Professor Taryn Young, Distinguished Professor at Stellenbosch University, has a driving passion to enhance the capacity to advance the conduct of and use of relevant research. She has experience in coordinating international and national collaborative projects which facilitate the use of best evidence in healthcare policy and practice. She leads the Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care and Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and led the Department of Global Health, at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.