J. Paul Taylor is an American physician scientist and research hospital director known for his contributions to the fields of neurogenetics, RNA biology, and neurological disease,[1] including the role of biomolecular condensation in neurological diseases such as ALS.
[2] Taylor is Scientific Director and Executive Vice President of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
[1] Taylor joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2004 as Assistant Professor of Neurology, where he established a research program investigating the molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease.
[1] In 2008, Taylor moved to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as Associate Member in the Department of Developmental Neurobiology.
[10] Taylor is also the founding director of the St. Jude Pediatric Translational Neuroscience Initiative,[5] a program that leverages the hospital's infrastructure in research and experimental therapeutics to develop cures for childhood neurological diseases.