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NIH Raises Funding to The Scripps Research Institute to $207M for PMI Enrollment

Healthcare Informatics: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), based in La Jolla, Calif., will receive an additional $87 million in funding form the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand the scope of its work as part of the national Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort Program.

TSRI said its NIH funding will increase from the $120 million announced in July, to $207 million, which signifies the organization’s broadening role in the PMI initiative. The PMI Cohort Program seeks to engage one million or more U.S. participants in a medical research effort aimed at improving the ability to prevent and treat disease based on individual differences in lifestyle, environment and genetics.

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