Dr. Taylor is Harvard trained and is internationally recognized for her research in skin of color. She is the director of the first-of-its kind Skin of Color Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, NYC. She is chair of the Women's Task Force and a member of the Health Care Delivery Committee and the Minority Student Mentors Program for the American Academy of Dermatology. In May of this year, Amistad Publishing (Harper Collins) published a trade bok entitled BROWN SKIN: DR. SUSAN TAYLOR'S PRESCRIPTION FOR FLAWLESS KING HAIR AND NAILS.