All of Us Research Program looking for participants in Bismarck

All of Us is a nationwide initiative intended to build a research resource featuring at least one million participants who contribute data for health research. Participants also may learn more about their own health.

The program is excited to expand outreach to a new area and will continue working toward equality in medical research.

Remote participation options are available. Patients or community members interested in enrolling with All of Us or who want to learn more should visit EssentiaHealth.org/AllofUs, call (877) 340-8058 or email AllofUs@EssentiaHealth.org.

Staff from the program may travel to Essentia Health-Mid Dakota Clinics in Bismarck to conduct in-person appointments if enough interest is generated.

Essentia Health partnered with All of Us in 2018, and since then more than 5,000 participants from the communities we serve have signed up. Anyone over the age of 18 with a U.S. address and capacity to consent for themselves is eligible to join the research program. Interested individuals do not need to be Essentia Health patients to enroll.

This program prioritizes inclusion of communities that have been historically underrepresented in health research, including racial and ethnic minorities, sexual and gender minorities, rural residents, those 65 and older and others.

Right now, more than 8,000 research projects are in the works utilizing data collected from the program. Anyone can browse the projects in progress here: Research Projects Directory.