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Jane B. Taylor, MD, MsCR, FAAP

  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Taylor attended medical school at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She then went on to complete a pediatric residency at the Monroe Carrol Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and a pediatric pulmonology fellowship at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine. Taylor began her practice in pediatric pulmonology at Children’s Mercy Kansas City (CMKC) and was there for almost ten years (2009 – 2019). During this time, she completed her master’s in clinical research from the University of Kansas and collaborated with the center for infant and pulmonary disorders on multiple collaborative large database projects. Taylor also served as the CMKC center primary investigator for the national childhood interstitial lung disease (ChILD) prospective database and the local pediatric primary investigator for the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Center (ALA-ACRC) in Kansas City. She joined UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in July of 2019 to be closer to family. 

Taylor currently serves on the board for the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research (MWSPR), is the pediatric web director for The American Thoracic Society (ATS), and a board member of the regional Western PA/West Virginia chapter of the American Lung Association. Taylor has a passion for pulmonary management in children with neuromuscular disorders and participated as the pulmonary medical director in the multidisciplinary muscular dystrophy clinic in Kansas City and is currently the Pulmonary Liaison for the UPMC-CHP multidisciplinary pediatric MDA clinic.  She currently sits on the medical advisory council for CureSMA and is an active participant with Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD).

Taylor continues to be a strong advocate for resident and fellow education. Through her appointment as the pediatric web director for the ATS, she supervises, organizes and moderates pediatric journal club and podcast content. She is also the editor of the bi-monthly ATS pediatric pulmonary and sleep case conference series as well as a pediatric sub-editor for the ATS pediatric quick hits cases. 

Professional and Scientific Society Memberships

  • American Medical Association, 2001-2004 
  • American Academy of Pediatrics, 2009-Present  
  • American Thoracic Society, 2009-Present 
  • Midwest Society of Pediatric Research, 2015-Present 
  • American Lung Association, 2015-Present 

Education & Training

  • BA, Biology, Carleton College, 1999
  • MD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 2003
  • Residency in Pediatrics, Monroe Carrol Jr Children’s Hospital, 2003-2006
  • Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, 2006-2009
  • MS, Clinical Research, University of Kansas School of Public Health, 2011-2013

Selected Publications

Dai H, Ingram D, Taylor JB.  Hierarchical and Mediation Analysis of Disparities in Very Short Sleep among Sexual Minority Youth in the U.S., 2019.  Behavioral Sleep Medicine. Accepted 4/10/2019. Manuscript ID HBSM-2018-0094.R4. 

Nyp MF, Taylor JB, Petralia A, Osgood A, Norberg M, Weatherly R, Truog WE, Manimtim W.  Acute Post-Tracheostomy Clinical Decompensations in Infants – Are There Predictive Markers?  Am J of Perinatology. 2018; 35(12): 1206-1212. Pubmed PMID: 29702711

Akangire G, Manimtin W, Nyp M, Noel-MacDonnell J, Kays A, Truog W and Taylor JB. Clinical Outcomes between Diagnostic Subgroups of Infants with Severe BPD through 2 Years of Age. Am J of Perinatology. 2018. 35: 1376-1387. PMID: 29852508. 

Akangire G, Manimtim W, Nyp M, Townley N, Dai H, Norberg M and Taylor JB.  Factors leading to rehospitalization for tracheostomized and ventilator-dependent infants through 2 years of life. J Perinatol.  2017; 37: 857-863. PMID: 28425979 

Taylor JB, Go MA, Nyp M, Legino J, Norberg M, Dai H, Truog W.  Rehospitalization in Infants Born < 29 weeks Gestation during the First 2 Years of Life: Risk Assessment.  Am J of Perinatol.  2016; 33: 24-33. Pubmed PMID: 26084750 

Michael Nyp, J. Taylor, L. Gratny, C. Lachica, W. Manimtim, H. Escobar, S.Olsen, A. Khmour, M. Norberg, O. Oluola, A. Oshodi, W. Truog.  Impaired Growth at Birth and BPD Classification: Beyond Small for Gestational Age.  Am J of Perinatol. 2014; 32(1): 75-82. Pubmed PMID: 24839148 

Taylor JB, Nyp MF, Norberg M, Dai H, Escobar H, Ellerbeck E, Truog WE. Impact of Intercurrent Respiratory Infections on Lung Health in Infants Born < 29 Weeks with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. J of Perinatol. 2014; 34: 223-228.  Pubmed PMID: 24335997 

Truog WE, Nyp MF, Taylor JB, Gratny LL, Escobar H, Manimtim WM, Lachica CL, Khmour A, Oluola OO, Oshodi AA, Norberg M, Dai H, and Pallotto EK.  Infants born at <29 weeks: pulmonary outcomes from a hybrid perinatal system.  J Perinatol. 2014; 34(1): 59-63.  Pubmed PMID:  24135708 

Taylor JB, Hogue LA, LiPuma JJ, Walter MJ, Brody SL, Cannon CL. Entry of Burkholderia organisms into respiratory epithelium: CFTR, microfilament and microtubule dependence. J Cyst Fibros. 2010; 9: 36-43.  Pubmed PMID:  19914879 

Li Y, Hindi K, Watts KM, Taylor JB, Zhang K, Li Z, Hunstad DA, Cannon CL, Youngs WJ, Wooley KL. Shell crosslinked nanoparticles carrying silver antimicrobials as therapeutics. Chem Comm. 2010; 46: 121-123.  Pubmed PMID: 20024313 

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