About
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Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Bioinformatics & Data Science
Director of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Emergency Medicine
Biography
Andrew Taylor MD, MHS is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Emergency Medicine, and Biostatistics at Yale, where he founded and leads the Yale Interdisciplinary AI & Medicine Lab (Y-IAML).
Y-IAML is a pioneering collaborative research group dedicated to advancing the field of AI in Medicine through a unique cross-disciplinary approach focused on harmoniously blending AI with healthcare delivery. Y-IAML brings together experts in design, cognitive science, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence, implementation science, ethics/philosophy, and decision theory to develop innovative AI solutions that are not only technically robust but also ethically informed and practically implementable. By bridging the gap between diverse fields of study, Dr. Taylor and his team aim to create AI technologies that are deeply attuned to the complexities of healthcare, focusing on patient-centered outcomes and transformative healthcare solutions. Dr. Taylor's goal is to lead the way in interdisciplinary AI research, fostering a new era of healthcare innovation that is inclusive, effective, and profoundly impactful.
Dr. Taylor's work is generously supported by a diverse group of funding agencies including multiple NIH Institutes (NIDA, NIA, NIMDH, NLM), AHRQ, SIDM, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as well as industry partnerships.
Dr. Taylor earned his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Mississippi. He completed medical school at Emory University School of Medicine and Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Connecticut. Most recently he completed fellowships in point-of-care ultrasound and Masters in Health Science with an informatics focus from Yale University. He lives in Durham with his wife and four kids.
Appointments
Biomedical Informatics & Data Science
Associate Professor on TermFully JointEmergency Medicine
Associate Professor on TermFully JointBiostatistics
Associate Professor on TermSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Biomedical Informatics & Data Science
- Biostatistics
- Center for Biomedical Data Science
- Center for Medical Informatics
- Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics
- Emergency Medicine
- Emergency Medicine York Street Campus Faculty
- Safdar Lab
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Medicine
- Yale School of Public Health
Education & Training
- MHS
- Yale University School of Medicine (2015)
- Informatics Fellowship
- Yale University School of Medicine (2015)
- Ultrasound Fellowship
- Yale University School of Medicine (2011)
- MD
- Emory University (2007)
Research
Academic Achievements and Community Involvement
Clinical Care
Overview
Richard Andrew Taylor, MD, MHS, is an emergency medicine physician who says he was drawn to his specialty because of its variety.
“I knew I liked too many things and what I love about emergency medicine is that it’s always new,” Dr. Taylor says. “You get to see every aspect of human life. You see people at their happiest and saddest moments and all the emotional states in between, plus every possible condition in medicine.”
Realizing that a trip to the emergency department can be scary for patients, Dr. Taylor says he remains calm and takes the time to give patients a picture of what’s going on. “I explain what their medical condition might mean, what possible outcomes are and answer any questions they have,” he says. “I want them to understand what the next steps are and what they need to know if they are being admitted or discharged.”
Dr. Taylor’s research interests focus on applying artificial intelligence and data science to solve problems in emergency medicine. This includes using machine learning (a branch of artificial intelligence) to predict future trends and outcomes, natural language processing to analyze text, and computer vision to process biomedical imaging.
The emergency room, Dr. Taylor says, is a natural fit for the the continuing advances being made in data sciences. “It is a fast-paced, high-volume setting where decisions have to made quickly,” he says. “Some of these technologies have the potential to improve care and reduce the cognitive burden.”
Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Emergency Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Emergency Medicine
- Latest Certification Date
- 2022
- Original Certification Date
- 2011
Links & Media
News
- June 18, 2024
Yale EM has prodigious showing at SAEM24
- June 13, 2024
Taylor and Scottish Partners Receive ÂŁ1 Million for Palliative Care Research
- June 12, 2024Source: Yale New Haven Health
Yale New Haven Health and Yale University celebrate Innovation Awards
- January 23, 2024
Yale Emergency Physicians Pioneer Transformative Data-to-Action Infrastructure Powering Evidence-Based Care for Opioid Use Disorder