About the American Family Cohort Consortium

The American Family Cohort (AFC) Research Consortium, which was established in 2019, arose from a collaboration between the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences (PHS). Recognizing the potential of the data, and the alignment of mission between ABFM and the PHS, the organizations partnered to make the ABFM PRIME Registry data available for primary care and population health research. PHS had made considerable investments in data management strategies and secure computational infrastructure which optimized for secure multi-institutional data sharing. PHS became the custodian of the research version of ABFM PRIME Registry – the American Family Cohort (AFC). The consortium has expanded to include new partners in the core data management function (Census Bureau) and research teams from multiple institutions (CDC, other academic research teams and organizations).

The Team