NIH awards $55 million to build million-person precision medicine study

NIH awards $55 million to build million-person precision medicine study

The National Institutes of Health has announced $55 million in awards in 2016 to help launch the Cohort Program of President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI). The Cohort Program is a long-term research effort to improve disease prevention and treatment in at least 1 million U.S. participants based on individual differences in lifestyle, environment and genetics.

From the National Institutes of Health

News Release: NIH awards $55 million to build million-person precision medicine study
July 6, 2016

 

 

Precision Medicine Program

• Data and Research Support Center
• Participant Technologies Center
• Health Care Provider Organizations
• Biobank
• Participation in the Cohort Program
• Frequently Asked Questions

Commentary from President Barack Obama

• Medicine's next step
  The Boston Globe, July 7, 2016
• The White House Precision Medicine Intitiative

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Posted: July 7, 2016