Brian Taylor

Employment

• The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Associate Professor
  2020 - Present
• Virginia Commonwealth University Assistant Professor
  2018 - 2020
• Baylor College of Medicine Assistant Professor
  2012 - 2018
• Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center Medical Physicist
  2012 - 2018
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Postdoctoral Fellow
  2010 - 2012
• University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center Graduate Research Assistant
  2005 - 2010

Education

• University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston Doctor of Philosophy
  2005 - 2010
• Union University Bachelor of Science
  2001 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (65)

• Cortical and Subcortical Signatures of Incentive Salience Attribution in Tobacco Use Disorder.
  Addiction biology 2026 DOI: 10.1111/adb.70151
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• Reduced Whole-Brain Network Segregation and Dorsal Anterior-Cingulate Cortex Neurochemical Alterations in Chronic Smokers.
  Brain and behavior 2026 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.71391
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• Quantitative Dixon-Based PDFF and R2* Estimation and Optimization on MR-Simulation and MR-Linac Devices for the Pelvis and Head and Neck: A Prospective R-IDEAL Stage 0-2a Study
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.09.26347965
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• Technical Development and Implementation of 3D-QALAS on a 1.5T MR-Linac for the Brain: A Prospective R-IDEAL Stage 0/1 Technology Development Report
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.09.26347967
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• The Effects of External Laser Positioning Systems for MRI Simulation on Image Quality and Quantitative MRI Values
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.06.26347809
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• Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI using Gadopiclenol for Evaluation of Relative Cerebral Blood Volume at 3T: A Comparison with Gadobutrol.
  AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2026 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a9224
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• Toward data-driven surgical planning: multimodal mapping correlates of aphasic surgical deficits
  Journal of Neurosurgery 2026 DOI: 10.3171/2025.6.JNS242301
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• Characterizing electronic noise interference from the external laser positioning system on a radiation therapy MRI simulation scanner
  Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics 2026 DOI: 10.1002/acm2.70731
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• Simultaneous T1, T2, R2*, PDFF, and Triglyceride Composition Estimation in the Head and Neck Using Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting on a 1.5T MRI-Linear Accelerator Hybrid System: A Prospective R-IDEAL Stage 0/1 Study
  2025 DOI: 10.64898/2025.12.03.25341501
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• Attentional Bias Toward Emotional and Cigarette Cues: Insights from a Computer Mouse-Tracking Task in Smokers and Nonsmokers
  2025 DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/qry96_v1
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