics a rare diseases company, and a former tenured Track Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology in the Department of Biological Sciences at Alcorn State University. While at Alcorn, he founded the first undergraduate research laboratory solely dedicated to training undergrads for interest in basic science research. He completed his Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine at The Pennsylvania State University, Huck Institute of Life Sciences. He also completed further training at the University of Utah School of Medicine Center, Department of Pathology, Center for DNA analysis.
In addition, he serves as an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Alcorn State University School of Nursing. His research addresses health disparities in the rural Southwest Mississippi pre- and post-pandemic. Cell Press has recognized him as one of the 1000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America. He has also been recognized as Diverse Issues in Higher Education Emerging Scholar 2020, Cell Press 100 Black Scientist in America, and Male Faculty Member of the Year. Recently he founded the HeLa Center for Genomic and Social Research, a non-profit to help address and reduce the disparities created by Genomic Wide Association Studies. He is a proud alumnus of the Alfred P. Sloan Minority Ph.D. Fellow and Bill and Melinda Gates Scholar.