Beverly Green, MD, MPH, is a physician scientist known for pioneering work in preventive and evidence-based medicine. With a goal of improving systems of care, she designs and evaluates programs that make effective treatment easier for patients to follow through with — and easier for providers to deliver.
Dr. Green’s research has a strong public health emphasis, targeting conditions that impact large proportions of the population — such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and obesity — with an emphasis on leveraging technologies and systems-based care.
In 2022, Dr. Green published the results of the BP-CHECK study, which compared the accuracy and acceptability of ways to diagnose high blood pressure. With a $2.8 million award from PCORI (the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute), the study compared blood pressures taken in clinic, at home, and at validated blood pressure kiosks to the 24-hour blood pressure test that is currently considered the gold standard for diagnosing hypertension. Blood pressures taken at home were the most accurate and most preferred method for diagnosing hypertension. She is working with Kaiser Permanente Washington on their efforts to integrate home blood pressure monitoring into clinical care.
Dr. Green is also leading a National Cancer Institute study that is evaluating the effectiveness of home-based human papilloma virus (HPV) kits to increase completion of cervical cancer screening.
Dr. Green’s previous research has shown that:
She is a core member of the Alliance for Reducing Cancer, Northwest, a collaborative team of cancer prevention and control experts and community stakeholders whose mission is to evaluate and respond to gaps in the Guide to Community Preventive Services (the Community Guide). She serves on the steering committee of the National Colorectal Cancer Round Table (an elected position) and is on the U.S. Validated Blood Pressure Device Review Committee.
Dr. Green was honored by Kaiser Permanente Washington in 1999 for her contributions to clinical quality improvement and was a finalist for the organization's 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award. She was an associate editor for the American Journal of Preventive Medicine from 2009 to 2014, and she is an editorial board member of the Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. She is a fellow of the American Heart Association, an honor given for contributions to the field.
Dr. Green is a clinical professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, and a professor at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Department of Health Systems Science.
Coronado GD, Vollmer WM, Petrik A, Aguirre J, Kapka T, Devoe J, Puro J, Miers T, Lembach J, Turner A, Sanchez J, Retecki S, Nelson C, Green B. Strategies and opportunities to STOP colon cancer in priority populations: pragmatic pilot study design and outcomes. BMC Cancer. 2014 Feb 26;14:55. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-55.
Laing SS, Bogart A, Chubak J, Fuller S, Green BB. Psychological distress after a positive fecal occult blood test result among members of an integrated healthcare delivery system. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014 Jan;23(1):154-9. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0722. Epub 2013 Nov 12. PubMed
Coronado GD, Burdick T, Kapka T, Retecki S, Green BB. Using an automated data-driven EHR-embedded program for mailing FIT kits: lessons from the STOP CRC pilot study. J Gen Pract (Los Angel). 2014 Jan 5;2. pii: 1000141.
Woolf SH, Orleans CT, Green BB, Curry S, Thompson RS, Bauman A, Wallace RB. Transforming preventive medicine science, practice, education, and policy: looking back at the last 20 years of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Am J Prev Med. 2013 Dec;45(6):678-86. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.09.007.
Chubak J, Bogart A, Fuller S, Laing SS, Green BB. Uptake and positive predictive value of fecal occult blood tests: a randomized controlled trial. Prev Med. 2013 Nov;57(5):671-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.08.032. Epub 2013 Sep 9. PubMed
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