Archive—Events 2023
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute hosts regular seminars where our scientists and collaborators present their research findings.
All are welcome.
2023 seminars and events
October 17, 2023
Health Equity Research in the Era of Mass Incarceration
4:00-4:55pm
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The views expressed in the seminars and events hosted by KPWHRI do not necessarily reflect those of Kaiser Permanente
Speaker: Laura Hawks (she/her), MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor, primary care doctor, and health equity researcher at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI. She completed residency at Yale Internal Medicine Primary Care and received her Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has been studying the intersection criminal legal involvement on health since she was a medical student and has clinical experience working at the Transitions Clinic, a post-incarceration clinic as well as Cambridge Healthcare for the Homeless. She has established a primary care-based addiction medicine program within her academic primary care clinic at Froedtert. Her current work, funded by a K23 career development grant from NIDDK, is based in Milwaukee and aims to help patients returning from incarceration with diabetes achieve and maintain control of their illness.
Summary
This presentation will review the epidemiology of incarceration in the United States, how it relates to health outcomes, and undermines efforts to achieve health equity. It will finish by summarizing several ongoing research and advocacy opportunities to improve health outcomes for this marginalized population.
September 19, 2023
eGFR and Race-based Clinical Algorithms
4:00-4:55pm
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The views expressed in the seminars and events hosted by KPWHRI do not necessarily reflect those of Kaiser Permanente
Speaker: Sarah Sanghavi (she/her), Clinical Associate Professor, University of Washington, is a nephrologist and critical care physician who practices at Harborview Medical Center and the Puget Sound VA. She directs the renal physiology course for the University of Washington School of Medicine and is core faculty for the UW Internal Medicine Residency Program. She is a sub-investigator for VA Cooperative Trials.
Summary
Race-based clinical algorithms permeate our medical system and perpetuate the myth that race is a biological risk factor for disease. This presentation uses the example of eGFR to examine the research behind race-based algorithms. The aim of the presentation is to engage in discussion about moving beyond these oversimplified and flawed concepts.
March 7, 2023
Data Sharing and Pragmatic Clinical Trials: Navigating Ethical Challenges in a Changing Policy Landscape
12:00-12:55pm
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The views expressed in the seminars and events hosted by KPWHRI do not necessarily reflect those of Kaiser Permanente
Speaker: Stephanie Morain (she/her), Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Health Policy & Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and core faculty of the Berman Institute of Bioethics, is a bioethics and health policy researcher who conducts empirical and normative analyses to inform emerging ethical issues in biomedical research and in public health.
Summary
Numerous arguments have been advanced for broadly sharing de-identified, participant-level clinical trials data, yet data sharing in pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs) presents a range of ethical challenges. Example challenges include: the use of waivers or alterations of informed consent for some PCTs; the potential for data sharing in PCTs to present risks not only for individual patient-subjects, but also for health systems and the clinicians within them; and enhanced reidentification risks due to the use of extant data. This presentation will integrate policy analysis with qualitative data from key stakeholders to highlight the limitations of existing data sharing policies and guidance when applied to PCTs.
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