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<p>“I am truly ecstatic to be part of the&nbsp;<em>All of Us</em>&nbsp;Research Program,” said Alicia Y. Zhou, Ph.D., chief science officer at Color Health Inc. “This is an incredible resource to be able to give valuable information back to participants and diverse data to scientists. This will definitely accelerate precision discovery.”</p>
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<li>Alicia Zhou was born with a fascination for “the science of life,” which she fostered starting with an internship at a cancer research lab at the age of 14.&nbsp;</li>
<li>As she started a family of her own, she was also focused on finding ways to make an impact in public health.&nbsp;</li>
<li>As the chief science officer at Color Health, Inc., a scientific research company, she will be a part of the team helping All of Us to provide genetic health-related reports to participants.&nbsp;<br><br>
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<p><strong>Alicia Y. Zhou, Ph.D., was destined to follow in her familys footsteps to academic research</strong>.&nbsp;Growing up on U.S. university campuses, her mother and father both research librarians, she was fascinated with the “science of life.”</p>
<p>Born in China, she shifted between grandparents, aunts, and uncles as a toddler after her parents accepted research fellowships in the United States. At age 4, young Alicia traveled to the United States to reunite with her parents. Her father had only seen her once since he left, on a trip back to China. He brought her a Mickey Mouse toy, which she loved and carried with her to the United States. She remembers recognizing her father when she arrived at the airport and her mother rushing to embrace her.</p>
<p><strong>From a young age, she developed strength and independence,&nbsp;</strong>learning to stand up for herself and pursue her dreams. At age 14, on summer break from high school, she researched internship opportunities and secured an internship at a cancer research lab at the University of Chicago, where she learned the intricacies of laboratory experiments.</p>
<p>A little over a decade later, she had completed her undergraduate and advanced degrees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),&nbsp;Harvard University, and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). It was only then that she began to envision a new career path, away from the academic setting.</p>
<p>In 2015, while pregnant and planning for maternity leave from her postdoctoral fellowship in breast cancer biology at UCSF,&nbsp;<strong>she was looking for ways to directly affect public health.</strong></p>
<p>“Now that I look back, I realize I needed to translate science into impact—or else it felt hollow for me,” Dr. Zhou said. “I really think of academia as the place where the pursuit and love of knowledge is the North Star.”</p>
<p><strong>She read a news article about a new health technology startup called Color,</strong>&nbsp;based in California, working to change the landscape of breast cancer by making genetic testing more affordable and accessible.&nbsp;The test would show whether women&nbsp;carried a gene variant that increased their breast cancer risk. Dr. Zhou was especially impressed that the company partnered with internationally renowned geneticist Mary-Claire King, Ph.D., recognized for discovering&nbsp;<em>BRCA1,</em>&nbsp;the breast cancer gene. To Dr. Zhou, this signaled the new companys trust in science.</p>
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<p>Six weeks after giving birth to baby Davi, Dr. Zhou was rocking him in his stroller to get him to nap. As soon as he was quiet, she typed a cover letter to Colors chief executive officer, asking whether there was an interest in hiring her as a breast cancer scientist. Within six weeks, she began working part-time at the company.</p>
<p>“I think I could only have made that rash decision to take a leap of faith and change careers during maternity leave. Im not sure I was in control of all my faculties,” she said, laughing.</p>
<p><strong>Now, seven years later, she is the chief science officer at Color, leading Color's research, scientific, and medical affairs teams.</strong> In this role, she is helping to grow and shape the companys partnership with <em>All of Us</em> through the programs <a href="/funding-and-program-partners/genomics-partners">genetic counseling resource</a>.</p>
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<p>Dr. Zhou drew strength and confidence to forge an independent path, in part, from her dedication to Taekwondo, a form of martial arts originating in Korea. Drawing on her childhood love of the TV show Power Rangers, she began practicing Taekwondo at MIT. She joined MITs Taekwondo Club and, four years later, earned her black belt and won a bronze medal in the U.S. Collegiate Taekwondo Championships.</p>
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<h2>Knowledge is Power: Returning Personalized Genetic Health Information</h2>
<p>Partnering with&nbsp;<i>All of Us&nbsp;</i>to provide participants with valuable health information is empowering, Dr. Zhou said. She is passionate about the importance of learning ones own health history.&nbsp;</p>
<p>“You dont have to be a passenger in your health care journey—you can be a driver,” said Dr. Zhou.</p>
<p>Now at age 37, Dr. Zhou has earned a doctorate degree, achieved a senior leadership position at Color, won a bronze medal in Taekwondo, and is fluent in multiple languages, including Mandarin, English, Spanish, and French.</p>
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<p>“A decade ago, we didnt have this technology,” she added. “Now we do. This gives you knowledge to make informed decisions.”</p>
<p><strong>The new reports will build on <em>All of Us </em>efforts to return valuable information to participants who choose to receive it.</strong> <em>All of Us</em> first started returning results on genetic ancestry and traits to participants in December 2020. So far, the program has offered genetic ancestry and traits results to more than 175,000 participants and continues to return about 6,000 results each month. The new results on hereditary disease risk and druggene interactions can give participants more insights, which may inform follow-up conversations with their health care providers.</p>
<p>“As parents and partners, we spend a lot of time taking care of our families,” Dr. Zhou said. “Getting knowledge about our genetic history and how it affects disease risk helps us take care of ourselves and our families.”</p>
<p><strong><em>All of Us</em> provides a dataset for researchers that is one of the largest and most diverse of its kind.</strong> It includes many different types of data from participants, most notably, whole genome sequencing, which provides information about almost all of an individuals genetic makeup. This broad diversity of data holds the potential to transform health research, which has historically excluded many groups of people, and can help lead to personalized prevention and treatments .</p>
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