DREF: Building Health and Wellness for Everyone
Official title: DREF Research Matters: Creating Possibilities to Achieve Health and Wellness for All of Us Through Community and Researcher Engagement, Enrollment and Retention
Funded at Delta Research and Educational Foundation · NIH-11319399 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project helps the "All of Us" program gather health information from many people to speed up discoveries in personalized medicine.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Delta Research and Educational Foundation NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Washington, United States) |
| Project start | July 1, 2023 |
| Project end | June 30, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $2,000,000 |
| NIH project number | 3OT2OD036098-01S2 |
| Project ID | NIH-11319399 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants are adults, especially parents of school-aged children, who are interested in learning about and contributing to biomedical research.
✕Less likely to help
Patients who are not interested in contributing their health data to a large research program may not directly benefit from this specific engagement effort.
What this research studies
This project aims to help the "All of Us" program gather health information from a diverse group of people across the country. We will reach out to adults, especially parents of school-aged children, to explain how biomedical research and clinical trials can improve health for everyone. Our goal is to encourage people to join the "All of Us" program, contributing their health data to a large national dataset. This dataset will then be available for many different researchers to use, helping to advance precision medicine and improve health for all of us.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this project will expand a vital national health dataset, leading to faster discoveries in personalized medicine that could benefit many people.
How similar studies have gone: The "All of Us" program is a large-scale, ongoing national initiative, and similar community engagement efforts have been crucial for its success in building a diverse participant base.
Where this research is happening
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Delta Research and Educational Foundation
Washington, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Thomas, Cheryl Marie — Delta Research and Educational Foundation
- Study coordinator: Thomas, Cheryl Marie
Related research
Other NIH-funded projects on the same topics.
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DREF Research Matters: Engaging Families and Researchers to Build a National Health Dataset
A community and researcher engagement effort to help build a national health dataset for All of Us by educating adults and parents of school‑aged children and encouraging participation.
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Engaging communities to improve health and wellness through research participation.
This study is all about helping communities stay healthy by teaching parents about the benefits of joining clinical trials, so they can help create a big database that will improve medical care for everyone.
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Improving health and wellness through community engagement and research participation.
This study is all about helping parents of school-aged kids learn how important clinical trials are and encouraging them to join the All of Us program, which collects health information to improve medical care for everyone.
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.