Erika Moore Taylor

Erika Moore Taylor is an American biomedical engineer, scientist, assistant professor,^[1] "Forbes 30 under 30 honoree,"^[2][3][4] financial advisor, and the founder of a scholarship program that has been featured on CNBC.^[5][6][7]

Biography

In 2013, Erika received a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2018, she went on to obtain a Doctor of Philosophy in biomedical engineering at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She returned to Johns Hopkins University in 2018 and remained there as a Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow until 2020. Taylor currently works as an assistant professor^[8][2] in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering^[9] at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She "specializes in the use of biomaterials to alter the immune response of the body.”^[10] She is aiming in particular to discover "applications for the autoimmune disorder lupus."^[3]

Distinctions

Taylor has earned many distinctions. Here is a selection of them:

• 2017 Duke University Board of Trustees - Graduate Young Trustee^[1]
• 2017 MIT Rising Stars in Biomedical Engineering and Science^[1]
• 2018 Duke University Department of Biomedical Engineering - BME Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation^[1]
• 2021 Duke University Center of Exemplary Mentoring (UCEM) Research Summit - Keynote Speaker^[11]

Awards and honors

Taylor's track record of obtaining numerous scholarships, fellowships, and endowments is quite remarkable. Here are just a sampling of her winnings:^[1]

• 2009 Johns Hopkins University - Hodson-Gilliam Success Scholar
• 2012 U.N.C.F./Merck Science Initiative - U.N.C.F./Merck Undergraduate Research Fellowship
• 2013 Ford Foundation Fellowship^[9]
• 2013 The Graduate School of Duke University - Dean's Graduate Fellowship
• 2013 The Graduate School of Duke University - James B. Duke Fellowship
• 2013 National Science Foundation - NSF Graduate Research Fellow
• Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at UF - Rhines Rising Star Larry Hench Professorship^[10]

Societies

• Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society^[1]

Publications

Taylor has published many academic works including:

• CD45+ Cells Present Within Mesenchymal Stem Cell Populations Affect Network Formation of Blood-Derived Endothelial Outgrowth Cells

Erica B. Peters, Nicolas Christoforou, Erika Moore, Jennifer L. West, and George A. Truskey - BioResearch Open Access, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2015)^[12]

• Tumor Necrosis Factor Improves Vascularization in Osteogenic Grafts Engineered with Human Adipose-Derived Stem/Stromal Cells

Daphne L. Hutton, Renu Kondragunta, Erika Moore, Ben P. Hung, Xiaofeng Jia, Warren L. Grayson (2014)^[13]

• Platelet-Derived Growth Factor and Spatiotemporal Cues Induce Development of Vascularized Bone Tissue by Adipose-Derived Stem Cells

Daphne L. Hutton, Erika M. Moore, Jeffrey M. Gimble, and Warren L. Grayson - Tissue Engineering Part A Vol. 19, No. 17-18 (2013)^[14]

• Vascular morphogenesis of adipose-derived stem cells is mediated by heterotypic cell-cell interactions

Daphne L Hutton, Elizabeth A Logsdon, Erika M Moore, Feilim Mac Gabhann, Jeffrey M Gimble, Warren L Grayson - Tissue Eng Part A (2012)^[15]

• Cost-effective therapeutic hypothermia treatment device for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Kim J, Buchbinder N, Ammanuel S, Kim R, Moore E, O'Donnell N, Lee J, Kulikowicz E, Acharya S, Lee R, Johnston M (2013)^[16]