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

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

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Fig. 1: Prevalence of common health conditions in the USA and among All of Us Research Program participants.

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  1. Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Diana W. Bianchi

  2. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Patricia Flatley Brennan

  3. National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Michael F. Chiang

  4. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Lindsey A. Criswell

  5. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  6. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Gary H. Gibbons

  7. Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    James K. Gilman

  8. National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Joshua A. Gordon

  9. National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Eric D. Green

  10. Office of Data Science Strategy, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Susan Gregurick

  11. National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  12. Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  13. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  14. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  15. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  16. National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  17. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  18. National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  19. National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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    Jane M. Simoni

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  24. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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  27. National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

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Bianchi, D.W., Brennan, P.F., Chiang, M.F. et al. The All of Us Research Program is an opportunity to enhance the diversity of US biomedical research. Nat Med 30, 330–333 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02744-3

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