NIH All of Us Research Program
The All of Us Research Program is a nationwide initiative fostering vital partnerships between diverse participants and leading researchers. Ensuring everyone is included in health studies, the valuable data participants share powering thousands of projects to gain deeper insights into health and disease enabling more tailored and equitable approaches to care.
Benefits for Researchers
The All of Us Research Program’s centralized, secure, cloud-based platform enables researchers across a wide range of settings and institutions and at all stages of their careers (e.g., students, early-stage investigators), to conduct rapid, hypothesis-driven research with just a computer and an Internet connection.
Researcher Access to Genomic Data
Within the Researcher Workbench's Controlled Tier, genomic data are integrated alongside data from surveys, physical measurements, EHRs, and wearables. The data and tools are available only to registered researchers who have taken additional steps and training to access these data. Using these datasets, researchers have opportunities to:
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Make associations through an integrated dataset by cross-referencing biologic data with data related to participants’ environment and life circumstances
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Build upon the traditional longitudinal study model by layering dense, omic data from a large, diverse population
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Come together with other researchers from different disciplines around project-specific data analysis (through collaborative workspaces, cohort-building tools, interactive notebooks, etc.)
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Learn from sample cohorts for replicability and to help get started
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Leverage innovations of other studies and cohorts
The All of Us Research Program, led by the National Institutes of Health, is building one of the largest biomedical data resources of its kind. The All of Us Research Hub stores health data from a diverse group of participants from across the United States.
The Researcher Workbench is a cloud-based platform where registered researchers can access Registered and Controlled Tier data. Its powerful tools support data analysis and collaboration.
This an agreement that outlines the program’s expectations for researchers. It is the last step to complete in order to register your account and gain access to the program.
