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Individual institutions across the country have worked to support research in a wide variety of areas, including precision medicine research, by developing large biorepositories comprised of…

Using emerging genomic information to create opportunities for targeted or risk-based screening in cancer prevention and control is a critical component of President Obama's Precision Medicine…

Health research using mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, is becoming more common. New hardware and software can transform a mobile device into a sophisticated data collection and…

The emergence of genomic medicine has not been without unique concerns that continue to challenge clinicians working in this arena. Genomic test results have implications for individuals other than…

This project will identify and address ethical and practical barriers to qualitative data sharing (QDS) in health sciences research. Qualitative research has unique value in understanding health…

The advent of clinical genome sequencing to identify patients at risk for serious diseases and to tailor treatments promises to greatly improve health outcomes and provide a foundation for the…

The overall goal of the proposed research is to advance policy approaches to support Precision Medicine research (PMR) with American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people through culturally…

Advances in technology have led to the availability of genetic testing for a wide range of conditions for healthy or high-risk newborns. It is expected that the funds spent on genetic testing in the…

Health-relevant information no longer comes just from electronic medical records but also from the digital footprints left behind when people use mobile applications, search the internet, wear…

Noninvasive prenatal genetic testing (NIPT) is revolutionizing the practice of obstetrics. However, the technol- ogy is expanding rapidly and in a way that has outpaced the rate at which evidence-…