All Articles on Genetics
Kaiser Permanente Research Bank: Why you should joinAll Washington members are invited to be part of research that could improve health for millions.
Washington state members begin joining the KP research biobankKPWHRI launches a phone-based recruitment pilot project in May. Outreach to diverse populations is key.
Has precision medicine’s time arrived?Dr. Jennifer McClure reflects on using personalized genetic knowledge to improve health and health care.
Lingering Neandertal DNA may raise risk for some diseasesNational study by eMERGE researchers—including Drs. David Carrell and Eric B. Larson—compares genetic data to electronic health records.
Precision medicine needs a population approachDr. Eric B. Larson says a new JAMA study that includes Group Health shows the power of research with big, diverse, real-world populations.
- Aging with an edge: The ACT study advances genetics and brain science
What if scientists could combine the latest in genetics and brain science with decades of rich data from research and clinical visits? That interdisciplinary cross-fertilization is just what’s happening with Adult Changes in Thought (ACT), a joint Group Health–University of Washington (UW) study funded by the National Institute on Aging. After decades of studying Group Health seniors to pinpoint risk factors for conditions including dementia, ACT researchers are now collaborating with new partners to learn even more.
- GHRI’s next 30 years: Imagine personalized medicine, empowered patients, better health
For Group Health Research Institute’s (GHRI) 30th anniversary, we asked our faculty and staff: How will your work today influence health and health care 30 years from now, in the year 2043?
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