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Tamara Tasseff is a full-time PhD student at Idaho State University, School of Nursing. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Learning and has served in various leadership and consultant roles. As a natural systems thinker and life-long learner, Tamara has worked to apply lessons learned from other industries directly to quality improvement, new program development, and healthcare transformation. Tamara is a 2015-2016 GATE Scholar and is a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society. Her research interests include rural veterans and concurrent palliative care. Tamara has been associated with the military and veterans in various capacities for thirty years. She and her husband, a retired U.S. Navy veteran, reside in rural, western South Dakota.