Precision Medicine

University of Virginia Unveils Center for Health Equity, Precision Medicine

by Shania Kennedy

The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine has launched its Center for Health Equity and Precision Public Health, which aims to improve health outcomes for rural, economically challenged, and...

“All of Us” Program Expands Whole Genome Data Available to Researchers

by Shania Kennedy

The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) All of Us Research Program announced that 250,000 whole genome sequences are now available to researchers in the US for use in precision medicine research,...

Indiana University Projects to Support Precision Medicine for Alzheimer’s

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at Indiana University (IU) School of Medicine received a 5-year, $41 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to fund a study investigating the pathology of...

Mount Sinai Opens Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine

by Shania Kennedy

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Center for Engineering and Precision Medicine (CEPM) hosted its grand opening last week, solidifying a partnership...

AI Prediction Tool Identifies Chemotherapy Drug Toxicity Risk

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of Florida have created a predictive analytics tool capable of identifying acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients’ risk for complications from chemotherapy...

Intermountain Healthcare Unveils Data-Driven Precision Medicine Company

by Mark Melchionna

Intermountain Healthcare announced the launch of biotechnology company Culmination Bio (Culmination), which is developing an anonymized and de-identified intelligence platform that aims to enhance...

MN Health System Joins Research Network to Advance Precision Medicine

by Shania Kennedy

Allina Health, a Minnesota-based health system with 12 hospital campuses and over 90 clinics throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin, has joined the Guardian Research Network (GRN) to expand its...

AI Algorithm Can Identify Potential Therapeutic Targets for Cancer

by Shania Kennedy

In a study published this week in Nature Cancer, researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine described an artificial intelligence (AI)...

Precision Oncology Data Registry May Perpetuate Health Disparities

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) revealed in a study published in npj Precision Oncology that the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Project Genomics Evidence Neoplasia...

CHOP Develops Error-Reduction Tool for Stem Cell Transplant Reporting

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have developed an application to automate the determination of engraftment, a key outcome after hematopoietic stem cell...

All of Us Research Program Returns Genetic Results to Participants

by Shania Kennedy

The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) All of Us Research Program announced that it has begun returning personalized health-related DNA results to more than 155,000 participants, detailing each...

Northwestern Medicine Launches New Center for Collaborative AI in Healthcare

by Shania Kennedy

The Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM) at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has established the Center for Collaborative AI in Healthcare, which aims to advance...

University of Southern California Launches Center on AI Research for Health

by Shania Kennedy

Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) Information Sciences Institute (ISI) announced the launch of the Center on Artificial Intelligence Research for Health (AI4Health), a...

Coalition Will Use Health Computing, AI for Population Health

by Shania Kennedy

The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower), a research and innovation collaboration between the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of...

AI Precision Medicine Partnership Aims to Improve Chronic Disease Outcomes

by Shania Kennedy

Maryland-based MedStar Health and precision medicine technology company Zephyr AI, Inc., have announced a partnership focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled precision medicine tools...

Real-World Data Partnership Aims to Advance Cancer Treatment

by Shania Kennedy

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s (MSK) Innovation Hub and Realyze Intelligence, a UPMC Enterprises portfolio company, have launched a collaboration that aims to use real-world,...

Machine-Learning Model Can Help Identify Ovarian Cancer Treatment Targets

by Shania Kennedy

A study published last month in Nature Metabolism shows that a machine learning (ML)-based computational platform can identify specific metabolic targets in ovarian cancer, which could be used in...

How Actionable Patient Genomic Data Can Boost Precision Medicine

by Shania Kennedy

Genomics and precision medicine are exciting prospects for healthcare organizations looking to personalize care to improve disease prevention and clinical outcomes for their patients. However, implementation and utilization remain a...

Using Self-Reported Patient Data to Advance Lung Disease Care

by Shania Kennedy

Lung disease is a significant source of morbidity, mortality, and financial burden in the United States. However, those working to advance patient care and research in this area posit that many of the hurdles faced by patients, families,...

Real-World Data Collab Aims to Improve Diversity in Cancer Clinical Trials

by Shania Kennedy

The National Cancer Institute Community Oncology Research Program (NCI NCORP)-designated Louisiana State University (LSU) Health New Orleans is collaborating with artificial intelligence (AI) and...