Summary
Taya Kohnen received her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus with an emphasis in health systems, management and policy. Throughout the course of her graduate studies she worked as a population health project manager at a large family medicine clinic in Northern Colorado. In this role she developed internal data-driven processes to improve the delivery of clinical primary care services. She also worked closely with Colorado Medicaid and other private payors to ensure the implementation of best practices and a patient-centered care model. Between working in Colorado and moving to Nevada, Taya was living in the Republic of Kosovo where she interned at the national Ministry of Health. After three months there, she took a job at a local NGO, Kosovo Women’s Network, where she researched and co-authored a report about available funding for women’s civil society organizations in the Western Balkans.
Selected written works
Kohnen, T. 2019. Primary Care Patient Enrollment in Eastern Europe: A Comparative Literature Review & Recommendations, Republic of Kosovo Ministry of Health, Division of Primary Health Care.
Farnsworth, N., Kohnen, T, Guri, N., & Morina, D., 2019. Where is the Money for Women’s Rights: Funding Trends in the Western Balkans. Kosovo Women’s Network.
Kohnen, T., 2018. Increasing Behavioral Intention, Retention & Participation: Effective Texting Strategies for the Colorado WIC Program. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Nutrition Services Branch.
House Bill 20-124, HD1. 2018. To authorize and establish expedited partner therapy for certain sexually transmitted infections. Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, Commonwealth Health Center OPERATING POLICY: Sliding Fee Scale Program. 2017.