The Geisinger Center for Health Research opened in 2003 with a new vision for research, intent on reaching beyond the traditional boundaries of how research brings value to patients. A dominant focus of the Center is to develop knowledge that is highly relevant to patient needs and to rapidly use the knowledge to improve and maintain health. In a phrase, the Center seeks to “give life to knowledge.” The Center offers a more traditional research and development culture in which discoveries are motivated by an interest in creating value in health care. Researchers at the Center seek solution-oriented collaborations with Geisinger leaders in clinical care, information technology and informatics, laboratory medicine, pathology, and a diversity of clinical disciplines. Research interests span the traditional public health and clinical research spectrum from studies of genes to community life, but the focus of a project is often on what matters most in translating findings to practical, value-based and business-sensible health maintenance and improvement solutions.
Investigators with diverse skills in health services, epidemiology, medical informatics, pharmaco-epidemiology, genetics, environmental sciences, sociology, behavioral sciences, and statistics, leverage Geisinger’s unique population, medical and GIS information and biobanked resources, and information technology capabilities in pursuing a 21st century approach to research.
At the Geisinger Center for Health Research, questions are asked and answered at a pace that is difficult to achieve in other settings. More importantly, we seek to touch the lives of patients each day.
Walter "Buzz" Stewart, PhD, MPH
Director, Geisinger Center for Health Research
