In 1980, she served as a visiting scientist at the metabolic research unit of the University of West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica and then in 1984, Taylor was promoted to full professor of chemical pathology at Ibadan University.

In 1990, Taylor was hired as an associate professor at the University of Zimbabwe School of Medicine in Harare and taught in the department of pathology.

[2] Taylor was inducted into the Nigerian Academy of Science in 1997,[6] as the second woman to have ever been honored as an inductee.

[2] In 1998, the L'Oréal-UNESCO prize was launched to award one woman from each of five regions—Africa and Arab states, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America—for their scientific achievement and contributions to improving humanity.

[7][8] In 2012, she was honored by the Ekiti State Government for her contributions to mentoring and teaching medical students.