Vanderbilt University & Google Verily To Launch Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Pilot Program

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is partnering with Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences) to launch a pilot for the federal Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort Program. The goal of the PMI Cohort Program is to collect genetic data from a large group of volunteers to test methods of matching individuals, based on their specific genetic characteristics, to tailored treatments or prevention strategies for a wide variety of chronic illnesses.

On February 25, 2016, the National Institute of Health (NIH) awarded Vanderbilt University a grant to lead the Direct Volunteers Pilot Studies under the PMI Cohort Program. As part of the . . .