Director of Clinical Research
Dr. Tally received his doctoral degree in Human
Development at the University of California, Irvine, and his M.A. in
Experimental Psychology from San Diego State University. Dr. Tally’s
interests and areas of specialization include cross-cultural
differences in socio-emotional states, instrument and scale validation,
and health care utilization in elderly populations.
As Senior Project Manager at HSRC, he has managed multiple
collaborative projects. This includes a lead role managing all
reporting efforts on the San Diego County Adult and Older Adult Mental
Health System Data Analysis and Monitoring Evaluation. As part of this
reporting and evaluative effort, Dr. Tally supervises the analysis,
compilation, and production of annual system-wide utilization and
evaluation reports, analysis and reporting on multiple source mental
health consumer satisfaction data, and other ad-hoc and routine
reporting necessary and required as part of the project. The project
requires the use and analysis of data from a variety of diverse sources,
including the county medical information system, the California State
Full Service Partnership Data Collection and Reporting System, survey
data, and data obtained through qualitative techniques. Dr. Tally has
also managed other evaluation projects for Behavioral Medicine and
Quality of Life research studies and projects.
Dr. Tally has previously worked as a statistical and methodological
consultant in the private sector and served as research director and
senior statistician for a national survey research firm.