National Library of Medicine All of Us Data Training and Engagement Program
Program Introduction
An Initiative to Increase Awareness and Meaningful Use of the All of Us Researcher Workbench
A collaboration has been established between the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Office of Engagement and Training (OET), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) All of Us Research Program, and Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) to promote the meaningful use of the All of Us Researcher Workbench. These partners are bringing this opportunity to academic libraries, institutions, and other community partners to be a part of this historic and collaborative effort to improve the health and health care of individuals living in the United States.
Additional Information
As part of this initiative, NLM OET and All of Us are committed to a focus on Underrepresented Populations in the U.S. Biomedical, Clinical, Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Enterprise, as defined in the Notice of NIH’s Interest in Diversity. Major project objectives include the institutional libraries and communities interested in using biomedical and public health data.
Major Initiatives and Project Objectives
Creating Interdisciplinary Interest in the All of Us Researcher Workbench Across Campus Communities Toolkit
This toolkit is intended to be used by academic libraries to implement use of the All of Us Research Hub and Researcher Workbench as a data tool for their campus community.
Access the toolkitGeneral Resources
- The All of Us Research Hub stores health data from a diverse group of participants from across the United States. Learn more at: https://www.researchallofus.org/.
- Register to be an All of Us Researcher: https://www.researchallofus.org/register/.
- Access to the All of Us Researcher Workbench Controlled and Registered Tier data is available to researchers with an institutional agreement in place. Any U.S.-based academic, nonprofit, or health care institution can enter into our Data Use and Registration Agreement. Review the growing list of institutions that have already signed agreements: https://www.researchallofus.org/institutional-agreements/.
- Learn more about the All of Us Research Program: https://allofus.nih.gov/.
Love Data Week Webinars
Campus libraries are well situated to respond to the needs of academic institutions for data-driven research; provide access to a diverse, longitudinal dataset; utilize training materials to assist campus communities. The All of Us Research Hub houses one of the largest, most diverse, and most broadly accessible datasets ever assembled. Built in partnership with participants spanning different ages, races, ethnicities, and regions of the country, it currently includes physical measurements, surveys, wearables, electronic health records, and genomics. Join us as we learn about the participants, explore the data offered, learn how to become a registered user, and discover why this data is of value to your academic libraries and campus communities.
Please complete the Evaluation Survey for instructions on how to obtain CE credit.
- Recording 1
- Recording 2
- Overarching resource sheet (.PDF)
About NLM
NLM, one of the 27 Institutes of NIH, is the world’s largest biomedical library. NLM supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. The NLM OET conducts engagement, training, and capacity-building activities that connect U.S. and international audiences of health information professionals, health care providers, educators, researchers, and the public to NLM products, services, and collections. In addition, OET coordinates an 8,800-member network that promotes and provides access to health information in communities across the United States and its territories.
NLM partnered with the All of Us Research Program to position libraries, which are the center of campus communities, as facilitators to the All of Us Researcher Workbench. Libraries are already well situated to respond to the needs of academic institutions for data-driven research where they can provide access to, and introduce, the All of Us dataset to early career and seasoned researchers, faculty, students from various disciplines, and others on their campus communities.
About the All of Us Research Program
The NIH All of Us Research Program is a historic effort to collect and study data from one million or more people living in the United States. The goal of All of Us is to accelerate health research discoveries that enable individualized health care by building one of the world’s largest and most diverse databases for health research. The initiative aims to reflect the diversity of the U.S. population and include participants from groups that may have been underrepresented in health research in the past.
About ORAU
ORAU manages the National Library of Medicine All of Us Data Training and Engagement Project on behalf of the National Library of Medicine and in coordination with the All of Us Research Program. Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) in support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Library of Medicine (NLM) under agreement #S-105105.000 Task Order 75N97022F00003 with BLH Technologies, Inc. (BPA No. 75N97020A00017)
About the All of Us Researcher Workbench
The All of Us Researcher Workbench is a cloud-based platform and data browser that allows users to explore aggregate data, including survey responses, physical measurements, electronic health record information, and mobile health data (from wearable devices). Registered users can dive deeper into the data; conduct rapid, hypothesis-driven research; and build new methods for the future using a variety of tools.