Focus Feature: Antidepressants linked to lower risk of prostate cancer recurrence
In a study of more than 10,000 Kaiser Permanente members diagnosed with both prostate cancer and depression, those who used antidepressants had a lower risk of cancer recurrence.
R&E News and Features
Fewer hospitalizations for home-based cardiac rehabilitation patients
Patients who participated in in-home cardiac rehabilitation had fewer hospitalizations over 12 months than patients who participated in center-based cardiac rehabilitation.
Increased health care use among patients after COVID-19
COVID-19 was associated with a 4% increase in the use of health care services over the 6 months after initial infection.
Meet post-doctoral fellow Dr. Sarah Carter
Q&A with Dr. Carter, whose research focuses on pre- and perinatal maternal health, environmental exposures, and child neurodevelopment. (Previously published in IMPACT in September 2021.)
Meet post-doctoral fellow Dr. Lewei Duan
Q&A with Dr. Duan, who has special interests in improving health care delivery systems, specifically in maximizing health and well-being for older adults and underserved populations. She previously worked as a biostatistician at R&E.
Meet post-doctoral fellow Dr. Ana Florea
Q&A with Dr. Florea, an epidemiologist who has special interests in vaccine safety and effectiveness, infectious diseases, cancer, and chronic kidney diseases. (Previously published in IMPACT in May 2021.)
Meet post-doctoral fellow Dr. Jennifer Ku
Q&A with Dr. Ku, an infectious disease epidemiologist. Her research includes vaccine safety and effectiveness projects on shingles and COVID-19 vaccines. (Previously published in IMPACT in July 2022.)
Meet post-doctoral fellow Dr. Nana Mensah
Q&A with Dr. Mensah, a maternal and child health epidemiologist who seeks to understand how clinical guidelines and practices shape birth outcomes in women at risk for preterm labor.
Meet post-doctoral fellow Dr. Amrita Mukherjee
Q&A with Dr. Mukherjee, an epidemiologist whose research interests include human papillomavirus-associated cancers, gynecologic cancers, comorbidities in cancer patients and survivors, and development of risk prediction models using electronic health records and cancer registry data.
Meet post-doctoral fellow Dr. Ado Rivera
Q&A with Dr. Rivera, a health services researcher whose research interests include studying disparities in chronic health disease outcomes, especially for people with HIV and sexual and gender minority populations.
In the News
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Sacramento BeeAugust 18, 2022Healthcare use rises in the 6 months after severe COVID recovery: study
McKnight’s Long-Term Care NewsAugust 14, 2022