Taryn Young | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 53–54) |
| Education | MB ChB, MMed University of Cape Town PhD Stellenbosch University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Public Health Epidemiology |
| Workplaces | 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. She is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa. Professor Young has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed scholarly articles. Her research has focused on summarising and interpreting medical research.