Doris Taylor, Ph.D.

Current Appointments:

Director, Center for Cardiovascular Repair
Medtronic Bakken Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology                       
Professor of Medicine

Education

Undergraduate
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, Mississippi,
B.S. Biology and Physical Sciences

Graduate/Professional           
Mississippi State University, State College, Mississippi

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
PhD. Pharmacology, James T. Stull, Mentor

Post-doctoral
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Immunology, Bronx, New York, Leslie Leinwand, mentor, NIH Traineeship T32HL07675

Research Interests

• Cell and gene therapy for treatment of cardiovascular disease
• Sex differences in cardiac and vascular cell-based therapies
• Tissue engineering of bioartificial organs and vasculature
• Cell-based prevention of disease
• Stem cells and cancer
• Aging as a failure of stem cells
• Holistic approaches to using cell therapy for treating chronic disease