Taylor White

Taylor is a PhD student in the GMB program at Emory and joined us in Jan 2024. She earned her bachelor's in genetics and biochemistry from Georgia State University in 2020. After working for a short time in industry, she moved back to academia as a research specialist in the cardiology division of the school of medicine at Emory in June 2021. Her research focused on deciphering the role of the small molecule Poldip2 in the endothelial barrier, specifically in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2. She was promoted to a lab manager in the same lab before returning to school to start her PhD. Although her work has previously been in cardiology, her research interests lie in genetics. Specifically, she is interested in uncovering novel connections between genetics and neurological diseases and disorders, such as attention deficit and hyperactive disorder, schizophrenia, and autism. In the future, Taylor hopes to become a PI and conduct genetic research in her own lab. In her free time, Taylor enjoys role playing and puzzle video games, one of her many crafting hobbies, hanging out with her friends, and playing with/training her pet rats.