• Our Mission

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

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  • Our Research

    We are discovering what works best for health and health care.

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    We partner with researchers within Kaiser Permanente and beyond.

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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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Experts convene to advance brain aging research

The 2026 ACT Research Symposium showcased innovations and milestones, celebrating 5 years of expanded funding.

New funding

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KPWHRI awarded funding to study antinausea drugs in pregnancy

Findings will help pregnant people make informed treatment decisions.

Research

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Self-collection kits boost cervical cancer screening

A new approach to HPV testing reduces pelvic exams and helps more people get screened, a study finds.


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.