The Asian American population is the largest-growing demographic in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But surprisingly, an Asian American is not typically represented when it comes to participating in health studies and gathering medical information. The All of Us program and precision medicine aim to reduce this disparity....
In this video, All of Us Director Eric Dishman explains the importance of All of Us from three perspectives—the patient, the provider, and the researcher....
Just as money in the bank boosts your financial well-being, biobanks have the power to impact your health. Think of biobank samples as assets that researchers can draw upon to improve disease treatments. Mayo Clinic's biobank contributed to a breakthrough in diabetes research and, now, will contribute to health research nationwide as the biobank for the "All of Us" Research Program....
Mayo Clinic, which is home to the biobank for the All of Us Research Program, illustrates the powerful, positive influence biobanks can have on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various illnesses. ...
Precision medicine, big data analytics, and stakeholder collaboration could improve treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according to recommendations from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)....
A new building going up at UW Health’s clinical and research complex on Madison’s West Side will be home to an expanded focus on two hot fields: genetic testing and treatments tailored to the genetic makeup of patients or their disease....
The All of Us Research Program has recently issued a funding announcement for Genome Centers to generate genotype and whole genome sequence data from participants’ biosamples. Information produced from the Genome Centers will become a critical component in the program’s precision medicine research platform, a national resource for investigators working on a variety of important health questions....
Imagine the power of a project that asks 1 million people from across the United States to volunteer to help find answers about virtually all health conditions we face. You can be one of those volunteers. The All of Us Research Program, led by the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with more than 100 partner organizations, seeks at least 1 million participant partners from all walks of life, who are willing to contribute health information over...
A nationwide effort to better tailor medicine to patients’ needs kicks off Sunday. The All of Us Research Program, which includes participation from the University of Wisconsin Medical School, Medical College of Wisconsin and Marshfield Clinic, will collect blood and urine samples from volunteers across the country to create a medical database of 1 million people....
Three Wisconsin medical and scientific organizations – Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin – in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will open enrollment on May 6 for the All of Us Research Program, a momentous effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment and care for people of all backgrounds. ...