Taryn McCoy

Taryn McCoy is an accomplished healthcare professional currently serving as the Global Health Coordinator at Belmont University, where responsibilities include designing curricula for health students, cultivating international partnerships, securing funding for global health initiatives, and creating cross-cultural care opportunities. Additionally, Taryn works as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Siloam Health, providing primary care to uninsured, predominantly immigrant populations with chronic health conditions. Previous experience includes roles as a Registered Nurse at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Houston Methodist, with a strong focus on pediatric and adult multi-organ transplant care. Taryn holds two master's degrees from Vanderbilt University – one in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner and another in Theological Studies with a focus on Global Health – along with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Taryn has been recognized as Nurse Humanitarian of the Year in 2020 and is a founder and leader of a humanitarian task force dedicated to community service.