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Affiliated Research Institutions

The research enterprise of the School of Public Health is greatly enhanced by our partnerships with other excellent research organizations in the Puget Sound region. The school is affiliated with five key medical research organizations: the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Group Health Cooperative, the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle Children's Hospital and Medical Center, and the VA Puget Sound.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is a major research institution working to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. It is also a member of the Fred Hutchinson/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, which is among 40 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers nationwide. Our faculty are primarily affiliated with the Public Health Sciences Division.

Group Health Cooperative

Group Health is a consumer-owned cooperative that provides medical care to members in Washington and Idaho. Its research division is the Group Health Center for Health Studies.

Affiliated Research Centers at Group Health Cooperative

Group Health Center for Health Studies (CHS)

The Group Health Center for Health Studies (CHS) is a research institution withing Group Health Cooperative focusing onthe organization, delivery, quality, and cost of health care; prevention, treatment, and management of illness; and strategies at the individual, provider, system, community, and policy levels that result in better health outcomes.

Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute conducts infectious disease research focusing malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness.

Seattle Children's Hospital and Medical Center

Seattle Children’s is the primary pediatric hospital for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, conducts internationally recognized pediatric research, and is an child health education resource center for parents and health care providers in the Northwest.

Affiliated Research Centers at Seattle Children's Hospital and Medical Center

The Seattle Children's Craniofacial Center

The multidisciplinary team at the Craniofacial Center provides diagnosis and long-term management for children with craniofacial abnormalities. They treat children born with conditions such as cleft lip and palate and craniosynostosis. They provide state-of-the-art care for children with craniofacial malformation..

VA Puget Sound

VA Puget Sound provides health care for veterans living in the Northwest. It has one of the largest VA funded research programs in the country, with world-class research for such areas as hypertension, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, prosthetics and amputee care, rehabilitation, mental health, neuro-degenerative disorders, obesity, cancer, and pulmonary diseases.

Affiliated Research Centers at VA Puget Sound

Northwest Center for Outcomes Research in Older Adults

The Northwest Center for Outcomes Research in Older Adults studies the management of chronic disease in primary and specialty care, with a focus on heart disease, diabetes, alcohol abuse, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer.

Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC)

The mission of the Seattle Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC) is to improve the health and health care of veterans by promoting the principles and practice of state-of-the-art epidemiologic research within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).