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James McClain, PhD, MPH, is Director of Participant Technologies in the Division of Technology and Platform Development for the All of Us Research Program. As part of the federal Precision Medicine Initiative, the NIH All of Us Research Program is leading the effort to build a national, large-scale research enterprise with one million or more volunteers to extend precision medicine to all diseases. Precision medicine is an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in environment, lifestyle and genes for each person. Dr. McClain serves as Program Officer for award teams charged with development of our participant portal and study management platforms for data collection, return of information, communications, engagement and user support for the All of Us Research Program. James provides strategic support and leadership on program platforms and operations to the All of Us CTO and senior leadership.Prior to joining the Program, Dr. McClain supported a U.S. National Cancer Institute portfolio focused on developing software tools to collect, integrate and analyze diverse sensor and self-report measures for monitoring health behaviors and patient reported outcomes in clinical and research applications. A specific focus of this portfolio was development of modular, scalable and reusable infrastructure to accelerate development, testing, and dissemination of evidence based interventions. Dr. McClain earned a BS and MS in Exercise Physiology from Iowa State University; a PhD in Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Wellness from Arizona State University; and an MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Listed skills include Public Health, Epidemiology, Research, Exercise Physiology, and 18 others.