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Resident research improves patient care
June 29, 2020At the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, pediatric resident Jacqueline Nguyen, MD, wanted to know how flu shots affected young patients with asthma. With help from her resident research advisor, she dug into data from electronic health records and found that flu vaccination reduced hospitalization rates for respiratory issues by 25% over the 6-year ...Read more...5 questions for … Dr. Jean Lawrence
June 28, 2020Department of Research & Evaluation Senior Research Scientist Jean M. Lawrence, ScD, MPH, MSSA, studies diabetes among women, children, and young adults. Why did you choose to devote your career to researching ways women and children can live better, healthier lives? I’ve always been interested in women’s and children’s health and started my career working as a ...Read more...EIS officer makes a difference here and abroad
June 23, 2020As an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lisa Oakley, PhD, MPH, knew she would have an excellent training experience using electronic health records to find answers to important clinical and public health questions when she reported to the Kaiser Permanente Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation in ...Read more...Living longer and better after cancer
June 12, 2020Clinical trials play a vital role in advancing cancer treatment at Kaiser Permanente, improving patients’ survival and quality of life. “Until the day that cancer is cured, there’s always room for improvement,” said Helen Moon, MD, a hematologist and oncologist at the Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center. Helping to achieve that improvement is Dr. Moon’s role as ...Read more...Exploring links between childhood maltreatment, epigenetics, and mental health
May 28, 2020Researchers at Kaiser Permanente Southern California and the University of Southern California are teaming up on a new research project to better understand the relationship between child maltreatment, epigenetics, and mental health. Sonya Negriff, PhD, a developmental psychologist with Kaiser Permanente Southern California’s Department of Research & Evaluation, will lead the study along with Ferol Mennen, ...Read more...Better screening for latent tuberculosis
May 26, 2020Investigators in Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Kaiser Permanente Northern California have kicked off a new research project to develop better screening for latent tuberculosis. The project, led by Sara Tartof, PhD, MPH, an infectious disease epidemiologist with the Southern California Department of Research & Evaluation, is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and ...Read more...5 questions for … Dr. Deborah Cohen
May 20, 2020Deborah A. Cohen, MD, MPH, an international expert on the health benefit of parks, is the newest scientist at the Department of Research & Evaluation. She began working in the department’s Division of Behavioral Research in January. She previously worked as a senior physician policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. She has served on panels for ...Read more...Launching a multisite clinical trial in the midst of a pandemic
May 19, 2020In early March 2020, as it became clear the novel coronavirus was closing in on Southern California, clinical trials leaders from the Department of Research & Evaluation began assessing options for an investigational treatment that could be studied through clinical trials. With no approved medications to fight COVID-19, the need for an investigational option to ...Read more...