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The New York University (NYU) Rory Meyers College of Nursing has been awarded a $1.9 million, five-year grant from the National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR) to establish the NYU Meyers Center for Precision Health in Diverse Populations.

According to NYU.edu, the new center will be designated to developing a team of nurse scientists dedicated to studying metabolic syndrome and related chronic conditions, their biological mechanisms and modifiable risk factors, and the best interventions to reduce or eliminate the burden of multiple chronic conditions in diverse, vulnerable adult populations.

Metabolic syndrome is a set of interrelated health conditions present in 35 percent of the US population that puts individuals at risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Common factors that comprise metabolic syndrome include hypertension, insulin resistance, and obesity. Genetics and the environment can play a role in metabolic syndrome and its related chronic conditions.

Precision health will be the focus of the Center for Precision Health in Diverse Populations, which embraces a personalized approach to health by considering the factors unique to an individual and is emerging as a strategy for preventing and managing chronic diseases.

Jacquelyn Taylor, the Vernice D. Ferguson Chair of Health Equity at NYU Meyers and co-principal investigator for the Center for Precision Health in Diverse Populations, tells NYU.edu, “The new center will extend nursing science by truly examining the uniqueness of individual and environmental level factors that influence health outcomes—including those related to genomics, biomarkers, lifestyle, and environmental factors—and can inform more individualized care for diverse populations at risk for multiple chronic conditions and/or resultant metabolic syndrome.”

To learn more about NYU Nursing’s $1.9 million grant to establish a new Center for Precision Health in Diverse Populations, visit here.

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