Taynara Formagini, PhD, MSC

Dr. Taynara Formagini is a behavioral and public health scientist and postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Research & Evaluation. Her work focuses on preventing cardiovascular and chronic diseases among racial and ethnic minorities and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations through a combination of intervention research and epidemiology.

Before joining Kaiser Permanente, Dr. Formagini was a postdoctoral research fellow in the T32 Integrated Cardiovascular Epidemiology Fellowship at the University of California, San Diego. Grounded in the socioecological framework, her research is based on the recognition that behaviors and health outcomes are shaped both by living and working conditions as well as economic and social resources and opportunities.

Dr. Formagini specializes in developing sustainable, evidence-based lifestyle interventions for primary care settings. She has a particular interest in using digital technologies to meet the unique needs of the communities she serves.