Group Health Research Institute
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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, GHRI employs over 300 staff, including a research faculty of 36 doctorate-level Scientific Investigators, 10 masters-level Biostaticians, and 14 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
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.
Center for Health Studies
The Center for Health Studies , Group Health Cooperative's research department, became Group Health Research Institute on September 8, 2009.GHRI is a member of the HMO Research Network.-References:...
, is a non-proprietary, public-domain research institution within Group Health Cooperative
Group Health Cooperative
Group Health Cooperative, more commonly known as Group Health, is a Seattle, Washington based nonprofit healthcare organization. Established in 1947, it today provides coverage and care for about 700,000 people in Washington and Idaho and is one of the largest private employers in Washington...
. GHRI's mission is to improve health and health care for everyone through leading-edge research, innovation, and dissemination.
Founded in 1983, GHRI employs over 300 staff, including a research faculty of 36 doctorate-level Scientific Investigators, 10 masters-level Biostaticians, and 14 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 Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health , which is one of 11 agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S...
, National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health is one of 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health...
, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...
.
GHRI's current, primary research foci are
- Aging & geriatrics
GeriatricsGeriatrics is a sub-specialty of internal medicine and family medicine that focuses on health care of elderly people. It aims to promote health by preventing and treating diseases and disabilities in older adults. There is no set age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician, or...
- Alternative approaches to healing (Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicineAlternative medicine is any healing practice, "that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine." It is based on historical or cultural traditions, rather than on scientific evidence....
)
- Behavior change
Behavior changeMany health conditions are caused by risk behaviors, such as problem drinking, substance use, smoking, reckless driving, overeating, or unprotected sexual intercourse. The key question in health behavior research is how to predict and modify the adoption and maintenance of health behaviors....
- Biostatistics
BiostatisticsBiostatistics is the application of statistics to a wide range of topics in biology...
- Cardiovascular health
- Cancer control
- Child & adolescent health
- Chronic illness management
- Health informatics
Health informatics.Health informatics is a discipline at the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care...
- Health services & economics
- Immunization & infectious disease
Infectious diseaseInfectious diseases, also known as communicable diseases, contagious diseases or transmissible diseases comprise clinically evident illness resulting from the infection, presence and growth of pathogenic biological agents in an individual host organism...
- Medication use & patient safety
- Mental Health
Mental healthMental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
- Obesity
ObesityObesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems...
- Preventive medicine
- Women's health
GHRI is a member of the HMO Research Network
HMO Research Network
The HMO Research Network is a consortium of 16 health care delivery organizations with integrated research divisions. Formed in 1995, the HMORN’s goal is to improve health and transform health care practice through a broad spectrum of population-based research studies...
, 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
National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health , which is one of 11 agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The NCI coordinates the U.S...
funded Cancer Research Network (CRN), a consortium of HMO Research Network
HMO Research Network
The HMO Research Network is a consortium of 16 health care delivery organizations with integrated research divisions. Formed in 1995, the HMORN’s goal is to improve health and transform health care practice through a broad spectrum of population-based research studies...
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.