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Transforming health at the intersection of implementation science, learning health systems, and genomics at Northwestern Medicine

Award Number: U01HG013745
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/23/2024
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2030

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Transforming health at the intersection of implementation science, learning health systems, and genomics at Northwestern Medicine - Advances in learning health systems (LHS) and implementation science have great potential to address challenges to genetic medicine. We bring together 4 MPIs and a team of investigators with expertise in learning health systems; implementation science; and cardiovascular and cancer genetic medicine to advance our Northwestern genetics-enabled learning health system (Northwestern gLHS). We will design, implement, and continuously refine strategies to enhance genetic medicine in routine clinical care. We are ideally suited to conduct this work for the following reasons. First, Northwestern is a leader in developing an LHS with systems solutions that are continuously refined to improve both healthcare delivery and health outcomes. Northwestern’s established LHS resources and expertise will support our clinical site and the national gLHS network. These resources and expertise integrate our robust clinical, genetic, and patient-reported data capabilities, institutional and community-based electronic health records, and novel web-based tools and technologies to fully realize the promise of the gLHS. Second, Northwestern is a leader in genetic medicine as a member of the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) consortium and has recruited and effectively integrated genetic results into Northwestern’s EHR as discrete, computable lab values enabling effective clinical decision support. Third, Northwestern’s recent investment in senior implementation scientists, coupled with an established community partnerships with AllianceChicago, a network of community health centers, and Alliance for Research in Chicagoland, a network of non-profit agencies, is poised to lead in implementing and disseminating genetics-enabled healthcare. Our Specific Aims include: 1. Bring together our expertise in learning health systems, implementation science, and genetic medicine to advance our Northwestern gLHS to accelerate the impact of emerging genetic evidence in real-world clinical settings within our health system and community settings. 2. Collaborate with the national network to co-design, implement, and evaluate harmonized projects to create generalizable knowledge that accelerates genetic-based healthcare and improved health outcomes. We propose 3 projects on cascade genetic testing (CGT) for hereditary conditions within cardiovascular disease and cancer as our use case. Our proposed projects each address a different aspect of a challenges in CGT use and over-reliance on probands to convey the importance of CGT to family members. 3. Develop and disseminate gLHS methods to ensure our lessons learned with regard to evidence-based genetic medicine can be scaled across real-world healthcare settings. The Northwestern gLHS methods and tools will guide future wide-scale implementation of CGT and other evidence-based genetics practices within health systems and the community while answering important questions related to implementation of genetic medicine to improve health for all.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $650,998 )
2026	2026	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Human Genome Research	000	2	12/30/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$650,998
														Subtotal = $650,998

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Human Genome Research	000	1	2/13/2025	NEW	$0
2025	2024	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Human Genome Research	001	1	9/19/2025	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $666,062 )
2024	2024	NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	633 CLARK ST	EVANSTON	IL	60208	COOK	USA	Human Genome Research	000	1	9/23/2024	NEW	$666,062
														Subtotal = $666,062

Grand Total All Awards = $1,317,060

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Transforming health at the intersection of implementation science, learning health systems, and genomics at Northwestern Medicine

Award Number: U01HG013745

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/23/2024

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2030

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