17 Dec This is why doctors consider precision of medicine to be the future of health care
Tucked among the acres of farmland in Amish country is a clinic that treats its patients in ways that may be a harbinger of medicine's high tech future....
Precision Health
12 Nov Research Profile: Dorothy Farrar Edwards and the All of Us Research Program
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. ...
07 Nov Racial disparities in multiple myeloma
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....
05 Nov National ‘All of Us’ campaign aims to enlist a million genomes for precision medicine
Eric Dishman is a living, breathing advertisement for the ambitious experiment he’s in charge of, the National Institutes of Health’s “All of Us” drive to collect and analyze the genomes of a million Americans....
02 Nov Understanding the All of Us Research Program: A dialogue with Dara Richardson-Heron, MD
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....
01 Nov Precision medicine means nobody is just ‘average’
Precision medicine in oncology – the tailoring of treatments to individual patients rather than a one-size-fits-all approach – could perhaps be expressed in philosophical terms as meaning that no patient is an average, and every patient is unique....
31 Oct The impact of precision medicine in oncology
Ryan Bookout, PharmD, president, Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association, and clinical pharmacist, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the impact of recent advances made in the oncology space and how precision medicine is improving patient outcomes. Programs like All of Us are working to advance precision medicine to improve health care in the United States....
23 Oct Genetics has learned a ton – mostly about white people. That’s a problem.
The overwhelming 'whiteness' of genetics research is holding back medicine, so programs. like All of Us, are working to help ensure that underrepresented groups have more of a voice in health research....
12 Oct ‘All of Us’ – UW appears on WORT
All of Us - UW's Kevin Kiley appeared on Madison radio station, WORT's Perpetual Notion program to discuss the University of Wisconsin's involvement in the All of Us program, including how those in the greater Madison area can participate in the historic health research effort....
11 Oct So much genetic testing. So few people to explain it to you.
This article addresses the shortage of genetic counselors, which is a big challenge for the All of Us Research Program as it builds plans to responsibly return info to participants. ...