Taylor J. Robinson, MPH, PhDc is MACDC’s new Health Equity Intern. Her work supports the planning and implementation of MACDC’s Housing Quality and Health Equity Initiative.  

Taylor is currently a doctoral candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she studies the intersection of housing, environment, and sleep health through the lens of social epidemiology. As a T32 trainee in Sleep, Circadian, and Respiratory Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School, her research interrogates how neighborhood environments, housing conditions, and environmental exposures shape sleep quality in Boston and the wider U.S. population. Her dissertation leverages Fitbit data and indoor temperature measurements to inform community-driven policy solutions.  

Prior to her doctoral training, Taylor earned her MPH in Epidemiology and her BA in Communications and Applied Statistics from the University of Pittsburgh. She has previously worked as a Rappaport Public Policy Fellow at the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities. Her commitment to housing justice and health advancement is also reflected in her work with the NIH, the CDC, the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, and Harvard’s FXB Center for Health and Human Rights. In her free time, you can find her at a local Boston theatre, in the garden, or attempting a new Southern style recipe!  

MACDC hosted a free webinar for homeowners on how to identify and address lead paint in their homes or rental units they own on Thursday May 1st. The webinar featured speakers from the MA Department of Public Health, local rehabilitation agencies, lenders, and others. The need for this webinar came out of our Community Engagement work in Gateway Cities as part of our Housing Quality and Health Equity Initiative. You can check out the recording of the webinar here. Please feel free to share with your networks!