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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
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Practical findings for everyone's health.
Live Healthy
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.
M2H study
Can where you move impact future weight gain?
A new study finds that moving from low- to high-density neighborhoods might be related to reductions in weight gain.
Vaccine research
COVID-19 vaccines safe for people who are pregnant
New data should increase confidence in vaccine safety among people who are pregnant and more at risk for COVID-19 complications.
Research
IUD perforation: Rare but important to know about
New study results in more precise language in the federally mandated warning about this possibility.
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.