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The “All of Us” Research Program

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The All of Us Research Program Investigators·2019·New England Journal of Medicine

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Knowledge gained from observational cohort studies has dramatically advanced the prevention and treatment of diseases. Many of these cohorts, however, are small, lack diversity, or do not provide comprehensive phenotype data. The All of Us Research Program plans to enroll a diverse group of at least 1 million persons in the United States in order to accelerate biomedical research and improve health. The program aims to make the research results accessible to participants, and it is developing new approaches to generate, access, and make data broadly available to approved researchers. All of Us opened for enrollment in May 2018 and currently enrolls participants 18 years of age or older from a network of more than 340 recruitment sites. Elements of the program protocol include health questionnaires, electronic health records (EHRs), physical measurements, the use of digital health technology, and the collection and analysis of biospecimens. As of July 2019, more than 175,000 participants had contributed biospecimens. More than 80% of these participants are from groups that have been historically underrepresented in biomedical research. EHR data on more than 112,000 participants from 34 sites have been collected. The All of Us data repository should permit researchers to take into account individual differences in lifestyle, socioeconomic factors, environment, and biologic characteristics in order to advance precision diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

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  • The All of Us Research Program has enrolled about 400,000 diverse participants of the 1 million people planned across the USA, and is focused on enrolling individuals from broadly defined underrepresented groups in biomedical research.

    “The All of Us Research Program 90 constitutes another novel and ambitious initiative by the NIH that has enrolled about 400,000 diverse participants of the 1 million people planned across the USA, and is focused on enrolling individuals from broadly defined underrepresented groups in biomedical research, which is especially needed in medical AI 91,92 .”

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    The Abstract states a goal of enrolling at least 1 million people in the United States, and PARTICIPANT CHARACTERISTICS describes a broad focus on groups underrepresented in biomedical research. But CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROGRAM reports more than 230,000 total participants as of July 2019, not about 400,000; the cited paper does not support that enrollment figure. (LLM, conf=0.92)

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  • The All of Us Research Program is accumulating multiple streams of health-related information in 1,000,000 or more Americans and includes a focus on populations usually under-represented in biomedical research.

    “The All of Us Research Program (AoURP) is an initiative that is accumulating multiple streams of health-related information (for example, electronic health records (EHRs), genomics, physical measures, participant surveys and wearables such as Fitbit) in 1,000,000 or more Americans and includes a focus on populations usually under-represented in biomedical research to date8.”

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  1. [9]Wilkins CH. Precision medicine for everyone. NEJM Catalyst. February 12, 2018 (https://catalyst.nejm.org/precision-medicine-initiative-everyone/).

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Authors
The All of Us Research Program Investigators
Affiliations
Broad Institute (US)
Corresponding author
The All of Us Research Program Investigators
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2019-08-15
Volume
381
Issue
7
Pages
668-676
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W4205170775
Cited by
2,440
References
35
Citations by year
2026: 544 · 2025: 566 · 2024: 473 · 2023: 301 · 2022: 251 · 2021: 171 · 2020: 112 · 2019: 19 · 2017: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
127.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Broad Institute
  • National Institutes of Health (OT2OD026557, OT2OD025277, 1ot2od025285-01, OT2OD025315, OT2OD025337, OT2OD023132, U24OD023121, OT2OD023205, OT2OD026556, U24OD023176, OT2OD026549, OT2OD026553, OT2OD026555, U2COD023196, OT2OD026554, OT2OD026550, OT2OD026548, OT2OD026551, U24OD023163, OT2OD026552, OT2OD023206, OT2OD025276)
  • Irving Medical Center, Columbia University
  • National Cancer Institute (P30CA013148)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (P30ES027792)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Research Data Management Practices
Keywords
All of Us, large-scale cohort study, participant recruitment, health data repositories, electronic health records, biospecimen collection, digital health technologies, health data sharing, underrepresented populations in research, precision medicine
MeSH terms
Health Surveys, Humans, Research Design, United States, Cohort Studies, Biological Specimen Banks, Biomedical Research, Precision Medicine, Electronic Health Records, Observational Studies as Topic, Datasets as Topic

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