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Community—Diseases—Economics—Lifestyle—Translation

Research is the science of connection. For nearly a half-century, The Center for Health Research has been making key connections between lifestyle and wellness, between disease and its effect on people’s lives, between treatment and outcome.

TCHR pursues a vigorous agenda of patient-centered, population-and practice-based research, tackling subjects as diverse as life-threatening disease, mental health, prevention and wellness, and improved methods of health care delivery. In recent years, our research has revealed the connections between:

  • human papilloma virus (HPV) and cervical cancer,
  • untreated gestational diabetes and increased risk of childhood obesity, 
  • hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer, and
  • childhood personality and adult health.

Three Sites—One Mission
Each TCHR site conducts professionally independent, public domain research and disseminates its findings in the scholarly literature and scientific community.

2007 Data (Mid-year)
Northwest Hawaii Georgia Total
Member Population 485,000 223,000 283,000 991,000
Researchers 69 38 21 127
Active Studies 302 27 62 391
Budget (2007) 29.7M 4.3M 2.0M 36.0M
Budget (2006) 26.9M 4.0M 1.7M 32.6M
Employees 231 72 19 322

 

© 2007 Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente
Updated 12 Sept 07