Bio

Dr. Brittany N. Taylor is an Assistant Professor at Florida State University College of Nursing and a Fulbright-FAPESP Scholar at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine in Brazil. Dr. Taylor's research focuses on advancing precision health equity through the integration of genomics, machine learning, and social determinants of health. Her work examines how genetic, social, and environmental factors interact to shape health outcomes and contribute to health disparities, with a particular focus on mental health and sickle cell disease. She has expertise in genomic and epigenetic approaches, machine learning, and data science to investigate disease risk and variability in health outcomes across populations. Her current research in Brazil investigates how genomic variation and sociodemographic factors jointly influence pain and vaso-occlusive crisis outcomes among individuals with sickle cell disease. Through her interdisciplinary research, Dr. Taylor aims to advance understanding of the biological and social mechanisms underlying health disparities and develop data-driven approaches to improve health outcomes among historically underserved populations.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University School of Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Informatics, New York City College of Technology
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, New York City College of Technology
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Bachelor of Arts in Music, Randolph-Macon Woman's College

Additional Education/Training

Summer Omics Nursing Institute, National Institutes of Health (2026)
SCDPAIN Interdisciplinary Whole-Person Pain Training Workshop, Virginia Commonwealth University (2026)
Student Research Mentoring Program, Delta Research and Educational Foundation Research Matters (2025–2026)
All of Us Biomedical Researchers Scholars Program, Baylor College of Medicine (2025–2026)
All of Us Researcher Workbench Train-the-Trainer Bootcamp, All of Us Data and Research Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2025)
Sickle Cell Bootcamp to Promote Nursing Excellence, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing (2025)
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity (AIM-AHEAD) Data Science Training Core Training Practicum (PRIME), National Institutes of Health (2022–2023)
Immersive Summer Program for Research in Genomics (iSPRinG), National Human Genome Research Institute (2022)
Genomics for Social Scientists: Epigenetics, University of Michigan/National Institute on Aging (2022)
Genomics for Social Scientists, University of Michigan/National Institute on Aging (2022)
SHARP Epigenetics Boot Camp, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health (2022)
Summer Research Education in Cardiovascular Conditions, New York University, Rory Meyers College of Nursing (2021)
Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics, University of Washington, School of Public Health (2021)
Emerging Scholars Program, New York City College of Technology (2020)
Big Data to Biomedical Informatics, Weill Cornell Medicine/New York City College of Technology (2019)

License/Certification

Registered Nurse, State of Pennsylvania (2025–Present)
Registered Nurse, State of New York (2016–Present)

Honors and Awards

Fulbright-FAPESP Scholar Award, Fulbright Scholar Program (2026)
Dissertation Excellence Award, Columbia University School of Nursing (2025)
Second Place, Student Poster Competition, International Society of Nurses in Genetics World Congress (2024)
Leadership Education and Award Donation (LEAD) Fund Trainee Scholarship, American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium (2023)
Diversity Fellowship Award, Columbia University School of Nursing (2020)
Best Poster Award, STEM Category, Emerging Scholars Program, New York City College of Technology (2020)

Select Publications

Perez NB, Gordillo Sierra P, Taylor B, Fletcher J. Selecting a Depression Measure for Research: A Critical Examination of Five Common Self-Report Scales. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2026;394:120542. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120542

Nyembwe A, Zhao Y, Caceres BA, Belsky DW, Ryan CP, Taylor B, Morrison MT, Prescott L, Potts-Thompson S, Aziz A, Aruleba F, Matute-Arcos E, Williams O, Crusto C, Taylor JY. Discrimination, Coping, and DNAm Accelerated Aging Among African American Mothers of the InterGEN Study. Epigenomes. 2025;9(2):14. doi: 10.3390/epigenomes9020014

Nyembwe A, Zhao Y, Millender E, Hall K, Caceres B, Taylor B, Morrison M, Prescott L, Potts-Thompson S, Aziz A, Aruleba F, Crusto C, Taylor JY. Perceived Discrimination, Trauma, Mental Health, and Blood Pressure Outcomes Among Young African American/Black Mothers in the InterGEN Study. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2025. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000001190

Taylor B, Scharp D, Jones-Patten A, Masterson Creber R. An Evolutionary Concept Analysis of Depression in Black Mothers. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing. 2024;53:9-16. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2024.08.001

Taylor B, Zhao Y, Perez NB, Potts-Thompson S, Crusto C, Masterson Creber R, Taylor JY. Epigenome-Wide Association Study of Depressive Symptoms in Black Women in the InterGEN Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024;25(14):7681. doi: 10.3390/ijms25147681

Taylor B, Hobensack M, Niño de Rivera S, Zhao Y, Masterson Creber R, Cato K. Identifying Depression Through Machine Learning Analysis of Omics Data: A Scoping Review. JMIR Nursing. 2024;7:e54810. doi: 10.2196/54810

Reading Turchioe M, Volodarskiy A, Guo W, Taylor B, Hobensack M, Pathak J, Slotwiner D. Characterizing Atrial Fibrillation Symptom Improvement Following De Novo Catheter Ablation. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2023. doi: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvad068

Masterson Creber R, Spadaccio C, Dimagli A, Myers A, Taylor B, Fremes S. Patient-reported Outcomes in Cardiovascular Trials. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2021;37(9):1340-1352. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2021.04.006. PMCID: PMC8487900