The All of Us Research Program has awarded a total of $8.7 million to seven national community partners to strengthen recruitment of participants and researchers underrepresented in biomedical research. All of Us is a national effort that aims to build one of the largest, most diverse databases of health information from one million or more people that researchers can use to study health and disease.
Patient Engagement HIT highlights the All of Us Research Program’s emphasis on building trust with community health partnerships, boosting participant engagement and diversity. The piece offers insights from Justin Hentges, Chief Financial and Management Officer and Acting Chief Engagement Officer for the All of Us Research Program.
The All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health has made significant progress since its national launch three years ago, building and providing unprecedented access to a vast and diverse health research databank, reports Andrea H. Ramirez, M.D., M.S., All of Us senior advisor, and colleagues in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
On May 27, the All of Us Research Program marked one year since the beta launch of its Researcher Workbench.
In an article in Forbes, Praduman Jain of Vibrent Health—an All of Us partner organization—discusses the lack of diversity in research, citing a recent commentary in Cell by All of Us and NIH leadership, and details how digital technology can reduce health disparities and boost scientific discovery.
NIH’s All of Us Research Program seeks a Director of Special Populations Enrollment to play a key role in advancing pediatric clinical research by helping set the foundation for how people under 18 can participate in the program. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in pediatric clinical research and family-based cohort design and analysis, clinical trial experience, and supervisory experience, and be at least five years past post-doctoral training.