Andrea K. Taylor,DrPH, MSPH

Dr. Andrea Kidd Taylor is an assistant professor at the Morgan State University (MSU) School of Community Health and Policy (SCHP) in Baltimore, Maryland.  She has more than 20 years experience in occupational and environmental health and safety.  Before joining the MSU faculty, Dr. Taylor served a five year term on the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), a board established under the Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990 to investigate chemical accidents at fixed facilities, an appointment that she received from President Clinton with confirmation by the U.S. Senate.  Prior to the CSB, she worked as an industrial hygienist and occupational health policy consultant for the United Auto Workers in Detroit, Michigan.  Dr. Taylor serves as a member of the Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition against the Misuse of Pesticides Advisory Board; and she has formerly served as a member of the U.S. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, and as a health representative on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH).  She has authored many publications, including articles that highlight minority workers, chemical safety, and disease and injury prevention.  Dr. Taylor was recently selected by the MSU-SCHP students to receive the Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching and advising.  Her research interests are occupational and environmental health and safety interventions and policies, indoor air quality in public schools, minority workers, and the prevention of environmental exposure to pests and pesticides.