The Washington Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research (LHS E-STAR) Center provides an exciting opportunity for early career scientists to receive training and mentorship to build their skills and experience in transforming primary care. In a learning health system, researchers and health care organizations work in partnership to continually improve care and health across diverse populations in real-world care settings.
LHS E-STAR Center goals
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Build new infrastructure to support bidirectional research-health care partnerships
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Train 7 scholars to conduct embedded LHS research in partnership with PCO leaders
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Lead embedded LHS research in participating PCOs
The Center is a collaboration among leading research organizations with expertise in LHS training and diverse primary care organizations from across the state. Working together, these organizations will build long-term partnerships to sustain and advance LHS research while training the next generation of independent scientists to help integrated health systems and community health centers meet the challenges of providing equitable, high-quality primary care.
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Partners in transformation
By building capacity in healthcare organizations and training scientists to conduct research that serves the priorities of our diverse partner health care organizations and their patients, the E-STAR Center will pave the way for LHS research that improves care and patient health. Our research will be practical, equitable, patient-centered, and sustainable.
Congratulations to our first Washington LHS E-STAR scholars!
The Washington Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research (LHS E-STAR) Center is excited to announce the selection of our first 2 scholars:
- Michelle Shin, PhD, MSN, MPH, RN, assistant professor in Child, Family and Population Health Nursing at the University of Washington (UW). Michelle will partner with Neighborcare on a project to improve childhood vaccination rates.
- Logan Trenaman, MSc, PhD, assistant professor in Health Systems and Population Health at UW. Logan will partner with Community Health of Central Washington (CHCW) on a project to improve colorectal cancer screening rates.
Check out our recent news story, which shares more about our scholars and the projects they’ll be leading in collaboration with Neighborcare and CHCW. In October, we’ll announce a call for letters of interest for our next 2 Washington LHS E-STAR scholars who will partner with Kaiser Permanente Washington, and 1 who will partner with Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System). For more information about this opportunity, please reach out to Monica Fujii at monica.m.fujii@kp.org.
