About Us

We use science and technology to develop innovative products to advance health and well-being.

Creating Digital Health Innovations

Award-Winning

Woman-Owned

Small Business

Grounded in Science

We are a team of research and social scientists, health educators, instructional designers, and web, mobile game, and app developers. Our passion for innovation drives our unique applications of cutting-edge and classic technologies for health, education, prevention, and behavior change. We are a leader in creating transformative products that empower professionals and improve health and education.


Our work has been funded and tested through the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Education (ED), National Science Foundation (NSF), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and includes award-winning, patented, digital health and learning solutions.

We Value

Co-Creation

We partner with community members to inform our work and co-create.

Equity

We prioritize underserved populations to advance health equity.

Science

We ground our work in science and evaluate our products.

Creativity

We create and identify the best technology for the desired results.

Leadership Team

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Regina Firpo-Triplett, MPH, MCHES, CNC

Founding Principal

“I love being part of a fun, passionate, and brilliant team developing innovative and impactful resources.”


Regina co-founded dfusion with ETR after her tenure with the non-profit. Her passions include skills-based training, sexual and reproductive health, parent education, and working with vulnerable populations. As Principal Investigator for a dozen research and development studies funded by NIH and the CDC, Regina developed, evaluated, and offered trainings for science-based programs for youth and providers in schools, CBOs, clinics, homeless shelters, and juvenile justice arenas. She has also directed Adaptation Guidance Projects for the CDC and the Federal Office of Adolescent Health. Regina earned her Master of Public Health and her Bachelor of Science in Biology from Cal State University Northridge and Loyola Marymount University, respectively.

Tamara Kuhn, MA

CEO

“At dfusion, science doesn’t just live in academia or (metaphorically) dusty journals. I love that every day I get to actively apply research and science and fuse it with technology to build products that are impacting people’s health.”

 

Tamara is an experienced social scientist specializing in the design and programming of health and behavioral science-related technology. In addition to directing or programming over 35 federally funded small business innovation research projects, she has served as Principal Investigator or Co-PI for more than 30 NIH funded studies using technology to improve health outcomes through translational research. These efforts have included developing mobile apps, responsive web sites, online trainings, clinical databases, large scale data sets, and data management systems. She has served as Vice President at multiple research organizations prior to becoming dfusion’s CEO. Tamara was in the doctoral program at and earned her Masters’ degree in Sociology from Stanford University.