Recognition Fall 2026
- Hoopes named Top Doctor
- KPWHRI scientists showcase Kaiser Permanente Washington’s research capabilities
- Krakauer, Su present at women in statistics conference
- Harrington shares lessons from R01 application journey at NHLBI meeting
- Meza gives implementation webinar for RAISE
- Bowles presents on breast cancer recurrence algorithms at NCI
- Williamson speaks at Joint Statistical Meetings
Hoopes named Top Doctor
Kaiser Permanente Washington researcher and adolescent health physician Annie Hoopes, MD, MPH, was honored as a Top Doctor by Seattle Met magazine for 2026. She joins more than 90 Kaiser Permanente clinicians recognized in this year’s regional “Top Doctors” lists, published annually by Seattle Met and Seattle magazines. As an assistant investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI), Hoopes’ clinical experience motivates her research projects and collaborations, which focus on supporting and innovating how teens receive health care.
KPWHRI scientists showcase Kaiser Permanente Washington’s research capabilities
This fall, several KPWHRI scientists shared research from across the institute with audiences that represent Kaiser Permanente Washington in the health insurance marketplace.
Accenture, a health care consultancy, hosted a gathering in September focused on how research can help ensure that data-driven health care innovations are equitable and improve health for all. Speakers included:
- Collaborative Scientist Jess Mogk, MPH, who discussed strategies for embedding equity in research projects from start to finish and shared the Project Lifecycle Checklist on Integrating Health Equity developed by KPWHRI’s Center for Accelerating Care Transformation (ACT Center).
- Associate Biostatistics Investigator Maricela Cruz, PhD, who summarized how data is collected and used for research and how KPWHRI scientists think critically about potential impacts on health equity.
- Associate Biostatistics Investigator Yates Coley, PhD, who talked about the analytic strategies KPWHRI statisticians use to keep risk prediction models from hiding or worsening disparities in health outcomes.
In October, KPWHRI hosted a site visit from Kaiser Permanente’s Immersion Program, which provided Kaiser Permanente’s national accounts leaders with a deep dive into the Washington market. In addition to an institute overview from KPWHRI Executive Director Rita Mangione-Smith, MD, MPH, and a tour of the KPWHRI research clinic led by Director of Clinical Research Trials Barb Carste, MPH, the visit included presentations on how embedded research helps improve care for Kaiser Permanente Washington members. Speakers included:
- Senior Investigator David Arterburn, MD, MPH, who described how KPWHRI research is helping shape the future of obesity treatment through studies that leverage real-world data to learn what works to improve care and outcomes
- Assistant Investigator Meagan Brown, PhD, MPH, who shared insights on links between social needs and whole-person health based on her work as director of Kaiser Permanente’s Social Needs Network for Evaluation and Translation (SONNET).
Krakauer, Su present at women in statistics conference
In October, Collaborative Biostatistician Chloe Krakauer, PhD, and Associate Biostatistics Investigator Yu-Ru Su, PhD, gave presentations at the 2026 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference. Krakauer’s presentation was titled “Making Coarsened Data Continuous Again: Results from the Comparison of Methods to Assess Associations Between Living Arrangements and Cognition Among Older Adults” (read abstract), and Su’s topic was “Addressing Missing Data in Developing, Evaluating, and Deploying Clinical Risk Models: Statistical and Translational Considerations” (read abstract).
Harrington shares lessons from R01 application journey at NHLBI meeting
In September, Laura Harrington, PhD, MPH, spoke at a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute meeting on “Writing Successful R01 Applications: Tips and Lessons from Experiences." The title of her presentation was “My Journey from K01 to R01: Building an Independent Research Program.”
Meza gives implementation webinar for RAISE
Assistant Investigator Rosemary Meza, PhD, presented a webinar in September on practical methods for prioritizing implementation barriers, sharing a toolkit developed by the team behind ImpSciMethods.org. The webinar, titled “From Barriers to Priorities: Deciding What to Address in Implementation,” was the first in a two-part series focused on implementation science tools for prioritizing HIV programming. It was hosted by the Research Alliance in Implementation Science to End HIV (RAISE).
Bowles presents on breast cancer recurrence algorithms at NCI
In September, Director of Collaborative Science Erin Bowles, MPH, gave a presentation at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as part of the 2026 NCI-Kaiser Permanente Scientific Retreat. Her talk, “Evaluation of Algorithms Using Automated Health Plan Data to Identify Breast Cancer Recurrence,” discussed how she and colleague Jessica Chubak, PhD, could extend earlier work evaluating breast cancer recurrence algorithms to the NCI-Kaiser Permanente Breast Cancer Survivors Cohort.
Williamson speaks at Joint Statistical Meetings
Associate Biostatistics Investigator Brian Williamson, PhD, presented at the 2026 Joint Statistical Meetings in August. His presentation was titled “Marginal Generalized Raking for Incomplete Data” (read abstract).
