Tam O'Black

Vice President, Compliance, Quality & Regulatory

Tam serves as the vice president of compliance, quality, and regulatory at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. In this high-impact leadership position, Tam oversees the necessary processes, systems, and infrastructure that serve MHIF. She has deep experience in the areas of compliance, quality, contracting, and research operations.

With a law degree from William Mitchell, Tam previously held positions as director of research at Park Nicollet and St. Paul Heart and as institutional review board director at Park Nicollet. During a consulting practice, Tam was involved as a special consultant for the University of Minnesota’s Human Research Protection Program in 2016 and 2017 and has provided compliance, contracting, and operations advice to startups, health systems, universities, and industry.

Tam lives in Hopkins, Minn., has a grown son, and enjoys kayaking.

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The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation® (MHIF) strives to create a world without heart and vascular disease. To achieve this bold vision, we are dedicated to improving the cardiovascular health of individuals and communities through innovative research and education.

Thanks to the generosity of donors like you, we can continue this life-saving work. Please make a gift to support the area of greatest need.

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Please make a heartfelt gift of any size to support the research and education happening at MHIF! Thanks to a generous donor, all gifts through December 31st will be matched up to $25,000 – doubling your impact! When you give this year, you will offer solutions and hope to the people most important to us all – parents, grandparents, family members and friends.

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