Predictive Health and Society
Predictive Health and Society focuses on a model of predictive health which will be a revolutionary approach that moves the practice of medicine from a reactive, disease-focused system to a proactive health-focused system. This initiative integrates research, scholarship, and education in an innovative effort aimed at revolutionizing care of people to define, preserve, and prolong the health of individuals and of society.
The key points that define this initiative and describe the planned activity and focus are:
- Define and measure health using cutting-edge, basic, and applied scientific research
- Discover optimal biomarkers of health and understand their interrelationships
- Determine the best interventions to optimize health throughout an individual's or a population's lifetime
- Determine, using insight from scientific research, ethics, economics and policy, how best to apply a predictive health system to individuals and populations
Progress Report (PDF 160KB)
Predictive Health and Society