She received her B.A. from Stanford University, her M.P.H. from the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, and her Ph.D. in health policy with a concentration in bioethics from the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. Before pursuing her doctoral degree, Dr. Taylor was a presidential management intern with the Department of Health and Human Services and spent two years rotating through AIDS-related policy positions at the National AIDS Program Office, National Commission on