Northwestern University was awarded more than $50 million for a five-year precision medicine grant as part of a landmark longitudinal research effort that aims to engage 1 million or more U.S. participants to improve disease prevention and treatment measures based on individual differences in lifestyle, environment and genetics. “The big excitement here is the opportunity to improve the way we predict, prevent and eventually treat disease.” Said Philip Greenland, MD, the Harry W. Dingman Professor of Cardiology and a principal investigator of the new award. “Just the scope of it – 1 million people – is beyond anything that anybody in the U.S. has ever done. This could be a game changer.”