Melissa Tarasenko

Dr. Melissa Tarasenko is the Evaluation Lead for the SDSU HealthLINK Center. She is primarily involved in establishing and refining processes for measuring the impact and innovation of Center products, along with implementation, engagement, and satisfaction across Center Cores and projects. She participates in the Evaluation Consortium for the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Network, focusing on projects such as standardizing evaluation practices for 21 RCMI sites across the country – including the HealthLINK Center – and characterizing the overall impact of the RCMI Network on minority health and health disparities research. She received a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has over fifteen years of experience with mental health research and program evaluation.