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Howard University Announces Dr. Robert E. Taylor as College of Medicine Dean
Washington, D.C., January 28, 2008 – Today, Howard University Senior Vice President of
Health Sciences Donald E. Wilson, M.D., M.A.C.P., announced the appointment of Robert E.
Taylor, M.D., Ph.D., as Dean of the College of Medicine, effective January 21, 2008.
As dean, Dr. Taylor will be the Chief Academic Officer of the College of Medicine and will be
responsible for providing oversight of the academic, financial and operational performance of the
College, and all of its operating units, including the Howard University Faculty Practice Plan.
He will also be responsible for developing and administering an annual operating and capital
budget for the College of Medicine that will accelerate its further academic and research
development and maintain the financial integrity and accreditation of the various academic
programs of the College and clinical training programs in Howard University Hospital and
affiliated hospitals.
Dr. Taylor has served as Interim Dean of the College of Medicine since August 2005 and Chair,
Department of Pharmacology since 1992. He also is Director of the Howard University Alcohol
Research Center, funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Taylor is a
member of the Research Society on Alcoholism, Fellow of the American College of Physicians,
the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, the American Society of
Hematology, the Academy of Medicine of Washington D. C., the Medical Society of the District
of Columbia., the National Medical Association, the Medico-Chirurgical Society of the District
of Columbia, Inc. and the medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha He is the author or coauthor of over 85 scientific articles, book chapters and abstracts in peer-reviewed journals.
He earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master’s degree in Pharmacology from Butler University,
a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology/Toxicology from Purdue University, and doctor of medicine
degree from Vanderbilt University.
“We are pleased to have Dr. Taylor in this new leadership position as he leads the training of
highly competent and compassionate healthcare professionals and builds an environment where
new knowledge will be created through vigorous research addressing racial, gender and ethnic
health disparities affecting our nation,” said Dr. Wilson.
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About Howard University College of Medicine
Since its founding in 1868, the Howard University College of Medicine has been at the forefront of
medical education and has graduated more African-American physicians than any other medical school
in the United States. Throughout its existence, it has remained true to its missions of training highly
competent and compassionate health care professionals, creating new knowledge through vigorous
research and addressing health disparities impacting people of color in the U.S. and abroad. For more
information about the College of Medicine, visit www.med.howard.edu.
About Howard University
Howard University is a private, comprehensive research university that is comprised of 12 schools and
colleges. Founded in 1867, students pursue studies in more than 120 areas leading to undergraduate,
graduate and professional degrees. Since 1998, the University has produced two Rhodes Scholars, a
Truman Scholar, a Marshall Scholar, 19 Fulbright Scholars and 10 Pickering Fellows. Howard also
produces more on-campus African-American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United
States. For more information on Howard University, call 202-238-2330, or visit the University’s Web
site, www.Howard.edu.
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