14 Aug Your data could cure you one day
Vast repositories of patient data hold clues to better treatments. The challenge lies in extracting meaningful information from those data while still safeguarding patient privacy....
All of Us
08 Aug Working group outlines best practices and opportunities for collaborating with Tribal Nations
This NIH report outlines several overarching principles for engagement with tribal communities, including respect for tribal sovereignty, acknowledgement of historical transgressions, importance of engagement with Urban Indian leaders, and need for continued bi-directional engagement....
03 Aug Precision communication for precision medicine: How NIH’s ‘All of Us’ is tackling patient recruitment
The All of Us program aims to make a difference with the health information it gathers, but it, also, must be careful and considerate in its outreach approach to various communities....
30 Jul ‘All of Us’ enrollment expands to UW-Madison School of Nursing
A collaboration between the UW School of Nursing, the Department of Kinesiology and the School of Medicine and Public Health recently expanded on-campus data collection sites for the All of Us Research Program at UW-Madison....
26 Jul ‘All of Us’ featured on Wisconsin Public Radio
Dr. Murray Brilliant, All of Us - Wisconsin consortium, and Dr. Joni Rutter, National Institutes of Health discuss the importance of the All of Us program for Wisconsin and beyond....
19 Jul Wisconsin researchers receive $60 million from NIH for ‘All of Us Research Program’
Four Wisconsin medical and scientific organizations – Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin and BloodCenter of Wisconsin, part of Versiti – were awarded $60 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) June 29 to continue to implement the All of Us Research Program in Wisconsin through 2023, a momentous effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment and care for people of...
11 Jul Mobile health devices diagnose hidden heart condition in at-risk populations
Scripps Research scientists use digital medicine technologies to identify undiagnosed atrial fibrillation in at-risk populations....
10 Jul Report: Individual research results should be shared with participants more often
When conducting research involving the testing of human biospecimens, investigators and their institutions should routinely consider whether and how to return individual research results on a study-specific basis through an informed decision-making process, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This approach remains a priority for the NIH and the All of Us program....
06 Jul Cancer survivor celebrates precision medicine with a parade
Precision medicine, via genetic testing through the UW Carbone Cancer Center, allowed a Wisconsin woman to beat back cancer. Now, more than two years later, Sally Reisem, who spent years volunteering for 4-H in and around Evansville, a town of 5,000 people south of Madison is about to see a dream come true: She will be grand marshal of the Fourth of July parade....
05 Jul Bringing us closer to understanding health and disease at an individual level
The National Institutes of Health supports groundbreaking research and biomedical studies that seek to enhance and improve health. On May 6, it took a big step in pushing the envelope further by launching the All of Us Research Program....