Sharing what we learn
We are a leader and participant in 14 national research networks that include other large health care systems. This extends our reach and impact as we collaborate and share knowledge across the country and around the world.
AGING Network (Advancing Geriatric Infrastructure and Network Growth)
This network provides a national resource to nurture and advance interdisciplinary research focused on older adults with multiple chronic conditions.
HealthPartners Institute principal investigator: Leah Hanson, PhD
All of Us
This National Institutes of Health-funded precision medicine initiative’s goal is to collect and study data from one million or more people living in the United States. The data collected for All of Us will build a diverse database that can inform thousands of research studies on a variety of health conditions.
HealthPartners Institute principal investigator: Jeanette Ziegenfuss, PhD
Connect for Cancer Prevention
This National Cancer Institute-funded cohort study is a national partnership with nine U.S. health systems. Its purpose is to follow 200,000 healthy adults to better understand the causes of cancer and how to prevent it.
HealthPartners Institute principal investigator: Jeanette Ziegenfuss, PhD
Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN)
This network is made up of 20 U.S. research centers affiliated with innovative health care systems. Together, it offers a geographically diverse sample of more than 28 million patients and health plan members for population-based studies.
HealthPartners Institute representative on HCSRN Governing Board: Rebecca Rossom, MD, MSCR
Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL-PIVOT)
The overarching goal of this network is to promote human resilience and quality of life by increasing healthy living behaviors. Areas of focus include knowledge discovery, education, policy, and implementation.
HealthPartners Institute principal investigator: Nico Pronk, PhD
Mental Health Research Network (MHRN)
Through this network, mental health researchers and departments from 14 health care systems work together to transform mental health care for more than 20 million patients. Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the network aims to improve the understanding and management of mental health conditions through a closer connection between research, practice and policy.
HealthPartners Institute principal investigator: Rebecca Rossom, MD, MSCR
Metro-Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium (MMCORC)
This consortium gives people in our community access to the newest therapies available for cancer treatment, management of treatment side effects and disease symptoms and cancer prevention.
Principal investigator: Daniel Anderson, MD. Contact: MMCORC@parknicollet.com
Minnesota Electronic Health Record (EHR) Consortium
This network of Minnesota-based health care organizations provides opportunities to generate research ideas and partner with colleagues in the region. Members study health and health care issues that affect the Minnesota wider population.
HealthPartners Institute representative: Karen Margolis, MD, MPH
National Dental Practice-Based Research Network (National Dental PBRN)
Through this network, practitioners in the United States can propose or participate in research studies that address day-to-day issues in oral health care.
HealthPartners Institute principal investigator: Brad Rindal, DDS
National Institute on Aging IMPACT Collaboratory
The IMbedded Pragmatic Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory Network’s mission is to build the nation’s capacity to conduct pragmatic clinical trials of interventions embedded within health care systems for people living with dementia and their care partners.
HealthPartners Institute principal investigator: Leah Hanson, PhD
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Clinical Trials Network (CTN)
The NorthStar Node of the NIDA CTN consists of regional and national healthcare systems representing an array of health care models, including integrated health systems, federally qualified health centers and universities. Network funding supports infrastructure funding as well as multiple studies on identification and treatment of opioid, tobacco and polysubstance use disorders.
HealthPartners Institute principal investigator: Rebecca Rossom, MD, MSCR
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Total Health Worker Affiliate
The mission of the NIOSH Total Worker Health (TWH) Affiliate Program is to advance worker safety, health, and well-being through non-funded collaborations with governmental and nonprofit organizations, including labor, education, training, and research organizations.
HealthPartners Institute principal investigator: Nico Pronk, PhD
Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD)
This collaborative project between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Immunization Safety Office and eight health care organizations conducts population-based research on immunization safety questions. Their work guides national immunization policy decisions.
HealthPartners Institute Co-principal investigator: Elyse Kharbanda, MD, MPH
HealthPartners Institute Co-principal investigator: Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez, PhD
VISION Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) Network
VISION is a research collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Westat and multiple health systems with integrated clinical, laboratory, and vaccination records in the United States. The collaboration evaluates how well seasonal influenza (flu) vaccines protect people against flu and how well different COVID-19 vaccines protect against COVID-19.
HealthPartners Institute principal investigator: Malini DeSilva, MD, MPH
