PHS News | Center for Population Health Sciences

August 2026 - Irene Dankwa-Mullen, chair of the Data Community Advisory Council for the American Family Cohort / PRIME Health Initiative, discusses how data is designed to strengthen primary care and return value to the people behind the data. ... August 2026 - Investigators at PHS are leveraging real-world data resources to generate new insights into disease risk, prevention, and population health. ... April 2026 - Ayin Vala, PHS Associate Director for Cloud Computing and AI, explains how advances in synthetic data have reshaped the research workflow for cancer researchers who use real-world data. ... December 2025 - Utilizing a novel policy surveillance approach, PHS partnered with the Solano County Public Health Department to code and analyze local ordinances, plans, and resolutions in seven Bay Area Counties. ... December 2025 - An ambitious new project aims to create a revolutionary new data platform based on a national primary care electronic health record data resource, enabling a more comprehensive, accurate, equitable, and rapid assessment of U.S. health.