• Our History and Impacts

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  • Our Mission

    KPWHRI improves health, well-being, and health equity for our members and all communities through collaborative research and evaluation.

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  • Our Research

    Discovering what works best for health and health care.

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Welcome to Kaiser Permanente Washington
Health Research Institute

We discover ways to prevent illness and improve treatment.
We're making health and health care better for everyone.


Research

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ACT Study contributes to understanding Alzheimer’s disease in brain cells

Mapping the disease at the cellular level identifies possible new treatment targets.

Research

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Linking financial and public records with health care data to help predict suicide risk

New study reveals people find linkage acceptable if data is protected.

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Supporting young adults through cancer and beyond

A potential new care model for young cancer survivors centers patient needs, support networks.


Our research

We study health and health care as it happens in everyday settings by everyday people, producing results that are built to work in the real world. We share our results in the public domain to benefit people everywhere.