Donna K. Arnett, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., Department of Epidemiology Chair and Associate Dean of the UAB School of Public Health was invited to attend President Obama’s Speech on the Precision Medicine Initiative earlier today. Building on President Obama’s announcement in his State of the Union Address, today the Administration is unveiling details about the Precision Medicine Initiative, a bold new research effort to revolutionize how we improve health and treat disease. Launched with a $215 million investment in the President’s 2016 Budget, the Precision Medicine Initiative will pioneer a new model of patient-powered research that promises to accelerate biomedical discoveries and provide clinicians with new tools, knowledge, and therapies to select which treatments will work best for which patients.
