Eric Dishman

Eric Dishman is the former director of the All of Us Research Program. In this role, he lead the agency’s efforts to build a national research program of 1 million or more U.S. participants to advance precision medicine. Previously, Eric was an Intel fellow and vice president of the Health and Life Sciences Group at Intel Corporation, where he was responsible for driving global strategy, research and development, product and platform development, and policy initiatives for health and life science solutions. His organization focused on growth opportunities for Intel in health information technology, genomics and personalized medicine, consumer wellness, and care coordination technologies.

Eric is widely recognized as a global leader in health care innovation with specific expertise in home and community-based technologies and services for chronic disease management and independent living. Trained as a social scientist, Eric is known for pioneering innovation techniques that incorporate anthropology, ethnography, and other social science methods into the development of new technologies. He also brings his own experience as a cancer patient for 23 years—finally cured thanks to precision medicine—to drive a person-centric view of health care transformation. Eric shares crucial updates about the program on the allofus.nih.gov website in the Director’s Corner. He also shares news and program information on his Twitter account.