Brittany Taylor, PhD
Director, Neurodiversity Lab, Boys Town National Research Hospital
Assistant Clinical Professor, Creighton UniversityPostdoctoral Fellow – University of Nebraska Medical Center (2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow – Boys Town National Research Hospital (2018)
PhD – Applied Developmental Sciences, Colorado State University (2017)
MS – Family and Developmental Sciences, Colorado State University (2014)
BS – Psychology: Mind, Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Colorado State University (2012)
Brittany Taylor, PhD, is the Director of the Neurodiversity Laboratory at the Institute for Human Neuroscience. Dr. Taylor is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist with over a decade of training in multiple brain imaging methods including MEG, MRI, and EEG, as well as advanced statistical modeling techniques. Using this compilation of tools and skills, Dr. Taylor’s work seeks to map the complex interplay of environment, brain, and behavior across child and adolescent development. To date, Dr. Taylor has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications.
Dr. Taylor's research interests span a wide range of individual differences that contribute to brain structure and function, and ultimately shape cognition and behavior in development. Her portfolio of research includes age- and sex-related changes in neurophysiological functioning, the impact of pubertal hormones on developmental trajectories, exploration of the unique and combined effects of diverse psychological symptoms on brain structure ranging from subclinical-to-clinical levels, and more recently, the effects of environmental toxins and biological mechanisms of inflammation on neurophysiology. Ultimately, Dr. Taylor's work seeks to understand the intricate web of individual differences that contribute to unique patterns of neurodevelopment. She is currently studying how common environmental toxins, like radon, impact brain structure and function, and ultimately shape cognition and behavior in youth.
