U.S. precision medicine research program releases genomic data
March 17, 2022
https://news.vumc.org/2022/03/17/u-s-precision-medicine-research-program-releases-genomic-data/
Paul Harris, PhD, and colleagues with the All of Us Research Program announced that their cloud-based platform includes genetic data for over 165,000 participants, along with the survey, EHR, physical measurement and activity, and Census data. This repository is poised to be a major resource for biomedical research in this country.
Study shows little variance in overdose deaths when sorting by Medicaid expansion status
March 3, 2022
https://news.vumc.org/2022/03/03/study-shows-little-variance-in-overdose-deaths-when-sorting-by-medicaid-expansion-status/
Kevin Griffith, PhD examined how the pandemic impacted access to substance use disorder treatment services, which are improved with Medicaid services. Medicaid expansion and non-expansion states experienced similar increases in drug and opioid overdose deaths during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.