Ruth A. Taylor

Ruth Taylor is the coordinator for the Center for the Study of Healthcare Management at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University. Taylor has extensive experience in progam implementation, project management of studies of chronic illness management initiatives in clinical settings, and coordination of both national and local outcomes studies. She is a member of an Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the protection of human subjects in research and sits on the Advisory Committee for a local healthcare system’s three IRBs. Ms. Taylor has collaborated with Dr. Christianson on several projects and publications focusing on the management of chronic illness in healthcare organizations.