Events Celebrate All of Us Program Success and Research

April 7, 2022

(From left) Barry Wong, JD, director of the Governor’s Office of Equal Opportunity, presents the governor’s proclamation declaring March “Arizonans in Health Research Month” to Jennifer Craig-Muller, director of All of Us UArizona-Banner, and Eric Reiman, MD, chief executive director of Banner Research and principal investigator for All of Us UArizona-Banner.

To celebrate registering their 50,000th participant, the University of Arizona – Banner Health All of Us Research Program recently held three events in Tucson and Phoenix – including one where Barry Wong, JD, director of the Governor’s Office of Equal Opportunity, presented the All of Us team with a proclamation from Gov. Doug Ducey declaring March “Arizonans in Health Research Month.”

The NIH All of Us Research Program, which launched in May 2018, has a 10-year goal to register 1 million or more participants nationally. The Arizona team has a goal of 100,000 participants. The program is part of a National Institutes of Health effort to build the largest and most diverse database of health information that researchers can then use to study health and illness.

At the Phoenix Bioscience Core campus, the governor’s proclamation was presented at a luncheon for media and outlets interviewed All of Us leadership, participants and researchers. There also was an evening reception for community partners and stakeholders to celebrate the milestone.

At the UArizona Health Sciences campus in Tucson, a 50k Strong Arizona Celebration and Research Showcase introduced researchers, faculty and students in science and medicine fields to the Researcher Workbench, where they can use the vast data collected by the program.

Designing and developing precision treatments for all populations is a strategic area of focus for Health Sciences.

Attendees of the 50k Strong Arizona Celebration and Research Showcase watch the 50K Strong Arizona video at the beginning of the event held in the Health Sciences Innovation Building on the Tucson Campus.

Jason Karnes, PharmD, PhD, BCPS, FAHA, associate professor at the UArizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy and director of scientific programs for All of Us UArizona-Banner, discusses the Researcher Workbench and the studies being conducted using de-identified All of Us participant data.

Eric Reiman, MD, chief executive director of Banner Research and principal investigator for All of Us UArizona-Banner, is interviewed by a reporter from Arizona Family 3TV Phoenix during the media luncheon at the Phoenix Bioscience Core.

Lydia Aranda, president, Southern Arizona/Border Communities at Chicanos Por La Causa, discusses why she is a participant in the All of Us UArizona-Banner research program.

Attendees at the All of Us UArizona-Banner VIP reception at the Phoenix Biosciences Core listen to Eric Reiman, MD, chief executive director of Banner Research and principal investigator for All of Us UArizona-Banner, as he presents on the success of the program.

Lydia Aranda, president, Southern Arizona/Border Communities at Chicanos Por La Causa, greets Francisco Moreno, MD, associate vice president for UArizona Health Sciences Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, at the 50k Strong Arizona Celebration and Research Showcase in the Health Sciences Innovation Building on the Tucson campus.

Members of the All of Us UArizona-Banner team pose with Barry Wong, JD, (center with bow tie) director of the Governor’s Office of Equal Opportunity, after he presented the governor’s proclamation declaring March “Arizonans in Health Research Month.”

All of Us UArizona-Banner engagement coordinator, Erika Davila Rivas, welcomes Mary Douglas, an All of Us participant, at the 50k Strong Arizona Celebration and Research Showcase in the Health Sciences Innovation Building on the Tucson Campus.

Michael D. Dake, MD, senior vice president for UArizona Health Sciences, welcomes the crowd to the 50k Strong Arizona Celebration and Research Showcase. Dr. Dake congratulated the All of Us UArizona-Banner team for leading the nation in signing up participants, and he emphasized the importance of the program as it relates to Health Sciences’ strategic focus in designing and developing precision treatments for all populations.

Attendees of the All of Us UArizona-Banner VIP reception at the Phoenix Bioscience Core campus network in the Grand Canyon courtyard during a beautiful spring evening.

(From left) Andreas Theodorou, MD, FCCM, FAAP, professor and vice chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the College of Medicine – Tucson, clinical program leader, Pediatrics, Banner University Medicine Group-Tucson, and PI for All of Us UArizona – Banner; Jason Karnes, PharmD, PhD, BCPS, FAHA, associate professor at R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy and director of scientific programs for All of Us UArizona – Banner; Lydia Aranda, president, Southern Arizona/Border Communities at Chicanos Por La Causa; Jen

Andreas Theodorou, MD, FCCM, FAAP, professor and vice chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the College of Medicine – Tucson, clinical program leader, Pediatrics, Banner University Medicine Group-Tucson and PI for All of Us UArizona – Banner, reviews the history of the All of Us Research Program in Arizona and explains what it has taken to register 50,000 participants.

Members of the All of Us UArizona-Banner communications and engagement team in Phoenix who helped Arizona register 50,000 participants are (from left) Tony Wheaton, Greg McAteer, Marissa McLelland and Briana Reviere.

(From left) Lydia Aranda, president, Southern Arizona/Border Communities at Chicanos Por La Causa, Arizona State Representative Alma Hernandez, and Vicente Payan-Noriega visit during the media luncheon at the Phoenix Bioscience Core.