The All of Us Research Program was the featured topic on “For the Record”, airing on Madison’s CBS affiliate (WISC-TV). Dr. Dorothy Farrar Edwards and Tricia Denman spoke about UW-Madison's role in the program, as well as how those in the greater Madison area can get involved....
Concern over the lack of significant minority participation by patients in clinical trials has waxed and waned over the past 30 years. Now, there is growing momentum in favor if boosting the numbers—and it's about time, because minority patients can no longer wait. ...
The underrepresentation of nonwhite ethnic groups in scientific research and in clinical trials is a disturbing trend. The implications of this problem in the limited realm of clinical trials have been reported, but the roots of the disparity run much deeper. Human genomic databases—collections of all the genetic information that has been sequenced over the years—are also heavily skewed toward people of European descent. Research programs, such as All of Us, aim to change this....
Aaron Perry's establishment of a health services center for black men within a barbershop is a premier example of efforts to advance health equity right here in the Madison region. In this Wisconsin Health News interview, Perry discusses the center and his plans for the future....
The All of Us Research Program invites the LGBT community to join them as partners to help enrich health research....
In possibly the largest research project in human history, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) “All of Us” program will gather information on one million individuals’ genomes. The University of Washington’s Northwest Genomics Center will become one of three centers for this research....
Aaron Perry, a Madison-area community leader and Wisconsin Partnership Program grantee, has been selected as one of TIME magazine's 50 Most Influential People in Health Care for 2018....
Dorothy Farrar Edwards, PhD and Beth Burnside, MD lead UW-Madison's participation in the All of Us Research Program, an historic, nationwide effort led by the National Institutes of Health, to help speed up health research. ...
Racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities are all too common in the prevention and treatment of cancer, including myeloma. Enrolling in a biospecimen study, like All of Us, will help ensure that underrepresented groups have more of a voice in health research focused on cancer and other diseases....
A Q&A with Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron, Chief Engagement Officer with All of Us, in which she discusses the program's mission and goals, including its focus on health equity....