In partnership with the University of Alabama-Birmingham's School of Medicine (UAB) and the Heersink family, the National Institutes of Heath's (NIH) All of Us research program opened a new enrollment
"If you live in the Wiregrass/Dothan community and have not participated in research, your information and the type of DNA that you have in your genes is not represented on the scale to which researchers can use to inform precision medicine," Alli Romack, the communications specialist for the program, said.
"The reason we don't have that when we go to the doctor yet is because of researchers who are working on treatments that don't represent the diversity of the United States," Romack said. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio Upon joining the program, participants will receive $25 after completing the enrollment process, basic ancestry information, and additional information about their genes.
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