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| https://www.alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=77F044A2-A400-4DF3-B7C0-F0CEE458D5C6 | Alexander: Vanderbilts Dr. Josh Denny to Lead NIH Precision Medicine Initiative | 2019-12-11 | 2019 | 2019-12 | Republican | House | TN | Lamar Alexander | A000360 | www.alexander.senate.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, December 11, 2019 United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement after Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced Vanderbilt's Dr. JoshDennywill serve as the new chief executive officer fortheAll of UsResearch Program, the centerpiece of the Precision Medicine Initiative: Dr. JoshDennyis an experienced team leader and has precisely the skills needed to finishthe important job ofcollecting health information from 1 million people and using that information in a way that saves lives. This is one of the most important initiatives supported by the 2016 law,the 21stCentury Cures Act, and is one of the largest initiativesundertaken in NIH history. Dr. Collins is to be commended for assembling such a strong leadership team for thiseffort. Dr. JoshDennyis currently a professor of biomedical information and medicine at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr.Dennyhas been involved with the Precision Medicine Initiative since its inception. The 21stCentury Cures Act,which Alexander sponsored and President Obama signed into law in 2016,authorized andincluded $1.4 billion for thePrecision Medicine Initiativeto help drive treatments and cures tailored to an individual's genes and expedite cures for rare diseases. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |