About Us

 

• The Technology Applications Center for Healthful Lifestyles (TACHL) is a South Carolina Health Sciences Center of Economic Excellence
• It was launched in 2010 in the College of Nursing at MUSC with the recruitment of Dr. Frank Treiber as its Founding Director
• The mission of TACHL is to leverage technology to improve population health
• Most of our initiatives focus on improving access and/or quality of evidence-based care; we achieve this by developing, testing, and disseminating digital innovations that foster health promotion, disease prevention, and health care management
• Our initiatives also prioritize innovations that enhance health equity and aim to reduce health disparities and health care disparities
• We have a long history of partnership with technology teams in the Charleston tri-county area as well as innovation leaders across campus and in the Carolinas
• TACHL also provides consultation and mentorship relating to the development, evaluation, and commercialization of digital health solutions for individuals, worksites, community groups, and health care provider networks through multi-institutional collaborations. This includes:
  • Serving as formal mentors on numerous career development awards funded by the National Institutes of Health (e.g., K23, F31, T32, P20)
  • Leading and providing active consultation on research grants (e.g., NIH, Department of Defense, Veterans Administration)
  • Leading and providing consultation on services grants and foundation awards (e.g., Department of Homeland Security, The Duke Endowment, South Carolina Telehealth Alliance, Office for Victims of Crime)
  • Serving as a liaison to innovation teams (e.g., telehealth, development teams, tech transfer office)