Atlanta Journal Constitution September 6, 2022
Nearly half of Georgia’s participants are Black, adding needed racial information for studies
Kappa Alpha Psi member Antonio Martez came to the parking lot of Friendship Baptist Church on a recent Saturday morning to talk with members of traditionally Black Greek letter organizations about joining another group a half-million strong and growing.
The pitch: Sign up to help improve the health of people of color and other populations that have historically been excluded from medical research and care, by participating in “All of Us Research Program,” an ambitious National Institutes of Health (NIH) project.
“All of Us” is aimed at getting members of Black, Latino, Asian-American, gay, trans and other underrepresented communities to contribute their own medical, health...