Research Networks and Funders
The Institute for Health Research (IHR) is a research department within Kaiser Permanente Colorado, a not-for-profit health plan and provider. The Institute for Health Research leads research and evaluation that advances patient care, health promotion, and policies to improve the health of individuals and populations. We partner with members, clinicians, communities, local associations, national organizations, and other research teams to conduct research aimed at improving health outcomes.
Our research is primarily funded through extramural grants and federal funding through agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Additional funding comes from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), the Colorado Health Foundation, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and our collaboration with Kaiser Permanente Colorado and industry.
Being good stewards of funds, working hard to produce and publish research, and participating with other national research collaborators are just some of the ways the IHR works to maintain its status as a leader in health care research.
Research Funders
Federal
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Cancer Institute
- National Institutes of Health
- USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
State
Foundations and Associations
- American Heart Association
- Global Impact
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- National Quality Forum
- Nourish Colorado
Industry
- DalCor Pharmaceuticals
- Guardant Health Inc.
- HerAnova
- HilleVax
- Lilly USA, LLC
- Moderna
- NextGen Jane, Inc.
- Pfizer, Inc.
- Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc.
- Westat, Inc.
Research Networks
The IHR leads or participates in a number of national research collaborations. These partnerships enable the IHR to contribute to large, cutting edge, multi-site research projects.
- Advancing Geriatrics Infrastructure and Network Growth (AGING Initiative - NIA)
- Cancer Screening Research Network (CSRN) - NCI
- Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER - NHGRI, NCI, NIMHD)
- Clinical Trials Network/National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO) - Fred Hutch
- Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN)
- Inherited Cancer Syndrome Collaborative (ICSC) - NCI
- KPRB (Kaiser Permanente Research Bank - KP National)
- Mental Health Research Network (MHRN - NIMH)
- National Cancer Institute -Kaiser Permanente Breast Cancer Survivors Cohort
- NCORP (NCI Community Oncology Research Program)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network: Health Systems Node (HSN)
- NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP - NCI)
- NIH Pragmatic Trials Collaboratory, Health Equity Core
- Population-based Research to Optimize the Screening Process (PROSPR - NCI)
- Sentinel (US Food and Drug Administration (FDA))
- Social Needs Network for Evaluation and Translation (SONNET - KP National)
- US Deprescribing Research Network (USDEN)
- Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD - CDC)
2025 External Funding by Source
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