All of Us
United States NIH research program
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| 2024 | The All of Us initiative faced significant criticism and backlash for its methodology of using umap plotting to depict ancestry, instead of the more statistically standard principal components analysis (PCA). |
| 2022 | The program targeted reaching one million participants by this year. |
| June 2020 | All of Us added monthly participant surveys to collect data on the physical, mental, and socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| June 2020 | NIH announced that All of Us research materials would be utilized to address the COVID-19 pandemic, including testing blood samples for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and evaluating electronic health records for infection patterns. |
| June 2020 | Enrollment reached approximately 350,000 individuals, continuing the program's progress towards its diversity and participation goals. |
| May 27 2020 | The All of Us research program launched the All of Us Researcher Workbench for beta testing, making initial data from the first 225,000 program participants available to approved researchers through a dedicated research platform. |
| 2019 | Joshua Denny was selected as the second director of the All of Us Research Program, succeeding Eric Dishman. |
| 2019 | One year after launch, the program had enrolled 230,000 participants, representing almost one quarter of its total participant goal. Notably, approximately 80% of these participants were from groups traditionally underrepresented in biomedical research. |
| 2019 | A review identified the All of Us initiative as a program that involves the public in every stage of research, highlighting its collaborative approach to medical research. |
| June 2018 | A sample consent form was released, explaining the voluntary nature of participation and that participants can quit the program and have their samples destroyed. |
| May 2018 | The NIH reported high enrollment of underrepresented groups, with up to three-quarters of beta phase participants coming from communities of color and lower-income backgrounds. |
| May 6 2018 | The All of Us Research Program was officially launched for national enrollment, marking the beginning of its ambitious goal to recruit 1,000,000 participants. |
| January 2018 | An initial pilot project was launched, enrolling approximately 10,000 people. |
| 2017 | Professor Kenneth Weiss from Pennsylvania State University published a skeptical review of the All of Us initiative, suggesting that the project's funding could be more effectively allocated. |
| October 2016 | The All of Us Research Program was officially renamed from its previous title to 'All of Us' in October. |
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