Rev. Dr. Stephanie N. Taylor, MD

Appointed as Interim Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Institutional Affairs and NIH Advisory Council

Rev. Stephanie N. Taylor, MD, the Administrative Pastor of Bethel AME Church, New Orleans, LA, was recently appointed as the Interim Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Institutional Affairs for the Louisiana State University School of Medicine. She was also introduced by Dr. Anthony Fauci as a new member National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health (NIAID/NIH) Advisory Council. The NIAID Council advises on policy,clears concepts, and reviews programs for the NIH.

Dr. Taylor is Professor of Medicine and Microbiology in the Section of Infectious Diseases at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA. She is Board Certified in both Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and her clinical practice and research are focused on sexually transmitted infections, STI-related diagnostic trials and STI clinical drug trials. She has authored several book chapters and 80 journal articles, including one as lead author in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Taylor is also medical director of the LSU Infectious Diseases STI research program and laboratory, the LSU-CrescentCare Sexual Health Center, and the Louisiana Office of Public Health STD/HIV Program. She was recipient of a Distinguished Career Achievement Award presented by the American STD Association and she is an associate editor of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the flagship journal of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

“Dr. Taylor is one of our most talented physician-scientists,” says Dr. Steve Nelson, LSU Health New Orleans Interim Chancellor and School of Medicine Dean. “This appointment reflects the excellence of LSU Health New Orleans faculty and the enormous contributions they make to Louisiana and the nation.”

This article was submitted by Retired General Officer Dr. Johnny Barbour, Jr.