Alex Ram

Group Health Research Institute (GHRI), formerly known as Group Health Center for Health Studies, is a non-proprietary, public-domain research institution within Group Health Cooperative. GHRI's mission is to improve health and health care for everyone through leading-edge research, innovation, and dissemination.

Founded in 1983 by Dr. Ed Wagner, GHRI employs over 200 staff, including a research faculty of 28 doctorate-level Scientific Investigators, 8 masters-level Biostaticians, and 10 Research Associates with doctorate and/or masters degrees. Most Scientific Investigators have joint academic appointments at the University of Washington. More than 30 faculty with primary appointments at the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Free & Clear, Inc, and Group Health Cooperative have affiliate investigator appointments at GHRI.

GHRI includes the MacColl Institute for Health Care Innovation and the Center for Community Health and Evaluation.

At any given time, GHRI is involved in approximately 150 research studies and clinical trials. GHRI investigators have published over 2,500 articles in peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals1. Research conducted at the Institute is funded primarily through federal sources such as the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

GHRI's current, primary research foci are





Aging & geriatrics

Alternative approaches to healing (Alternative Medicine)

Behavior change

Biostatistics

Cardiovascular health

Cancer control

Child & adolescent health

Chronic illness management

Health informatics

Health services & economics

Immunization & infectious disease

Medication use & patient safety

Mental Health

Obesity

Preventive medicine

Women's health





GHRI is a member of the HMO Research Network, a consortium of 16 health care delivery systems with integrated research divisions, offering a geographically diverse sample of population-based health care.

GHRI is also a member of the National Cancer Institute funded Cancer Research Network (CRN), a consortium of HMO Research Network members whose goal is to conduct cancer research on prevention, early detection, treatment, long-term care, surveillance, and cancer communication and dissemination and implementation research.


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