Faculty

Paige Wartko

Clinical Assistant Professor, Epidemiology


Education

PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington,
MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington,

Contact


Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
WA

Bio

Paige Wartko, PhD, MPH, was first drawn to epidemiology through her interest in women’s health. Her principal area of expertise is perinatal pharmacoepidemiology, but she has experience in many areas, including medication safety and effectiveness outside of pregnancy, opioid dependence and addiction, mental health, and use of real-world electronic health data to study these topics. Her primary position is as a Senior Collaborative Scientist at Kaiser Permanente Health Research Institute, where she is able to help answer real-world questions that impact health and healthcare. Major research projects she has worked on include an observational study of antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections in pregnant people, a pragmatic trial implementing nurse care management to help treat individuals with opioid use disorder in the primary care setting, and a trial studying an intervention to support patients who take high doses of opioids manage their chronic pain and lower their opioid dose. She is co-teaching the Pharmacoepidemiology course (Epi 533/HEOR 520) in Spring Quarter 2024.

Research Interests

Pregnancy, Women’s Health, Medication Safety and Effectiveness, Substance Use, Mental Health

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Cognitive Change in Older Women.
(2025 Sep 29)
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
Harrington LB, Tom SE, Krakauer C, Wartko PD, Chau K, Muiruri R, Micks E, McEvoy LK, LaCroix AZ, Miller EC

Opioid use disorder medications among youth in primary care: Subgroup analysis of the PROUD trial.
(2025 Apr-Jun)
Pediatr Open Sci 1(2):
Chavez LJ, Yu O, Wartko PD, Braciszewski JM, Glass JE, Horigian VE, Arnsten JH, Murphy MT, Stotts AL, Bagley SM, Lapham GT, Samet JH

First-Trimester Antibiotic Use for Urinary Tract Infection and Risk of Congenital Malformations.
(2025 Jul 1)
JAMA Netw Open 8(7): e2519544
Osmundson SS, Nickel KB, Shortreed SM, Dublin S, Stwalley D, Durkin MJ, Wartko PD, Sahrmann JM, Colvin R, Butler AM

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Incidence and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection During Pregnancy.
(2025 Aug)
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 34(8): 985-993
McAteer S, Wartko P, Hajat A, Fuller S, Shortreed SM, Butler AM, Enquobahrie DA, Garcia R, Dublin S

The difference-making role of staff support in implementing nurse care management for opioid use disorder treatment: A configurational analysis.
(2025 May)
J Subst Use Addict Treat 172(): 209642
Matson TE, Lee AK, Miech EJ, Wartko PD, Phillps RC, Shea M, Altschuler A, Campbell ANC, Labelle CT, Arnsten JH, Braciszewski JM, Glass JE, Horigian VE, Murphy MT, Zare-Mehrjerdi M, Bradley KA

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