Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research News Archive 2023

NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 2023

• Increasing opioid use disorder treatment in primary care
• Can preventing hearing loss reduce dementia risk?
• HIV/AIDS research advances through Pamela Shaw's work
• Training scientists to transform health care
• Practice makes perfect:
  Quitting smoking may take more than 1 try​​​​​​

OCTOber 2023

• New numbers could help diagnose and treat a common, complex condition
• New grant boosts research on cardiovascular disease
• Kaiser Permanente expands gun violence prevention work
• Stand up for your health!

September 2023

• Understanding the needs of people seeking care for substance use
• Is medical use of cannabis as risky as nonmedical use?
• Resistant E. coli rises despite drop in ciprofloxacin use
• Patient partners: A missing ingredient at conferences?

July – August 2023

• Some adolescents are more likely to use patient portal than others
• Digital tool could help people change smoking habits
• Meet KPWHRI’s collaborative scientists
• KPWHRI research highlighted at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting

June 2023

• Researchers gather to address critical topics in aging and dementia
• Latino families inform training for caregivers of people with dementia
• Traumatic brain injury raises risk of brain atrophy
• Better tools for assessing substance use disorder

May 2023

• Improving and advancing mental health care
• Using long-term data to understand a vulnerable population
• How do you make sense of a mountain of evidence?
• Seattle's Sweetened Beverage Tax linked to improved public health outcomes

• Finding clues to dementia and Alzheimer’s

April 2023

• Simpler models to identify suicide risk perform similarly to more complex ones
• Clinical trial will evaluate mpox vaccine for adolescents
• What motivates Yates Coley’s work to build equitable prediction models?
• 15 tips for cutting back on alcohol

MARCH 2023

• For Women's History Month: Q&A with scientific leaders
• Better care for patients who drink alcohol
• Researchers present, connect at annual conference
• Using texting, stories to increase screening for colorectal cancer

FEBRUARY 2023

• Improving cancer prevention and early detection
• Helping more patients get screened for cervical cancer
• 2022 annual report
• What's new in cannabis use research?

• Toolkit offers guidance for people with persistent pain

January 2023

• Top research highlights in 2022
• Overcoming undervaccination
• Scholars and mentors strengthen bridge between research and care delivery
• 2022 mentorship awards go to Anne Renz and Allen Cheadle
   

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