W. Fred Taylor, Ph.D., is chief of the Capacity Building Branch in the Division of Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity. He oversees the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) program, which fosters basic, translational and clinical biomedical research at institutions in states where NIH funding has historically been low. Taylor also manages a number of programs aimed at increasing the research capabilities of institutions with substantial enrollments of students from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences as well as enhancing the research competitiveness of faculty at those institutions.
Taylor joined NIGMS in 2011 from the former National Center for Research Resources, where he was a health scientist administrator for 11 years, during which he helped guide the growth of the IDeA program. Before coming to NIH, he was the deputy director of the thermal stress program and 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.
W. Fred Taylor is a media contact for the IDeA program. To arrange a media interview with him, contact the NIGMS Office of Communications and Public Liaison at 301-496-7301.
To contact W. Fred Taylor, send e-mail to taylorwf@mail.nih.gov or call 301-435-0765.