In response to the increasing crises of over 700 maternal deaths and nearly 73,000 reported cases of maternal morbidity occurring in the United States as recently as 2022, maternal morbidity…

American Indians (AI) are at high risk for developing chronic medical conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, and kidney disease, and yet are among the least represented people in healthcare research. In…

Helping all people reach their full health potential is the goal of achieving health equity. Many health inequities linked to race are due to structural barriers such as lack of…

With just about any health condition, early intervention offers the best chance for a positive outcome. The sooner a diagnosis is made, and treatment starts, the better chance a person…

The benefits of learning health systems are increasingly evident in today’s data-rich healthcare environment. By collecting and analyzing data and experience from diverse sources, these systems are able to generate…

The Broad Pragmatic Studies (BPS) PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) was first issued in January 2022 and is designed to provide funding for high-quality comparative clinical effectiveness research projects. All applications…

PCORI is delighted to welcome Tracy Wang, MD, MHS, MSc as Chief, Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research (CER). Wang will draw upon her clinical expertise as a cardiologist and her extensive…

PCORI’s recently published Landscape Review and Summary of Patient and Stakeholder Perspectives on Value in Health and Health Care provides a comprehensive resource to help inform ongoing conversations between and…

About this Blog Series Kristin Lee Berg, PhD, LCSW, was never a rebellious teenager, but she did have to navigate total vision loss in one eye and partial blindness in…

Editor's Note (February 27, 2023) These eight Topic Themes join four that are ongoing—preventing maternal morbidity and mortality, improving outcomes for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, addressing COVID-19, and…

About this Blog Series Growing up in California, Mei Kwong, JD, dreamed of becoming a singer or an actress, but never planned on becoming an attorney, much less a nationally…

About this Blog Series On March 10, 2020, the Department of Public Health confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in Philadelphia. Eleven days later, COVID Watch, a patient outreach program…

About this Blog Series When Patrick Gee, PhD, first learned he needed dialysis, he was stunned. He had never even seen a kidney doctor before and was shocked to find…

Every day of the year, and not just during National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, Ashley Valentine, co-founder, and president of Sick Cells, celebrates the legacy of her late brother, Marqus…

About this Blog Series As a former Marine, Ana Aluisy, MA, LMFT, has seen her fair share of conflict. In her work as a marriage and family therapist, she has…

More than 100,000 people in the United States have sickle cell disease—a group of inherited red blood cell disorders that affect blood flow and the body’s use of oxygen. Sickle…

In 2019, PCORI issued a call for research proposals to help address the highly prevalent, but often undertreated, condition of age-related hearing loss. Sherri Smith, AuD, PhD, Associate Professor of…

PCORI’s third funding cycle of the year opens September 7, seeking projects that answer questions about the most effective treatments for a variety of high-priority topics, study the best ways…

About this Blog Series NeKeshia Jones, MPH, Senior Grant Specialist at Alameda Health System and prior PCORI Engagement Award recipient, says “the value of the collective community voice” guides her…

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered many uncertainties and concerns for pregnant people, who were faced with navigating frequent prenatal and postpartum healthcare visits under risk of COVID-19 exposure. The pandemic has…

The October 2022 Cycle of the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award Program is now open. This funding cycle has a new funding opportunity for small groups: Building Capacity for Small…

PCORI Executive Director Nakela L. Cook, MD, MPH, shared her thoughts on PCORI’s role and the rich potential of its next phase during an hourlong interview with Alan Weil, JD, MPP, editor-in-chief of Health Affairs, in May. Cook’s interview was part of a series of “Policy Spotlight” events in which influential, national thought leaders contribute to the journal’s ongoing coverage of health policy issues.

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…