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Using genetic testing to transform lives
If you could sign up to learn more about yourself , your roots and your potential to develop dangerous health conditions — all while contributing to research that could help to improve the healthcare and lives of your fellow Nevadans — would you do it ?
Thousands of people are saying , “ Yes !”
The Healthy Nevada Project was launched in 2016 by the Renown Institute for Health Innovation in partnership with the Desert Research Institute and the Nevada Governor ’ s Office to help inform people of potential genetic risks to their health and to help Renown and other healthcare leaders better understand and address the health challenges facing our state .
Today , the Healthy Nevada Project has become the largest community-based population health study in the world . In addition to closing the gap on public health information within Nevada , the project is directly impacting the health choices of participants with every test result it renders .
What we ’ re learning is thrilling — for all of us . From a healthcare perspective , we ’ re being provided with information that has the ability to innovate the way we diagnose and care for thousands of people throughout Nevada . For individuals , discovering the role their genetics may play in their current and future health is at once eye-opening and empowering , and could lead to lifestyle changes and healthcare considerations that save lives .
Brooke with daughter Banks