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Read about the research stories that made headlines over the last year.
2025 highlights
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KPWHRI improves health and well-being for our members and all communities through collaborative research and evaluation.
Our Mission
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We are discovering what works best for health and health care.
Our Research
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We partner with researchers within Kaiser Permanente and beyond.
Collaborate with us
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
Researchers begin trial of nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine
KPWHRI is inviting healthy adults to take part — volunteers do not need to be members of Kaiser Permanente.
Research
Integrating social health into primary care
ACT Center findings provide insights on screening patients for social needs and helping them connect to social services.
Research
Screening tool links alcohol use to mortality
New findings enhance clinical value of AUDIT-C screening for addressing unhealthy alcohol use in primary care.
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.