All residents participate in scholarly activities, including poster presentations, quality improvement projects and lunch conference presentations. Residents also receive training and are involved in longitudinal quality improvement and patient safety projects. Interested residents are encouraged to pursue research and supported through access to local clinician-researchers, our GME Research Program Manager, protected research time, and an educational stipend to attend conferences.
Our Lead Senior Research Program Manager, Aida Shirazi, PhD, is available to guide our residents at each phase of a research project, ranging from developing a research proposal and designing a study to applying statistical methods and preparing manuscripts. She also serves as a liaison with the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (DOR), connecting residents with its researchers, scholars, and the Biostatistical Consulting Unit. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, Dr. Shirazi was Co-Principal Investigator at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health and the California Breast Cancer Research Program, where she conducted clinical research on health disparities among immigrant populations and served as program director for NIH-funded grants. She brings expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and extensive experience partnering with diverse linguistic and cultural communities to develop interventions that reduce health disparities. Her interests include community-based research and global health.
The Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (DOR) is a world-class research institute embedded within our larger health care system. Since its inception in 1961, the DOR has conducted research that transforms health by discovering the key drivers of health and disease and identifying effective, efficient approaches to care delivery. With more than 65 research scientists and 650 research support staff, the DOR is one of the nation’s largest research facilities outside of a government or university setting. Since 2000, DOR researchers have published more than 7,000 peer-reviewed articles, including 556 papers in 2023 alone.
Residency Publications, Presentations, and Research
