Taylor Burkholder, MD, MPH

Taylor Burkholder is an associate professor of clinical emergency medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) and the Director of Academic Programs at the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health. He teaches courses on pre-departure training and the responsible, ethical practice of global health to graduate and medical students.

Taylor’s research interests include health service delivery interventions in low- and middle-income countries (primarily Liberia, Zambia, and South Africa), as well as health and human rights and the governance of access to emergency care globally. His work includes a KL2-funded, implementation science–based evaluation of the WHO Emergency Care Toolkit.

Taylor has held numerous roles on the GEMA Executive Committee—including treasurer, IT, grants and development, and resident representative.