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)