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J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD

Member, St. Jude Faculty

Executive Vice President

Scientific Director

Chair, Cell & Molecular Biology Department

Director, Pediatric Translational Neuroscience Initiative

Edward F. Barry Endowed Chair in Cell and Molecular Biology

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J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD

Cell & Molecular Biology

MS 340, Room 4063D

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

MemphisTN 38105-3678

Taylor was one of 18 St. Jude investigators recognized on the 2025 Web of Science (TM) list of highly cited researchers. 

Taylor was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2025.

Education

MD, PhD – Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Residency (Neurology) – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Fellowship (Neurogenetics) – Neurogenetics Branch, NINDS/NIH

Honors & Awards

  • 2025 Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
  • 2020 The Normal Saunders International Research Prize
  • 2020 The Potamkin Prize 
  • 2015 Selected as an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • 2015 Presidential Lecture of the American Neurological Association
  • 2015 Elected to the American Association of Physicians
  • 2015 Lisa S. Krivickas Lecture, Massachusetts General Hospital Neurology
  • 2014 George Karpati Lecture, Montreal Neurological Institute and McGill University
  • 2014 Vince Kidd Memorial Mentor of the Year Award
  • 2013 Derek Denny-Brown Young Neurological Scholar Award, American Neurological Association
  • 2013 Elected Fellow of the American Neurological Association
  • 2010 Elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation

Research Interests

  • Neurogenetics
  • Mechanisms of neurological diseases
  • RNA and RNA-binding proteins
  • Biomolecular condensates 

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