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Tahoe Institute for Rural Health Research
The Tahoe Institute for Rural Health Research (TIRHR) was created in August 2009 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation of the Tahoe Forest Hospital District. The TIRHR mission is to create an environment in which practitioners, scientists, and industry leaders collaborate to address relevant healthcare questions through the application of rigorous research methodology to produce innovative solutions that can be integrated into rural health care delivery settings. The TIRHR includes the expertise of physicians, nurses, scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, and other related fields through its current collaborations with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Biophotonics at the University of California, Davis (UCD). Also contributing to the endeavors of the Research Institute are the UCD Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UCD Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, UCD Innovations Center, UCD Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC), and the UCD Departments of Engineering and Nutrition.
The President of the Institute is Thomas Hobday, an active community volunteer and retired Assistant Dean of UC Davis for Health Systems Development. The Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) is James Hood, PhD. Dr. Hood has over 38 years of experience in the development, manufacture and sales of high technology electronic equipment and systems with twenty years of general management responsibilities. The TIRHR Board of Directors consists of 10 members that are affiliated with Tahoe Forest Health System (TFHS), UCD Clinical & Translational Science Center, the NSF Center for Biophotonics UC Davis, Truckee/Tahoe community business leaders, and the Chairman of the Health Committee of the National Football League Retired Players Association.
The TIRHR is currently staffed by interested community volunteers with minimal financial support from TFHS. Although in its infancy, the TIRHR is well positioned to conduct high quality community-based research focusing on the unique barriers to optimal healthcare delivery in a geographically remote, mountainous region. The Institute has had several promising medical needs presented to them by local physicians, and there are more yet to be provided by other front line providers.
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