Amy Taylor is the Director - Clinical Research for Non-Oncology at Mercy Research, one of the nation’s largest fully integrated, community health system-based research organizations. She has 13 years of experience as a Director, Clinical Manager, Clinical Research Coordinator and Emergency Medical Technician. Her 10 years of research experience includes areas of clinical research operations, leadership, pharmaceutical and medical device research, as well as site budgets primarily in Phase II-IV clinical trials and investigator-initated studies. Amy has served as a member, chair, and now sponsor of the Mercy Research Mission Team. She holds a BS in cell and molecular biology, with minors in chemistry and psychology, from Missouri State University, and an Executive MBA with honors from Quantic School of Business and Technology.