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:
Participants can enroll to share their health data through Join All of Us.
Text and images in this guide are taken from NIH National Library of Medicine "All of Us Data Training and Engagement for Academic Libraries"
The diverse database, which is a part of the Precision Medicine Initiative, is intended to inform studies on a multitude of heath conditions.
Precision medicine is individualized care that considers the environment, lifestyle, family health history, and genetic makeup of a patient. It acknowledges that certain treatments work differently for people with different backgrounds, treats patients as individuals, and can reduce health care costs by providing the right treatment the first time.(4)
Workbench is a cloud-based platform where registered researchers can access Registered and Controlled Tier data.
Data are curated into three datasets and are available for researchers through the All of Us Research Hub and All of Us Researcher Workbench.
The Research Hub is public information. Users can browse aggregate-level data contributed by All of Us research participants using the Research Hub Data Browser. Users will need to register in order to gain access to the data and tools in the Researcher Workbench.
