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Networking Events in Los Angeles and Southern California

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Southern California Tech Central – Brings together posts from top bloggers around Southern California including John's blog and this blog. Meetup – My personal experience has been mixed with these. You can use keywords like: Events in Los Angeles or Southern California Events or even Santa Monica Events.

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As U.S. Looks to Launch Precision Health Study, Google’s Role Emerges

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PMI officials acknowledged the importance of gaining the public’s trust. “It’s front and center in every decision we’re making,” said Gwynne Jenkins, the chief of staff for the PMI cohort program, the team building the volunteer database. ” Verily’s role has since shifted, however.

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Recruitment Goal In Obama Precision Med Study: 1M in 3 or 4 Years

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National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins (pictured) and FDA commissioner Rob Califf spoke on a call this afternoon to update the Precision Medicine Initiative, or PMI, which President Obama unveiled in early 2015. And the NIH will work with the Department of Veterans Affairs to open the PMI to veterans.

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If Budget Holds, NIH Precision Study Could Be Flush As Volunteers Arrive

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But as things stand, the Precision Medicine Initiative, or PMI, could get as much as. But in staving off a government shutdown, Congress pushed back hard against the White House’s funding proposal to cover the rest of the current fiscal year, which runs through September. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Precision Medicine In Trump Era? California Presses Own Modest Program

Xconomy

Among the many questions swirling around the incoming Trump administration is the fate of ambitious biomedical science projects that require federal funding. What will a Trump presidency and Republican control of Congress mean for the Precision Medicine Initiative and the Cancer Moonshot program, both championed by the Obama administration?

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