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Health Research Institute
We discover ways to prevent illness and improve treatment.
We're making health and health care better for everyone.
Research
Study links sitting for longer stretches to risk of blood clots in older women
Taking more breaks from sitting could potentially lower the risk.
News
LHS E-STAR training program selects 3 new scholars
Trainees will lead learning health system research at Kaiser Permanente Washington and VA Puget Sound.
Healthy Findings Blog
On the ground with KPWHRI’s flu trackers
Researchers Karen Wernli and Erika Kiniry share insights on an exceptional 2024-2025 flu season.
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.
Land Acknowledgment
Our Seattle offices sit on the occupied land of the Duwamish and by the shared waters of the Coast Salish people, who have been here thousands of years and remain. Learn about practicing land acknowledgment.