The All of Us Research Program is an opportunity to enhance the diversity of US biomedical research

Diana W Bianchi; Patricia Flatley Brennan; Michael F Chiang; Lindsey A Criswell; Rena N D'Souza; Gary H Gibbons; James K Gilman; Joshua A Gordon; Eric D Green; Susan Gregurick; Richard J Hodes; Peter H Kilmarx; George F Koob; Walter J Koroshetz; Helene M Langevin; Jon R Lorsch; Jeanne M Marrazzo; Eliseo J Pérez-Stable; W Kimryn Rathmell; Griffin P Rodgers; Joni L Rutter; Jane M Simoni; Bruce J Tromberg; Debara L Tucci; Nora D Volkow; Rick Woychik; Shannon N Zenk; Elyse Kozlowski; Rachele S Peterson; Geoffrey S Ginsburg; Joshua C Denny

doi:10.1038/s41591-023-02744-3

The All of Us Research Program is an opportunity to enhance the diversity of US biomedical research

Nat Med. 2024 Feb;30(2):330-333. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02744-3.

Authors

Diana W Bianchi¹, Patricia Flatley Brennan^{2

3}, Michael F Chiang⁴, Lindsey A Criswell⁵, Rena N D'Souza⁶, Gary H Gibbons⁷, James K Gilman⁸, Joshua A Gordon⁹, Eric D Green¹⁰, Susan Gregurick¹¹, Richard J Hodes¹², Peter H Kilmarx¹³, George F Koob¹⁴, Walter J Koroshetz¹⁵, Helene M Langevin¹⁶, Jon R Lorsch¹⁷, Jeanne M Marrazzo¹⁸, Eliseo J Pérez-Stable¹⁹, W Kimryn Rathmell²⁰, Griffin P Rodgers²¹, Joni L Rutter²², Jane M Simoni²³, Bruce J Tromberg²⁴, Debara L Tucci²⁵, Nora D Volkow²⁶, Rick Woychik²⁷, Shannon N Zenk²⁸, Elyse Kozlowski²⁹, Rachele S Peterson²⁹, Geoffrey S Ginsburg²⁹, Joshua C Denny³⁰

Affiliations

¹ Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
² National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
³ , Easton, MD, USA.
⁴ National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁵ National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁶ National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁷ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁸ Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁹ National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹⁰ National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹¹ Office of Data Science Strategy, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹² National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹³ Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹⁴ National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹⁵ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹⁶ National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹⁷ National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹⁸ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
¹⁹ National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²⁰ National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²¹ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²² National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²³ Offices of the Director and Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²⁴ National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²⁵ National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²⁶ National Institute of Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²⁷ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Durham, NC, USA.
²⁸ National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²⁹ All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
³⁰ All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. joshua.denny@nih.gov.

Abstract

The All of Us Research Program has prioritized the enrollment of people from backgrounds historically underrepresented in medical research to bring precision medicine to the full diversity of the US population and to improve health outcomes for all.

MeSH terms

Biomedical Research*
Humans
Mentors
Population Health*

Grants and funding

Z99 OD999999/ImNIH/Intramural NIH HHS/United States