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2024 highlights
From improving blood pressure to mapping cellular changes in Alzheimer’s, these are the research stories that made headlines over the last year.
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KPWHRI improves health, well-being, and health equity for our members and all communities through collaborative research and evaluation.
Our Mission
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Discovering what works best for health and health care.
Our Research
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Read about our latest news and findings.
News and Events
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
Study measures risks of screening colonoscopies for older adults
The findings can help guide colorectal cancer screening decisions later in life.
News
Improving pain care by restoring trust
New paper explores how health systems can improve opioid prescribing safety with patient-centered care
Research
ACT Study contributes to understanding Alzheimer’s disease in brain cells
Mapping the disease at the cellular level identifies possible new treatment targets.
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.