Taryn Young

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Taryn Young
Born1972 (age 5051)
NationalitySouth African
Alma mater MB ChB, MMed University of Cape Town
PhD Stellenbosch University
Scientific career
Fields Public Health
Epidemiology
Institutions Stellenbosch University
Thesis Development of a best practice model for teaching and learning evidence-based health care at Stellenbosch University  (2015)

Taryn Young is the Director of the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care and Head of the Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Stellenbosch University. [1] She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. [2] Professor Young has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed scholarly articles. [3] Her research has focused on summarising and interpreting medical research. [4]

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References

  1. "Young, Taryn | IAMP". www.iamp-online.org. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. "Members". www.assaf.org.za. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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  4. pubmeddev. "Taryn Young Cochrane - PubMed - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 4 January 2018.