As Patient and Participant-Driven Research Communities (PDRCs) have become widespread, PCORI embarked on an initiative to understand the patient and participant-driven research landscape more fully and organize a learning network…

PCORI’s mandate to fund research that is done differently requires engagement of patients and stakeholders as partners. By “engagement in research,” we refer to the meaningful involvement of patients, caregivers…

Although the primary purpose of our ability to smell and taste is to protect us from danger, we often take these vital senses for granted. Jenifer Trachtman, Smell for Life…

On May 3, PCORI opened its second funding cycle of the year and started accepting Letters of Intent for several PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs), which include calls for: Research studies…

Researchers are increasingly realizing that partnering with patients and stakeholders to design and conduct studies can make those studies and the results they produce more useful to those making important…

Health disparities are pervasive and persistent in the United States. Despite growing recognition that disparities exist, health inequities based on gender, race, socioeconomic status, and other demographic factors remain challenging…

Each week throughout April, in recognition of National Minority Health Month, PCORI will spotlight health conditions that disproportionately affect communities of color. One of PCORI's National Priorities for Health is…

Each week throughout April, in recognition of National Minority Health Month, PCORI will spotlight health conditions that disproportionately affect communities of color. One of PCORI's National Priorities for Health is…

Each week throughout April, in recognition of National Minority Health Month, PCORI will spotlight health conditions that disproportionately affect communities of color. One of PCORI's National Priorities for Health is…

Each week throughout April, in recognition of National Minority Health Month, PCORI will spotlight health conditions that disproportionately affect communities of color. One of PCORI's National Priorities for Health is…

Healthy kidneys are key to healthy bodies—acting as a filter so that the nutrients we need to stay in our bloodstream are kept circulating while waste products are released in…

My time on the PCORI Patient Engagement Advisory Panel (PEAP), as both a member and chair from 2017 to 2020, has had a tremendous impact on my thinking about patient…

PCORI’s Board of Governors has taken another important step in outlining how PCORI will focus its patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) funding and other activities in the years ahead…

More than 250,000 peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings on health, biological, and biomedical sciences are published each year in the United States. With an average length of 30 pages, a…

What is the Health Systems Implementation Initiative, PCORI's new dissemination and implementation initiative? Dissemination and Implementation Director Joanna Siegel, SM, ScD, discusses some of the nuances of this new program…

Heart disease is widespread and sadly, often deadly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. While…

Facilitating the uptake of evidence from PCORI-funded research is a key part of our work and mission. To expand our efforts to promote the uptake of useful research results in…

Diana Cejas, MD, MPH, is one of the newest members of the PCORI Advisory Panel on Healthcare Delivery and Disparities Research (HDDR). As a physician of color, clinical researcher and…

PCORI’s portfolio of funded research projects is home to more than 700 patient-centered outcomes research/comparative clinical effectiveness research (PCOR/CER) studies aiming to generate important evidence about health conditions and treatment…

Since 2014, the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award program has awarded more than $130 million to fund more than 637 projects that build communities ready to engage in patient-centered outcomes…

Conducting clinical research studies often takes years, from recruiting participants to analyzing data. It can often take many more years for new evidence from research to inform health care and…

If you tuned in to the PCORI Annual Meeting last November, you may have heard PCORI Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, discuss our new Rapid Review series. We…

PCORI is excited to announce several updates to our funding processes which we believe will streamline the application process and enhance the funding opportunities that we offer. One of the…

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) took another critical step in developing its strategic plan to guide future research funding with the release of its proposed Research Agenda. PCORI’s Board…

One of the goals PCORI set in its strategic plan is to influence research to become more patient-centered. Engaging patients and healthcare stakeholders in the research process is central to…