• 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.


News

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Welcoming LHS E-STAR Cohort 3 scholars

New E-STAR scholars will lead projects with CHAS Health, HealthPoint, and Kaiser Permanente Washington.

Research

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Eye changes may signal Alzheimer’s disease risk

Routine eye exams could identify people at increased risk by assessing signs of age-related macular degeneration.

Healthy Findings Blog

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Pioneering a new approach to cervical cancer screening

How Kaiser Permanente Washington partnered with the ACT Center to make screening easier.


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.