Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

How are we transforming health through research? Learn about some of our recent research with our The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. colleagues on #colorectalcancer, #telemedicine, #depression, #anxiety, #hepatitisB, #tuberculosis, #acutekidneyinjury & more in our October e-newsletter. Read: http://bit.ly/3YHbw7V

The findings of our new study, published in JAMA Health Forum, found that high racial residential segregation was associated with depression and aniexty among Black pregnant individuals. These findings are pivotal to our understanding of how structural racism is associated to mental health conditions in pregnancy and the continued Black-White disparity in health outcomes. Thank you to my mentor Lyndsay Avalos , co-led author Sylvia Badon and all the co-authors for their hard work! Thank you Kaiser Permanente Division of Research for creating a platform for health equity research!

Members of our Women's and Children's Health Research Section connected, collaborated, and got some focused writing done last week during a 2-day writing retreat in Bodega Bay.

Here's a great conversation on AI in medicine that includes our Senior Research Scientist Vincent X. Liu, MD, MS, Chief Data Officer for The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Dr. Liu has become a leading voice in policy discussions around AI and predictive analytics in health care. He also leads the Augmented Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare Initiative (AIM-HI).

Our dementia research team led by Paola Gilsanz will be part of $28.8 million 5-year project to find innovative approaches to preventing dementia and Alzheimer's disease, in partnership with Maria Glymour of the Boston University School of Public Health and Jacqueline Torres of the Department Of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (ucsf). Additional DOR investigators on the project include Catherine Schaefer, Stacy Sterling, Cynthia Campbell, and Hélène Choquet. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g9Rk-brp

Great collaboration in cancer research between the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. on display at #ASCOQLTY24!

Our adjunct researcher Dana Sax's work to improve triage in the emergency department is highlighted in a nice AHRQ writeup in a report focusing on their support of digital healthcare research. Her AHRQ-funded project aims to build a predictive model to improve ED triage safety, quality, and equity. Dr. Sax is an emergency physician with The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. Read more: https://k-p.li/3TRMvV3

Our researcher Kelly Young-Wolff, PhD, MPH is a member of the NASEM Health and Medicine Division committee that today released a new report on the need for consistent public health response to cannabis use as state and local regulation quickly evolves. The report calls for leadership at the federal level, makes specific recommendations for needed research, and more. Access the report and supporting materials: https://lnkd.in/gQctVJVG Dr. Young-Wolff’s research focuses on substance use, focusing specifically on cannabis use among pregnant persons and on the impact of changes in local, state, and national policy. Her research interests also include investigating how stress and trauma, genetic factors, and health-related policies shape disparities in the onset and course of drug and alcohol abuse, tobacco use, and psychiatric disorders. She is also interested in conducting research to inform the development of effective behavioral interventions for complex patients with multiple co-occurring psychiatric and addictive disorders.

It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week!   We have 16 postdocs working on a wide variety of topics — and conducting excellent work — at the Division of Research!   Shalmali Bane, Anlan Cao, Dima L. Chaar, PhD, MHI, Brianna C., Marie-Laure CHARPIGNON, Luke Grosvenor, Bethany Hallenbeck, Kendria Kelly-Taylor, Ph.D, MSPH, Margae Knox, PhD, Molly LaPoint, Jorge Ledesma, Shannon Ogden, PhD, MPH, Cynthia N. Ramirez, Emma Tucher, Natalia Van Doren, and Ana Rosen Vollmar. Thank you for all you bring to DOR! Learn more about our postdocs and their work: https://lnkd.in/gVMejZQA

We are currently accepting applications for post-doctoral research fellows for the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Delivery Science Fellowship program. The application deadline is November 8, 2024 at 5pm Pacific for fellows to start in July 2025 or soon after.  Application form and additional information available at our website: https://lnkd.in/gkBBJ5tR Let us know about questions at DOR-Fellowship@kp.org