All of Us Research Program

**About** The *All of Us* Research Program is a historic effort to collect and study data from one million or more people living in the United States. The goal of the program is better health for all of us. Our mission is to accelerate health research and medical breakthroughs, enabling individualized prevention, treatment, and care for all of us. This mission is carried out through three connected focus areas that are supported and made possible by a team that maintains a culture built around the program’s core values. **All of Us Research Program Overview** **How Can *All of Us* Make a Difference?** Too often, health care is one size fits all. Treatments meant for the “average” patient may not work well for individual people. Health care providers may find it difficult to coordinate care among specialists or to access all of a patient's health information. Researchers may spend lots of time and resources creating new databases for every study. *All of Us* is working to improve health care through research. Unlike research studies that focus on one disease or group of people, *All of Us* is building a diverse database that can inform thousands of studies on a variety of health conditions. This creates more opportunities to: - Know the risk factors for certain diseases - Figure out which treatments work best for people of different backgrounds - Connect people with the right clinical studies for their needs - Learn how technologies can help us take steps to be healthier Learn about [what makes the *All of Us* Research Program different](https://allofus.nih.gov/article/what-makes-all-us-different). **All of Us and Precision Medicine** The National Institutes of Health formed the [Precision Medicine Initiative Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the Director](https://allofus.nih.gov/about/who-we-are/pmi-working-group-advisory-committee-director) in March 2015. The group concluded its work in September 2015 with a [detailed report](https://www.nih.gov/sites/default/files/research-training/initiatives/pmi/pmi-working-group-report-20150917-2.pdf). The report provided a framework for setting up the *All of Us* Research Program. Precision medicine: - Is based on you as an individual - Takes into account your environment (where you live), lifestyle (what you do), and your family health history and genetic makeup - Gives health care providers the information they need to make customized recommendations for people of different backgrounds, ages, and regions - Helps you get better information about how to be healthier - [Reduces health care costs](https://allofus.nih.gov/article/costs-imprecision) by matching the right person with the right treatment the first time *All of Us* is part of a new era in which researchers, health care providers, technology experts, community partners, and the public work together to develop individualized health care. Learn more about [who is involved](https://allofus.nih.gov/article/who-we-are). Questions? [Contact us](https://allofus.nih.gov/article/contact-us).