Health Assessment and Translation
Kyla W. Taylor, Ph.D., is an epidemiologist in Integrative Health Assessment Branch at the Division of Translational Toxicology (DTT) at NIEHS. Taylor specializes in systematic review and hazard identification methodologies and serves as the program lead for DTT’s Consumer Products and Therapeutics Program. Taylor's research includes conducting systematic review and meta-analyses, advancing and harmonizing systematic review and evidence integration methodology, and developing class-based approaches for hazard assessment. Additionally, Taylor leads primary research on exposures to personal care products and their chemical constituents, investigating potential links to hormone-sensitive cancers and other health outcomes.
Taylor received her BA from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, her M.S. in Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her Ph.D. in Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Recent Publications
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Bommarito P, Taylor K, Rooney A, Addo K, Auerbach S, Blain R, Ferguson K, Gaston S, Hall S, Jackson C, Lemeris C, Silva R, Tracy W, Walker V, Howdeshell K. Systematic evidence map on the association between exposure to personal care products and fetal growth.
Environment international.
2026 Mar;209:110147.
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AbstractBommarito P, Taylor K, Rooney A, Addo K, Auerbach S, Blain R, Ferguson K, Gaston S, Hall S, Jackson C, Lemeris C, Silva R, Tracy W, Walker V, Howdeshell K. Systematic evidence map on the association between exposure to personal care products and fetal growth. Environment international. 2026 Mar
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Taylor K, Eftim S, Sibrizzi C, Blain R, Magnuson K, Hartman P, Bucher J, Rooney A. "Fluoride benefits and risks: Lessons from 70 years of water fluoridation in Singapore": Correspondence.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
2026 Feb 12;55(2):109-110.
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AbstractTaylor K, Eftim S, Sibrizzi C, Blain R, Magnuson K, Hartman P, Bucher J, Rooney A. "Fluoride benefits and risks: Lessons from 70 years of water fluoridation in Singapore": Correspondence. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 2026 Feb 12
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Taylor K, Eftim S, Sibrizzi C, Blain R, Magnuson K, Hartman P, Bucher J, Rooney A. Addressing Critiques of the Evidence Linking Fluoride and Children's IQ.
Annals of global health.
2025;91(1):83.
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AbstractTaylor K, Eftim S, Sibrizzi C, Blain R, Magnuson K, Hartman P, Bucher J, Rooney A. Addressing Critiques of the Evidence Linking Fluoride and Children's IQ. Annals of global health. 2025
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Lunn R, Clemons M, Blain R, Mahabir S, Mehta S, Rooney A, Singh A, Smith-Roe S, Taylor K, Tracy W, Zarco M, Fenton S. Identifying the known and unknown health hazard information for chemical disasters: a phased scoping review of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment.
Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology.
2025 Nov;35(6):888-906.
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AbstractLunn R, Clemons M, Blain R, Mahabir S, Mehta S, Rooney A, Singh A, Smith-Roe S, Taylor K, Tracy W, Zarco M, Fenton S. Identifying the known and unknown health hazard information for chemical disasters: a phased scoping review of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment. Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology. 2025 Nov
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Taylor K, Eftim S, Rooney A. Concerns About Data and Analyses Used in Assessing Fluoride Exposure and Children's IQ Scores-Reply.
JAMA pediatrics.
2025 May 12 [Epub ahead of print].
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AbstractTaylor K, Eftim S, Rooney A. Concerns About Data and Analyses Used in Assessing Fluoride Exposure and Children's IQ Scores-Reply. JAMA pediatrics. 2025 May 12
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