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A COLLABORATIVE GROUP OF RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS WORKING TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS<\/h1>\n

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Research Team \u2013 Department of Family Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Kari Stephens, PhD
<\/strong>Vice Chair of Research
Director of Clinical Research Informatics
Professor
Profile
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Yohali Burrola-Mendez, PhD<\/strong>
Lead Research Scientist
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Maria Prado, MPH<\/strong>
Research Coordinator
Data QUEST Consult Lead
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Imara West, MPH<\/strong>
Research Scientist
Data QUEST Technical Lead, Data Analyst
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Publications<\/a><\/p>\n

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Research Team \u2013 Affiliate Investigators<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Laura-Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH<\/strong>
University of Washington
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Allison Cole, MD, MPH<\/strong>
University of Washington
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Wilson Pace, MD, FAAFP<\/strong>
DARTNet Institute
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Mary Hatch, PhD<\/strong>
University of Washington
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Matthew Thompson, MBChB, MPH, DPhil, MRCGP\u00a0<\/strong>
University of Washington
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Rodger Kessler, PhD<\/strong>
University of Colorado
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Sebastian Tong, MD, MPH\u00a0<\/strong>
University of Washington
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Partners<\/b><\/h2>\n

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The WPRN<\/a> is a collaborative group of over 80 primary care practices in the five-state WWAMI\u00a0region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) committed to research and practice improvement. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of patients in their communities through the conduct of collaborative research that informs and enhances primary care clinical practice. The WPRN\u2019s diversity of geography and practice type allows it to reach many rural and\u00a0underserved populations. WPRN Data QUEST practices are located in rural and urban Idaho and Washington State.<\/p>\n

WPRN Data QUEST clinic characteristics:
\u2022 Community Health Centers and Rural Health Centers
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The DARTNet Institute<\/span><\/a> is a rapidly growing collaboration of practice-based research networks that\u00a0are building a national collection of data from electronic health records, claims, and patient-reported\u00a0outcomes. The networks blend quality improvement, effectiveness, and translational\u00a0research with a data-driven learning system. The learning system includes advanced performance\u00a0measures and assistance with the development and deployment of clinical decision support systems.\u00a0The WPRN is a close collaborator with the DARTNet Institute and can help facilitate research\u00a0projects across the sister networks to allow for much broader national representation and diversity\u00a0in populations needed to drive innovative health discovery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Primary Care Innovation Lab<\/span><\/a> (PCI-Lab) is a Center based within the University of Washington Department of Family Medicine. PCI-Lab is an interdisciplinary collection of faculty who connect industry, clinical, and academic stakeholders to accelerate the design, implementation, and productive use of technology to improve primary care. The projects they pursue include needs assessment and workflow analysis, system design, implementation process and adoption, in context and usability testing, as well as scaling pilots and projects to\u00a0\u00a0 sustainable systems.<\/p>\n

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The eScience Institute<\/span><\/a> empowers researchers and students at the University of Washington (UW) to answer fundamental questions through the use of large, complex, and noisy data. As the hub of data-intensive discovery at the UW, they lead a community of innovators in the techniques, technologies, and best practices of data science and the fields that depend on them.<\/p>\n

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The National Alzeimer’s Disease Centers was established by the National Institute on Aging\/NIH in 1999 to facilitate collaborative research. Using data collected from the NIA-funded Alzeimer’s Disease Centers (ADCs) across the United States, the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center<\/a> (NACC) has developed and maintains a large relational database of standardized clinical and neuropathological research data. In partnership with the Alzeimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC<\/a>), the National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (NCRAD<\/a>), and the NIA Genetics of Alzheimer’s Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS<\/a>), NACC provides a valuable resource for both exploratory and explanatory Alzheimer’s disease research. NACC data are freely available to all researchers. NACC is a part of the Research Collaborative Network (RCCN<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Since 2001, the University of Washington Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) has been the home for the Pacific Northwest Node of the CTN<\/a>. The PNW Node is a collaboration between the Regional Research and Training Center at ADAI and affiliated community partners in Washington and Alaska.<\/span> The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) was developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) so NIDA, university researchers, health care organizations, and community-based providers can engage collaboratively to improve the quality and outcome of drug treatment. The CTN consists of a Clinical Coordinating Center, a Data and Statistics Center, and thirteen Regional Nodes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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PRIME LAB’s research focuses on improving care for chronic pain, behavioral health and substance use disorders with a special interest in identifying and addressing loneliness in primary care and whole-person approaches to care. PRIME LAB is passionate eliminating disparities in health services and are committed to using patient, clinician and community engagement to inform our current and future studies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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