Joshua Taliaferro
Hospital Resident
Josh's PhD thesis focused on studying the representational principles of spatial working memory encoding in the prefrontal cortex. He is on the executive board of the Columbia Black and Latino Student Organization, was wellness representative on the medical student council, and was a fellow in the Columbia Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. He is a member of Neuwrite, which consists of quarterly interdisciplinary meetings that bring together scientists, journalists, and writers to workshop materials with scientific content. He has had several mentorship and teaching roles. He enjoys distance running, cycling, classical piano, and many other activities.
MD/PhD: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Undergraduate: Princeton University