Ms. Talley is the Principal Research Coordinator for UCLA/VA Center for Outcomes Research and Education. She joined the Center in August 2003, coming from North Carolina.

Ms. Talley completed her undergraduate degree (magna cum laude) at UNC-Charlotte. She received her Masters degree in Public Health with honors from UNC-Chapel Hill. She moved to the west coast to pursue a career in research as well as to eventually begin work on her Ph.D at UCLA.

Ms. Talley's primary research interests at Carolina were focused on comparing the effectiveness and net benefit of complementary and alternative therapies with traditional medical treatments.

She is currently working on a number of research studies focusing on quality of life issues for liver disease patients, health services for UGIH patients, a health literacy study aimed at improving colorectal cancer screening and education materials for veterans, as well as a number of other clinical studies.