W. Fred Taylor, Ph.D., is a program director in the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity. He oversees the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program, which is aimed at fostering basic, translational and clinical biomedical research at institutions in states where NIH funding has historically been low. Before joining NIGMS, Taylor was director of the IDeA program at the former National Center for Research Resources, NIH. Prior to that, he was director of the Hyperbaric Environmental Adaptation Program at the Naval Medical Research Institute. Taylor earned a B.S. in biology from Saint Mary’s College of California and a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where he also conducted postdoctoral research.
Taylor is a media contact for the IDeA program. To contact him, send e-mail to taylorwf@mail.nih.gov or call 301-435-0765.