GLORIA DIANE CORONADO, PHD

Gloria Coronado, PhD, is an epidemiologist and the Mitch Greenlick Endowed Distinguished Investigator in Health Disparities Research at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research. She completed her training at Stanford University (BA 1994, Psychology) and the University of Washington (MS 1998, PhD 2001, Epidemiology). Through her practice-based research, Dr. Coronado champions affordable, long-term solutions to health disparities issues. She leads a well-funded portfolio of research that inspires health system leaders to make sensible, evidence-informed choices to successfully engage hard-to-reach populations in life-saving preventive behaviors. Dr. Coronado has developed several innovative and cost-effective interventions to improve rates of participation in cancer screening among patients served by community health centers. Her innovative work has led to successful partnerships with large health plans, state institutions, and community clinics. She currently directs or co-directs three programs that use systems-based approaches to raise the rates of colorectal cancer screening and follow-up care in health plans and clinics in Washington, Oregon and California. Over the course of her career, Dr. Coronado has served as a PI or co-I on over 50 federally funded grants; she has co-authored over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts. She currently serves as a committee member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on Improving the Representation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Clinical Trials and Research. She is also a member of the Board of Scientific Advisors for the National Cancer Institute.