Research Spotlight

By Janet Byron, Senior Communications Specialist The Kaiser Permanente Division of Research has been an indisputable innovator in the science of screening for colorectal cancer; studies by DOR researchers have contributed to national screenings guidelines while delivering the most effective methods to KP members and the community. Now, a 5-year, $5.7 million PROSPR study funded [...]

Study pioneers the science of health disparities—and launches quest to solve big problems in health care. By Janet Byron, Senior Communications Specialist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH, has spent a good portion of his 30-year career with the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (DOR) as principal investigator [...]

By Janet Byron, Senior Communications Specialist, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research Many adult members of Kaiser Permanente Northern California who are at high risk for vitamin D insufficiency are not getting it from dietary supplements, according to a recent survey by researchers with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research. “There are certain risk factors that [...]

By Janet Byron, Senior Communications Specialist, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research In a new video, Kaiser Permanente researchers explain how the Walnut Creek ophthalmology department virtually eliminated a rare, surgery-related infection. With Division of Research colleagues, they published the results to wide acclaim. When the rates of a rare complication of cataract surgery began to [...]

Dr. Maryam M. Asgari spent her summer vacation improving community health in a Ghana village. By Janet Byron, Senior Communication Specialist, Division of Research A paper plate hanging in the office of Maryam M. Asgari, MD, MPH, features a hand-crayoned image of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., above the words, “I have a dream … [...]

This Fall, the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research celebrated 50 years of excellence in health research. This display, highlighting the Division’s history and hallmark work, can be viewed at 1950 Franklin.

   “Big Data” is getting bigger all the time, particularly in medicine and life sciences, where genomic data, clinical trial data, electronic health records and research study data come by the terabyte and petabyte. The challenge, and the future, lies in organizing it, managing it, bringing it together and presenting it in ways that facilitate [...]

DOR researchers found that the use of electronic health records at 17 Northern California medical centers was associated with significant improvements in diabetes care and outcomes. Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the study demonstrated that electronic health records helped clinicians to better target treatment changes and follow-up testing for their diabetes patients. “The [...]

Rates of diagnosed diabetes are much higher among some Asian subgroups than is apparent when aggregating all Asians as a whole, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research and the University of California, San Francisco. In this first study to look at Asian subgroup differences in a population [...]