Season 2 Trailer
We have an exciting line up of guests coming your way over the next several weeks. Listen here for a preview, you won’t want to miss it!
Testimonials
Really candid conversations about where health care is headed – not only recommended for practioners, but also a great podcast for anyone interested in how care is transforming.
Learning and Leading in Crisis
As we have developed into a world living with COVID-19, an astounding amount of processes and procedures across sectors have been transformed. And as the situation evolves, we continue to live in a state of regular and massive change.
Digital Doctors (and Real Ones) in Your Backyard
Health care is ripe for digital innovations to break down barriers and improve access and convenience.
Designing New Spaces of Care
While virtual models of work and healthcare have taken precedent in the year of COVID-19, how people interact with the physical spaces of our world is ripe for innovation.
Meet the host
Jodie Lesh leads Kaiser Permanente’s Office of Transformation. Her team drives transformative system-wide innovation to create meaningful and sustainable change across KP. Jodie operates as a cross-functional orchestrator of complex, disruptive initiatives in support of KP’s strategic goals.
Researchers seek answers for pregnant patients about cannabis
In a new KP Research Radio podcast, investigators studying use of cannabis during pregnancy discuss common misconceptions about prenatal cannabis use, their future research plans, and more.
Pandemic mental health, diabetes, early puberty highlighted in 2021 research podcasts
Investigators at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (DOR) study a wide variety of research topics, and that’s reflected in the range of subjects highlighted by KP Research Radio podcasts in 2021, offering a chance to hear researchers discuss the what – and why – of their work in their own words.
Shining a light on early-onset type 2 diabetes
To mark National Diabetes Month, KP Research Radio spoke with research scientist Anjali Gopalan, MD, MS, about the unique needs of young people with diabetes or prediabetes.
Raising awareness about early puberty
KP Research Radio talks to Ai Kubo, PhD, MPH, about her research into why girls are starting puberty earlier than they have in the past, risks associated with early puberty — and potential interventions.
Gender, sexuality in autism a largely unexplored area of research
The Autism Research Program at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research is pursuing a new project to identify gaps in knowledge about gender, sexuality, and reproductive health among autistic people. Our KP Research Radio podcast explores the issue.
Reducing deaths from colorectal cancer
KP Research Radio speaks with research scientist and gastroenterologist Jeffrey K. Lee, MD, MAS, about the studies that led to Kaiser Permanente’s successful screening program.
Mental health treatment rate rose early in pandemic
A detailed analysis of mental health treatment trends during the COVID-19 pandemic found a 7% increase in visits during the initial shelter-in-place period in 2020, compared with the same 3-month period in 2019.
