All of Us Research Program

Columbia leads NYC Precision Medicine effort for National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program

The All of Us Research Program is a momentous effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment, and care for people of all backgrounds. A consortium led by Columbia University Irving Medical Center and joined by Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, and NewYork-Presbyterian is spearheading enrollment in New York City. People ages 18 and older, regardless of health status, will be able to enroll. The New York City Consortium is a partner of the All of Us Research Program and is one of several regional networks across the country where individuals can enroll.

The overall aim is to enroll 1 million or more volunteers and oversample communities that have been underrepresented in research to make the program the largest, most diverse resource of its kind.

The NYC Consortium is responsible for enrolling 93,000 participants over a five-year period. The Principal Investigator for the NYC Consortium, Ali Gharavi, MD, is passionate about the research potential with this national project, and has partnered closely with his colleagues across Columbia University to enroll a wide variety of patients. Gharavi and his team have partnered with the Departments of Medicine, Ob/GYN, Neurology, Ophthalmology, Rehabilitation Medicine, ENT, Herbert Irving Cancer Center, and the College of Dental Medicine.

Dr. Ali Gharavi:

We are very excited to be part of the All of Us study. The goals of the AoU program are perfectly aligned with our mission to bring Precision Medicine to the diverse communities of New York and address health disparities through comprehensive approaches that take into account each individual's unique genetic background and environmental exposures. Enrollment in the AoU will ensure that New York's diverse populations are well represented in this national effort and that the study findings will benefit all New York communities.

Precision medicine is an emerging approach to disease treatment and prevention that considers differences in people's lifestyles, environments. and biological makeup, including genes. By partnering with 1 million diverse people who share information about themselves over many years, the All of Us Research Program will enable researchers to more precisely prevent and treat a variety of health conditions.

Learn more about the All of Us Research Program at Columbia, or call 212-305-9927 or email at [email protected]

All of Us Research Program Researcher Workbench

Introductory overview provided by Columbia PIs and Vanderbilt

All of Us Researcher Workbench Demo at Columbia University from CUIMC Information on Vimeo.

Explore the All of Us Research Program Researcher Workbench.

Columbia Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) manages the Data Use Agreement between Columbia University and Vanderbilt

To obtain access, email Whitney David Meeks [email protected] and Seda Galstian [email protected]

Background on the AoU-Research Program at CUIMC/NYP:

The National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program aims to partner with one million or more people across the U.S.to build one of the largest, most diverse health databases in history. The Researcher Workbench now includes data from more than 350,000 participants and encompasses a wide variety of data types, including survey responses, physical measurements, electronic health records, and wearables data. The New York City Consortium – led by Columbia University Irving Medical Center's Institute for Genomic Medicine and in partnership with Weill Cornell Medicine and NYC Health+Hospitals/Harlem and NewYork Presbyterian – has contributed data from more than 25,000 participants.

Dr. Kelsey Mayo Bio

Kelsey Mayo, PhD, is a Scientific Product and Portfolio Manager at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Mayo is a multidisciplinary scientist with over 10 years of precision medicine research experience and a founding member of the All of Us Data and Research Center. Dr. Mayo recently led the successful development and launch of the Researcher Workbench, the All of Us Research Program’s cloud-based analysis platform. She began her career as a Beckman Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology and later earned her doctorate designing advanced therapeutics as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Vanderbilt University. In her current role, Dr. Mayo is dedicated to partnering with the scientific community and finding creative solutions which accelerate biomedical research innovation and translation.

Our Team:

Lennon Turner

Executive Director, All of Us Research Program

Siobhán Gilbert

Digital Marketing & Communications Manager

La Keisha Jones

Engagement Manager

Lucia Martinez Davis

Clinical Enrollment & Operations Manager

Alicia Lewis

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator & Training Lead

Eryka Mallol

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator & Operations Lead

Mia Florentino

Clinical Research Coordinator

Krystal Garcia Geraldo

Engagement Associate

Carlos Leon

Clinical Research Coordinator

Sandra Monroy

Clinical Research Coordinator

Jaime Morales

Clinical Research Coordinator

Jacqueline Nacipucha

Clinical Research Coordinator

Elizabeth Nguyen

Clinical Research Coordinator

Evan C. Sergent

Research Assistant

Emily Weiler

Community Engagement Associate