Check out our newest edition in IMPACT, the research newsletter of Kaiser Permanente Southern California!.

Sara Tartof, PhD, of @KPSCalResearch discusses with @medpagetoday the key findings of her recent RSV vaccine research, which was presented at the @IDWeekmtg annual meeting in Los Angeles.

Dr. Annette Adams of @KPSCalResearch is the new president of @Join_ACE ! 🌟.She plans to enhance the group’s impact & value by invigorating committees, fostering greater engagement, & streamlining admissions & leadership succession. We wish her all the best! .#ACE #KPResearch

We are pleased to welcome our newest scientist, Annette Regan, PhD, MPH! She is a perinatal and pediatric infectious disease epidemiologist with over 17 years of experience. Her research focuses on maternal, pediatric, and adult vaccines. #KPResearch .

RT @aboutKP: Eating balanced portion sizes is important for a healthy diet. But when half-pound hamburgers and never-ending pasta are on th….

Congrats to Karen Coleman, @NancyGinMD & team on receiving a @PCORI funding award aimed at supporting the implementation of an effective weight loss program at 225 sites in California. #KPResearch.

New edition of IMPACT is out! It includes research about:.*Flu vaccines for seniors.*Flu vaccines for pregnant women.*Gay men and aging .*Best beta blockers for people with heart disease & CKD. *Q&A with a urogynecologist who does research.#KPResearch .

In a @nytimes article, Dr. Deborah Cohen of @KPSCalResearch likens the battle to shrink restaurant portion sizes to getting people to stop smoking. #KPResearch .

Monitoring of about 45,000 women who received flu vaccines in each of 2 successive pregnancies showed no increased risk of side effects or health issues from the vaccines. Study published today in @JAMANetworkOpen .#KPResearch .

Lead author: Cheng-Wei “Charlie” Huang, MD, a hospitalist at the Los Angeles Medical Center. Senior author: @JJSim008 John Sim, MD, a nephrologist at the Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center. @KPLACounty.

A Kaiser Permanente Southern California study showed that 1 heart-failure med worked best among the 3 most commonly used to prevent illness and disease among patients with chronic kidney disease and heart failure. #KPResearch in journal of @ASNKidney.

Happy PostDoc Week to our fabulous @kpscalresearch postdocs!.Dr. Nehaa Khadka.Dr. Jennifer Ku.Dr. Titilola Labisi.Dr. Amrita Mukherjee.Dr. Rudy Patrick.Dr. Emily Rayens.#NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek #KPResearch

Gay men had shorter age-adjusted telomere length, which is a biomarker of aging, than straight men, according to a #KPResearch study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. @AmJEpi .#telomere #aging.

Have you checked out our Annual Report? Well, maybe now's the time . #KPResearch .

RT @INR_WFITN: Lumbar drain vs EVD in symptomatic #hydrocephalus following #aSAH.Which one is safer?. @nathan_nguyen24 @Daniel_J_Martin @KP….

RT @KaiserRadOncRes: Hot🔥off🔥the🔥press .No difference in LC observed between #SRS #FSRS or #FSRT in over 600 benign intracranial meningioma….

High-dose, adjuvanted flu vaccines better protect seniors from symptoms, hospital stays, study finds. #KPResearch in @CIDRAP .

Learn how a failed chemistry exam led Dr. Robert Sallis, a sports medicine physician at the Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center, to go into medicine, and then later to conduct research . @PermanenteDocs @KPLACounty #KPResearch.

High-dose and adjuvanted flu vaccines boosted protection against flu symptoms and hospitalization for seniors during the 2022-2023 flu season compared to the standard flu vaccine. Study in @CIDJournal. #KPResearch .

At Kaiser Permanente Southern California, our research stretches across many areas of human health. Check out our latest IMPACT newsletter for great examples of the broad range of studies we engage in. #KPResearch