Research

Lab research

Our faculty have made important research contributions to a wide variety of common and important clinical problems. GIM faculty receive nearly $20 million annually in extramural research funding.

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Our faculty have achieved national prominence for research on a wide variety of important clinical problems such as heart disease, HIV, substance use disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, respiratory disease, cancer, diabetes, palliative care, veteran multimorbidity, global health, social drivers of health, and, more broadly, health services research and population health. Much of our research activities are housed in collaborative centers that focus interdisciplinary efforts toward a common goal: making health accessible for everyone, such as by positively impacting healthcare structures and policy.

Centers and Programs

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Cardiovascular Health Research Unit

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Center for Prehospital Emergency Care

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Provider and patient

Center for Progress in Resuscitation

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Rainier

Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety

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Medic One

 

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Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program

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Research by Theme

Addiction Medicine

Alzheimer's Disease & Related Dementia

Cardiovascular Disease

Emergency Medicine

Endocrinology/Metabolism/Diabetes/Reproductive Health

Epidemiology

Ethics

Genetics

Global Health

Health Equity

Health Informatics

Health Services & Health Systems

Hematology

HIV/Hepatitis C/Infectious Disease

Hospital Medicine

Medical Education

Mental Health

Obesity

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Palliative Care

Patient Communication

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Physician Wellness

Pulmonology

Women’s Health

Research news 

November 13, 2024
Hospital policies emerge to screen older doctors’ fitness
Some healthcare systems have begun to implement policies to assess the cognitive and physical health and practice performance of older caregivers.
October 23, 2024
Global health 2050: the path to halving premature death by mid-century
The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health found that 15 health conditions account for most of the avoidable death under 70.
October 11, 2024
Alcohol withdrawal during hospitalizations
New research study finds alcohol withdrawal hospitalizations are at least as common as hospitalizations for other chronic health conditions in younger and middle-aged adults.
September 26, 2024
QI Scholars
Congratulations to Efstathia Andrikopoulou, Stephanie Kim, Laura Spece, Prakash Vishnu, and Trang Vu, who have been accepted into the QI scholars program.
September 9, 2024
The evolution of internal medicine chief residents
A large, 20-year multicenter study is the first to provide data on the career choices of internal medicine chief residents and insights into the evolution of gender composition and role-specific chief resident positions.
August 20, 2024
Community feedback helps doctors discuss errors with patients
In a study, resident physicians’ communication skills improved with a smartphone-based test in which laypeople provided scoring and feedback.