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What is the All of Us Research Program?

The All of Us Research Program is inviting one million people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history. We welcome participants from all backgrounds. Researchers will use the data to learn how our biology, lifestyle, and environment affect health. This may one day help them find ways to treat and prevent disease.

  • We are working towards advancing precision medicine for everyone.
  • We have over 413,450 participant data available.

The National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) All of Us Research Program is building one of the largest biomedical data resources of its kind with health data from a diverse group of participants across the United States, including people and communities who have been left out of medical research in the past. Data include biological factors and social determinants of health on a large, inclusive scale that tracks participants as they move, age, and grow (longitudinal study design).

Data sources include:
  • Electronic Health Records (EHR) standardized using the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) Common Data Model (CDM).
  • Bio samples and bioassays from blood, saliva, and/or urine samples.
  • Survey responses on identities and backgrounds, overall health, lifestyles, medical histories, healthcare access, experiences with COVID-19, and more.
  • Physical measurements when joining program.
  • Heart rate, physical activity, and sleep as tracked by wearable devices. 

The diverse database, which is a part of the Precision Medicine Initiative, is intended to inform studies on a multitude of conditions. 

Available Data Types

 

Data now available in the Researcher Workbench: More than 413,350 survey responses, 337,500 physical measurements, 312,900 genotyping arrays, 287,000 electronic health records, 245,350 whole genome sequences, 15,600 Fitbit records, and 1,000 long-read sequences.

 

 

 

What is Precision Medicine?

Precision medicine is individualized care that considers a patient's environment, lifestyle, family health history, and genetic makeup. It acknowledges that specific treatments work differently for people with different backgrounds, treats patients as individuals, and can reduce health care costs by providing the proper treatment the first time.

Why should I join the All of Us Research Program?

 

 You will be contributing to research that may improve health for everyone. Here are some examples of what researchers might be able to discover:

• Better tests to see if people are sick or are at risk of getting sick.

• Better mobile apps to encourage healthy habits.

• Better medicine or information about how much of a medicine is right for each person

Contact Us

John B. Cade Librarians are available to assist you!

 

All of Us Contact Information
Dr. Dawn Kight Dean of Libraries dawn.kight@sus.edu
Maletta Payne Associate Professor, Head, Technology & Information Services Librarian maletta.payne@sus.edu
Melanie Haynes Library Associate melanie.haynes@sus.edu

 

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