“The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has put out an informal call for research proposals to harness its growing All of Us big data resources….”
“The biobank and data repository, designed to accelerate precision medicine and population health research, is quickly moving through its testing phases in preparation for becoming a rich source of genomic, clinical, and lifestyle data for scientists and researchers…”
“The beta phase for All of Us has concentrated on creating community partnerships that will foster high enrollment rates among target populations. The program is specifically focusing on recruiting traditionally underserved communities and minority patients in order to develop a realistic portrait of the US population…”
“…During the second half of 2017, the initiative has linked up with the American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, and a number of patient advocacy groups focusing on encouraging Hispanic, Latino, Asian, and African American patients, LGBTQ individuals, senior citizens, and other high-priority groups to contribute their data…”
“As the initiative prepares for its full debut, the NIH is looking to researchers, clinicians, citizen scientists, and community organizers for innovative ideas about how to leverage the expanding dataset…The NIH is using the Ideascale online survey platform to collect proposals from the community…”
Source: NIH Calls for “All of Us” Population Health Research Proposals – By Jennifer Bresnick, January 16, 2018. HealthIT Analytics. Read the full article here.
